In an extract from The Conversation’s new book on democracy, we chart the origins of the parties that dominate politics today ...

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President Donald Trump has openly called for the US to annex Greenland. However, Greenland‘s residents don‘t want to be part ...

Australia and Canada share a colonial heritage, membership to the Commonwealth, and a long-established alliance with the United States, reinforced by deep historical, economic and cultural ties. All ...

The first King Of Swing yearling to go through the ring in Australia was lot 42 at the APG Melbourne sale on the 2nd of February and the filly did not disappoint. Topping the sale with a price of ...

Using explorers’ records, memoirs, journals and fiction, they examine the concept and the way it played out in colonial Australia ... graduated from the newly established Melbourne High ...

Australian formulation helps prevent spread of hitchhiking pests on council vehicle and machinery fleetsMunicipalities with public facilities at risk ...

Australian researchers have created a new detailed map of Antarctica ice-free land that they say will help protect the continent biodiversity The tea ...