University of Canberra provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. Bill Shorten should resist the witch-hunt against former ALP minister Martin Ferguson over his attacks on NSW Labor’s ...

Mr Ferguson, a senior minister in the Rudd and Gillard governments, has warned of the industrial wing’s “stranglehold” on state and federal Labor preselections that rendered MPs the “prisoners” of ...

A rare revealing moment in parliament this week spoke volumes about the real state of political and class relations in Australia. Liberal leader Tony Abbott broke down as he paid tribute to Martin ...

Former resources minister Martin Ferguson has announced that he will quit Parliament at the election. Ferguson, a Rudd supporter and one of the ministers who stood down after the March leadership ...

The well-respected former minister, who quit cabinet after the failed Labor leadership coup in March, said on Wednesday that the September 14 election was the right time for him to exit, for his party ...