Coalitions and the Coalition, part one

Australia has made baby steps towards a multi-party system, but real coalition politics is still remote from the way most of our politicians think.

Hungary ousts a president

Hungary's new democratic leader succeeds in removing the president appointed by his authoritarian predecessor.

Britain gets a new prime minister on Monday after Andy Burnham wins the Labour leadership contest unopposed.

Gibraltar finally implements its Brexit agreement, becoming (somewhat ironically) closer to Europe than ever.

Senator Lindsey Graham, who died suddenly at the weekend, was a near-perfect symbol of the moral bankruptcy of the Republican Party.

Victoria finally seems set to abolish group voting tickets in time for this year's state election.

One Nation shoots to equal favoritism for a Western Australian by-election, but that's not reflected in other markets.

Western Europe's most prominent far-right leaders are both in trouble over financial irregularities – which is no coincidence.

As a wildly unpredictable state election nears in Victoria, the saga of Moira Deeming and the Liberal Party appears to be entering its final phase.

Seven years on from the previous election, New Caledonia gets a very similar result.