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The Australian Labor party and its leader Bill Shorten look likely to block what is being labeled as the 'world’s most expensive opinion poll' on marriage equality in Australia, possibly leading to a further delay in achieving marriage equality in Australia – however...

The Green party prides itself on its openness and accountability to members. It is one of the only political parties to allow its members not only to propose policy but also to have almost complete control over party policy by virtue of the votes on conference floor....

In 2003–4 I was elected as the secretary of Newcastle local government committee. It was a profoundly depressing experience; I rapidly found that the meetings were cumbersome, bureaucratic and detached from the reality of campaigning on the ground for Labour. Month...

During the lead-up to the 2015 general election I thought the tide was turning in Labour’s favour – everywhere around me people were commenting positively on scrapping non-dom statuses, ‘liking’ the mansion tax, and posting about it on Facebook. Based on what I had...