Editorial policy
Last reviewed: 8 October 2026
Purpose
AU Political News has two distinct content types. Our news feed preserves source-linked records of statements and media releases published by configured official political sources. Our explainer library is original reference content designed to help readers understand Australian political institutions, procedures and economic concepts.
We do not present a party's own statement as independent verification of the claims inside it. Where an article is an official-source record, the page identifies its provenance and links to the original publisher. Where we publish explanatory material, we aim to use neutral language and authoritative sources.
Political neutrality
We do not endorse candidates or political parties through our editorial explainers. Political organisations are sources of claims and policy positions, not automatically sources of neutral fact. Institutional facts are checked against bodies such as the Australian Parliament, Parliamentary Education Office, Australian Electoral Commission, Reserve Bank of Australia, legislation and relevant government departments.
Where reasonable people or institutions disagree about interpretation, impact or policy merit, we aim to describe the disagreement rather than turn one side's view into an unqualified fact.
Announcements versus outcomes
Political communication frequently uses verbs such as announce, deliver, pass, fund and legislate. We distinguish between an announced intention, a bill introduced into Parliament, a measure passed by one chamber, a law enacted after the required parliamentary process, and a program that has actually begun operating.
This distinction matters because proposals can change during consultation, budgeting, negotiation, committee scrutiny or parliamentary amendment.
Use of primary sources
We prefer primary sources for what an institution, party or office-holder actually said or did. For explanatory content, we prefer authoritative institutional material over commentary. Secondary reporting can be useful for context, but it does not replace the underlying legislation, official statistics, parliamentary record or source statement when those are available.
External links are provided so readers can inspect the underlying material themselves.
Corrections and updates
If we identify a material factual error in our original explanatory content, we correct it as soon as practical. Significant corrections may be noted on the page. Source-linked news records preserve the provenance of the official source and should not be read as our endorsement of every claim in that source.
Readers can report a suspected error through our contact page. See the Corrections Policy for how we assess requests.
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