US election

Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has warned that the reelection of Republican Donald Trump could be ‘deeply problematic’ for European, Western and Asian democracies.

Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden is ahead in both the popular and electoral college votes. But it’s not over for incumbent Donald Trump yet, with a winner too early to call. See below for the early results, as at 9.40am AEDT.

On this US election day, Australia’s academics weigh in on the value of Trump and Biden to our nation’s security and economic prospects.

The tribes are restless and on the march. They want government to deliver for them and are now ruthless in demanding the system works for them, not the elites.