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Impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol attends a hearing in his impeachment trial at the Constitutional Court on January 21 in Seoul.

South Korean prosecutors indict president on martial law charges

Impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol will face trial on insurrection charges relating to his short-lived insurrection attempt.

  • Lisa Visentin

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Donald Trump has begun his second term.

If Trump wields the wrecking ball, the democratic damage may be irreversible

Will the second Trump administration be defined by a form of constitutional and political “hard ball” or else “wrecking ball” strategy.

  • Rosalind Dixon
NSW state election map.

This tweak to the voting system would seriously advantage Labor. Will it happen?

NSW is the only state in Australia with optional preferential voting. Labor is thinking about changing that.

  • Max Maddison
Donald Trump begins his second term with few checks to restrain his actions.

Term-limited and immune from accountability, Trump’s power is unprecedented

If Trump dismantles American democracy, Australia must answer a tough question.

  • Bruce Wolpe
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces his resignation as party leader.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau resigns as party leader

The Canadian prime minister was celebrated for returning the country to its liberal past after he was elected in 2015, but he has since become widely unpopular.

Rupert Murdoch and his son Lachlan.

Trump headaches to dog Fox and the Murdochs in 2025

Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch still face massive legal battles stemming from US President-elect Donald Trump’s previous election loss.

  • Colin Kruger
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Illustration: Jozsef Benke.

Was 2024 democracy’s annus horribilis? Actually, that may be yet to come

More than half the world’s population had the opportunity to vote this year. That’s good news. But disaffection with democracy itself is growing. That’s not so good.

  • Nick Bryant
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is pictured here in a photo released by his office on Saturday.

South Korea’s parliament votes to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol

Prime Minister Han Duck-soo will take over as acting president while the Constitutional Court decides whether to dismiss Yoon or to restore his powers.

Illustration: John Shakespeare

They said they’d clean up political donations. The major parties will certainly clean up

The independents said the bill to “reform” political donations was a stitch-up by Australia’s political duopoly. It sure looks that way.

  • Anthony Whealy

Shouty protesters, Elon Musk and our dumb attempts at democracy

I was in the audience when Radiohead’s Thom Yorke called a heckler a coward. This episode got me thinking about freedom and protest – and how not to go about it.

  • Malcolm Knox

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