How do Australian elections work? A federal election takes place every three years in Australia through a preferential voting system. Voting is compulsory in Australia for citizens aged 18 and older.

Pre-election national opinion polls firmed in Labor’s favor, but Australia’s preferential voting system and the declining dominance of the two major parties makes it difficult to predict who ...

Australia’s emissions reduction target for 2030 — 26 percent from 2005 levels — has been described by other world leaders as a disappointment. It’s half what the United States and Britain ...

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called an election for May 3, kicking off what’s expected to be a closely-fought campaign centered on cost-of-living pressures and a housing ...

But Australian governments almost always lose ground in their second election and Labor only holds 77 of the 151 seats in the House of Representatives, where governments need a majority.

Economy isn’t expected to have improved enough by year’s end Australian government must hold a national ballot by May 2025 Prime Minister Anthony Albanese Photographer: Rohan Thomson/Bloomberg ...

On average, a household in Australia’s largest city, Sydney, needs to earn about 280,000 Australian dollars every year (US$180,000) to be able to afford the median house price of 1.4 million ...