Labor Party (Australia)

Australia’s Election: What to Watch and What’s at Stake

Commuters in Melbourne last month. Australians go to the polls on Saturday to choose a government.Credit…Asanka Brendon Ratnayake for The New York Times Australians go to the polls on Saturday to choose a government as the country, emerging from two years of Covid-fueled isolation, faces rising inflation, persistent anxiety about climate change and growing foreign […]

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How a Group of Female Independents Aims to Revive Australian Democracy

Their campaigns have been bolstered by money from a group called Climate 200, which has collected more than 12 million Australian dollars, or about $8.5 million, from 12,000 donors to go to 22 independent candidates. That has led critics to claim they are not really independent. But Ms. McGowan and others, including Simon Holmes à […]

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