The two-party system in Britain was threatened in the early ’80s. It’s time someone set out to challenge the establishment again, writes Bill Emmott.

The Canadian Prime Minister has attended the funeral of three of the six men killed in an attack at a Quebec City mosque.

Denmark’s 16-month-old minority government faces the prospect of a snap election unless it is able to clinch an elusive double-deal on the 2017 budget and on tax cuts for the rich.

On the 125th anniversary of the death of CS Parnell, Ryle Dwyer looks at the historical implications of the Church leading a heave against him.

Winston Churchill shaped the relationship between Ireland and the UK more than any other British politician but his motivation was not nationalism but personal ambition, according to a new biography, writes Ryle Dwyer.

Australia’s prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has at last claimed victory in a dramatically close national election that has left the country in limbo for more than a week.

Some of the 267 asylum seekers Australia wants to deport to an offshore immigration centre following a court ruling are suffering from cancer and other terminal illnesses, a senior government official said.

Canadians voted for a sharp change of government, returning a legendary name for liberals, Trudeau, to the prime minister’s office and resoundingly ending Conservative Stephen Harper’s near-decade long term in office.

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Australia will get its fifth prime minister in eight years after the ruling Liberal Party voted out Tony Abbott in favour of long-time rival Malcolm Turnbull, following months of infighting and crumbling voter support.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott could face a second challenge to his position this year after a senior minister called for a vote on his party leadership.

Denmark’s prime minister has resigned after the centre-right opposition won parliamentary elections.

It came from Down Under and was certainly below the belt when an Australian political adviser launched an anti-Irish tirade during a TV debate about marriage equality, spurred by the referendum here.

Opposition party MPs in Australia hope to harness momentum from the Irish marriage equality referendum after proposing a law that would recognise same-sex marriages.

Opposition MPs in Australia hope to harness momentum from Irelans's same sex marriage referendum after proposing a law that would recognise gay marriages.

Australia’s gaffe-prone prime minister took back his second Nazi-related comment in a month after he compared the opposition party leader to German World War II-era propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels.

Australia’s beleaguered prime minister Tony Abbott survived an internal government challenge to his leadership, despite a revolt by dozens of colleagues that leaves him politically damaged.

Australian PM Tony Abbott has survived a leadership ‘no confidence’ vote.

Australian prime minister Tony Abbott has brought forward a challenge to his leadership to tomorrow in the interests of ending uncertainty about his government’s direction.

The fight over conservative Australian prime minister Tony Abbott’s leadership broke out into the open today, with a member of his party triggering a potential challenge next week.

Dáil Éireann sits again this afternoon after the summer recess, serene in the knowledge that alone of the five main legislative assemblies on these islands it is impervious to the possibility of effective change. 

An Australian senator startled his colleagues by producing a fake pipe bomb during a committee hearing.

Two special council meetings have been scheduled for today to strip Toronto’s crack-smoking mayor of his powers after explosive new allegations surfaced that he also snorted cocaine and partied with a possible prostitute.

Prime minister-elect Tony Abbott has rekindled the sexism accusations that have dogged his political career by naming only one woman — foreign minister Julie Bishop — to the 19-member cabinet that will be sworn into government tomorrow.

New Australian prime minister Tony Abbott has rekindled sexism accusations that have dogged his career by naming only one woman to his 19-member cabinet.

Conservative Party leader Erna Solberg, nicknamed “Iron Erna”, will become Norway’s new prime minister, leading a centre-right coalition government which will probably include an anti-immigration party.

Australia’s new government prepared to take control of the nation yesterday, with prime minister-elect Tony Abbott vowing to immediately scrap a hated tax on carbon polluters and implement a controversial plan to stop asylum seekers from reaching the nation’s shores.

Australia’s new government prepared to take control of the nation on Sunday, with Prime Minister-elect Tony Abbott vowing to immediately scrap a hated tax on carbon polluters and implement a controversial plan to stop asylum seekers from reaching the nation’s shores.

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has conceded the Australian election, saying the party "fought the good fight".

Australia’s ruling Labour Party appeared poised for defeat in a national election today, as opinion polls, analysts and an early exit poll suggested the conservative opposition party was on its way to a sweeping victory.

Australians headed to the polls today in an election that is expected to see opposition leader Tony Abbott guide his Liberal Party-led coalition to victory.

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AUSTRALIA: Opposition leader Tony Abbott told a gathering of party faithful that no one is “the suppository of all wisdom”.

Australia’s opposition leader Tony Abbott told a gathering of conservative party faithful that no one is “the suppository of all wisdom.”

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and opposition leader Tony Abbott have held their first televised debate of the week-old election campaign without either candidate emerging as a clear winner.

Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd is to fight next month’s general election on who can be trusted to manage the Australian economy as it moves from a decade-old mining boom that is fading.

Australia’s prime minister has demanded the political scalp of the high-profile Liberal candidate Mal Brough over the “grossly sexist” wording of a menu for his federal election fundraiser.

THE fascinating archive of businessman Richard Dowden, who was the mayor of Cork in 1845, has finally been catalogued after a painstaking 12-month project by staff at the Cork City and County Archives.

Serbian police have banned a Gay Pride march in capital Belgrade – citing security concerns but also complying with a request from the Christian Orthodox church.

Hoping to turn around the fortunes of Canada’s once-dominant Liberal Party, the eldest son of the late prime minister Pierre Trudeau announced he was following his father’s footsteps and launching his bid to obtain the party’s leadership.

Australian politicians have overwhelmingly rejected a bill that would have legalised gay marriage.

Calling an end to the commodity boom is problematic because the definition of what constitutes the boom depends on who you are.

Liberal democracy faces a new and decisive challenge — figuring out how to deal with the “post-Communist oligarchies” of Russia and China.