Test results from 2024 suggest more than 70% of Year 10 students don’t understand how Australia’s democracy works and our ...

A new survey reveals widening differences in democratic satisfaction and a growing acceptance of violence among men.

Across the world, concern about democratic backsliding – the erosion of democratic institutions and civil liberties – is growing. It has become a live issue even in established systems, where erosion ...

The health of global democracy is regressing to Cold War-era levels. For the average global citizen, democracy is now back where it was in 1978, according to new research assessing more than 200 ...

The EU has adopted the 2019 Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the world, which provides a snapshot of the EU’s engagement and actions, including an overview of the human rights and ...

The beach lies less than four miles from the heart of Sydney. In that half-mile crescent of gold, the city’s restless energy dissipates. A crowd gathers there on ...

Trust in political parties fell to 24.4%. Trust in federal politicians fell to 30.5%. State politicians did even worse, down 6.1 points.