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Source records identify the organisation that published the material and link back to the original item.
Australian political information
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AU Political News combines a source-linked feed of official political statements with original, neutral explainers about Parliament, elections, law-making, government and economic policy. The aim is simple: make it easy to see what a political organisation said, then give readers the civic context needed to understand what happens next.
Explainers add context
Reference pages explain institutions and procedures in our own words and point to authoritative Australian sources.
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Editorial, sourcing, corrections, privacy and contact information are available from every section of the site.
Featured explainers
Build the background knowledge behind the news
Our explainer library focuses on durable civic knowledge rather than reproducing political talking points.
How the Australian Parliament works
Understand the House, Senate, Governor-General and Parliament's roles in representation, law-making, government formation and scrutiny.
Read explainer →How a bill becomes law
Follow a proposal through readings, amendments, committees, both houses and Royal Assent, and learn why an announcement is not yet a law.
Read explainer →Preferential voting explained
See how preferences work differently in House and Senate elections and why the numbers written by the voter control transfers.
Read explainer →The federal Budget explained
Learn how Budget forecasts, appropriations, policy measures, deficits and later fiscal updates fit together.
Read explainer →RBA monetary policy and the cash rate
Understand how the cash rate influences the economy and why monetary policy is different from government tax and spending decisions.
Read explainer →Parliamentary committees explained
Discover where detailed scrutiny happens and how submissions, hearings, estimates and reports can help verify political claims.
Read explainer →Latest source records
See what political organisations published
Our news feed monitors configured official political sources and publishes source-linked records. These pages preserve provenance: they tell you who published the item and provide a direct path back to the original source.
- Source name and publication details are shown with each record.
- Official-source content is not presented as independent verification.
- Readers can compare political claims with our separate civic explainers and primary institutional sources.
Editorial transparency
How we try to earn reader trust
Political information is more useful when the reader can tell what is source material, what is explanation, and where a claim can be checked. Our standards pages describe that separation directly.