Australia will soon ban its youth from popular services like TikTok and Instagram, becoming the world’s first democracy to ...

The measures are spurring an increasing number of governments to seek to hold social media firms to account for toxic content ...

The road to hell is paved with good intentions — and so is the path to a potential surveillance state. After losing its high-profile case in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia last ...

Australia has a rich history of changing its voting system to create a more representative government and a more democratic society. As a result, voting is mandatory in Australia, voters rank ...

A recent survey highlighted that less than a third of the Australian population believe that “people in government can be ...

Zoe Jay Hawkins does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

For 15 years, I’ve photographed children at play in some of the hardest places on Earth — post-disaster Haiti, Middle Eastern refugee camps, war-scarred regions from Palestine to Bangladesh. Time and ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Many Australians arriving at polling places on Saturday followed their civic duty by eating what’s become known as a democracy sausage, a cultural tradition as Aussie as ...

Democracies worldwide are suffering from legitimacy problems. This is reflected in low levels of public trust in key political institutions, the polarisation of politics, and the erosion of public ...