On election night, the prime minister talked about ‘fairness’ and ‘Australian values’. To legally protect those values, we need a national human rights act.

The Northern Territory parliamentary scrutiny committee has wrapped two days of public hearings into the Territory Coordinator Act. The proposed legislation would establish a new office of the NT ...

Could the surprise devastation witnessed in the Northern Territory election a few months ago foreshadow a similar result in the ACT this weekend, or is the shared "territory" label where the ...

Who is being honoured in our federal electorate names? Advocates say stark disparities still remain. Search for your seat in the map below.

The Australian Senate Thursday passed the Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2022, giving the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and Northern Territory (NT) the option to make their own legislation on ...

Jervis Bay Territory is a weird political and geographic anomaly that most people overlook when drawing mental maps of Australia.

For the third time since Australia's fire season began, a state of emergency has been declared in the state of New South Wales due to fires that are burning out of control.

On Wednesday, September 25, 2019, the Australian Capital Territory became the first territory in Australia to legalize “recreational possession and cultivation of marijuana.” The law, which is ...

Australian Capital Territory Chief Minister Andrew Barr says the ACT will not follow the Northern Territory's lead by pushing to become a state, but may seek greater representation in Federal ...

The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) is generally regarded as a Labor stronghold. It consists of two electorates, Fraser and Canberra.

Map of water use by each Australian state and territory broken down into sectors. Click to see larger image. Amanda Northrop is an undergraduate student at Grand Valley State University and a Traverse ...

The Australian Capital Territory will be the first to Australian region to introduce legislation in support of an R18+ ratings category for video games.