If the Coalition cannot see that our democracy is threatened by the lack of an effective integrity commission, it does not deserve the support of voters.

The Age photographer Luis Ascui was hit with capsicum spray by police at an anti-lockdown rally on Saturday, with a complaint to be lodged with Victoria Police.

Labor’s agenda may be modest, but it is hard to discern a serious Coalition platform despite its nine years in power.

Cathy Wilcox' best cartoons of 2020

It may be months before Melburnians return to the office en masse, with epidemiologists cautioning against any large-scale return until the mystery of virus fragments in wastewater is solved.

The both sides argument has rung hollow for years, but at this moment it is disgusting

Voters have cut through the slogans, sound bites and stunts - and have largely made up their minds.

Award-winning political commentator and author Niki Savva is joining The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald as a columnist.

As I sat listening to my mother’s raspy breath, I thought that I would not want to die like this, and I knew she hadn’t either

The former Sydney Swans footballer said it was fatherhood that prompted him to write the book due out in November.

How did we get here, and why does Australia, allegedly the land of the fair go, fail to make progress on lifting the bottom 10% out of poverty?

Melbourne will be illuminated by a dazzling display of fireworks on New Year’s Eve, with the event expected to be one of the biggest of its kind.

The Prime Minister led a chorus of criticism after Premier Daniel Andrews delayed a highly anticipated announcement about the next stages of Melbourne’s reopening.

Labor’s aspiring new leader and NSW leftwinger says he can unite both a shellshocked party and a nation divided

There are far more than just the usual Dan-haters who are dismayed, or even angry, at the painfully slow easing of restrictions

The Andrews government’s budget has an almost laser-like focus on supporting the sectors and workers the Morrison government’s budget forgot.

The Prime Minister might have been better served this week to talk more about Victorians and less about the Victorian government.

For those committed to alleviating poverty, raising Newstart is the urgent priority, and the easiest immediate fix

Reaction to a savage attack on Labor leader Bill Shorten suggests something may be changing in News Corp’s Australian newspapers

What does the evidence really say about the threat posed to children by the Delta variant of COVID-19?

Why would young Indigenous people entrust their futures to another generation of politicians — black or white — who keep telling them to wait, asks Stan Grant.

Only 15 per cent of those polled approved of Opposition Leader Michael O'Brien's performance during the pandemic.

The AFL has decided to part company with Rio Tinto, a sponsor of the league's Indigenous pathway programs, over the mining giant's destruction of a 46,000-year-old sacred site.

Aiia Maasarwe’s death has been used as grist for the gender culture wars, a pointless loop of generalisation, accusation and defensiveness