In an extract from The Conversation’s new book on democracy, we chart the origins of the parties that dominate politics today ...

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On the eve of his first visit to Western Australia in 2025, Federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has ruled out imposing any new royalties or taxes on the state’s mining sector if he’s ...

ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — When an iconic painting is in need of restoration, it is usually taken to a studio to be worked on in seclusion. In the case of a massive Peter Paul Rubens masterpiece in ...

Natural catastrophes continued to place significant pressure on global insurance markets in 2024, with global insured losses exceeding US$140 billion, marking the fifth consecutive year that ...

As an administrator, Matthews has served as a member of the national selection panel, effected enormous change as the long-term chief executive of Western Australian cricket, and is now President ...

Our teaching excellence feeds into a fantastic array of undergraduate degrees in a variety of subjects, while our ground-breaking research has led to: new treatments for ovarian cancer, the discovery ...

South Africa is working on how best to integrate labour and environmental justice and how its labour laws can be used to enable a just energy transition.

Beyond Perth and wine, you might not know much about this Australian state, but it’s full of outdoor thrills for the curious, the bold, and the daring.

Queensland and Western Australia is set to experience intense heatwaves for the remainder of the week as temperatures are expected to surpass 40 degrees. Sky News Weather Meteorologist Marina ...

Whale sharks are drawn to natural underwater features such as seamounts and ... two well-known aggregation sites off the Western Australian coast. “We mapped their movements across the eastern ...