This publication provides a comprehensive analysis of the 2016 Australian federal election and the contemporary political and policy challenges facing Australian democracy and society today.

The latter years of the first decade of the twenty-first century were characterised by an enormous amount of challenge and change to Australia and Australians. Australia’s part in these challenges and changes is borne of our domestic and global ties, our orientation towards ourselves and others, and an ever increasing awareness of the interdependency of...

This report finds that the media, trade unions and political parties top the list of institutions the public perceives to be the most corrupt. The report presents the results of the latest ANUpoll, which measured public confidence in government and institutions, perceptions and experiences of corruption and the ethical conduct of elected representatives, as well...