The Latest Breaking News from Anthony Albanese

Rain is finally easing, but emergency alerts remain for parts of the state’s far north, with communities from Cooktown to Innisfail cut off by record flood waters

A national Newspoll, conducted December 11–15 from a sample of 1,219, gave Labor a 52–48 lead, a two-point gain for Labor since the previous Newspoll three weeks ago that had a 50–50 tie. Primary votes were 36% Coalition (down two), 33% Labor (up two), 13% Greens (steady), 7% One Nation…

As adversity increases and polarisation reasserts itself as the national default, everything gets harder for the incumbents

As pressure mounts on Biden administration over Gaza, Israel tells its closest ally it still needs ‘months’ to defeat Hamas

‘He loved to torment his audiences but it was from a place of love’, his son Rupert said of his father

The prime minister was among those who have paid their respects to passionate sports advocate and Labor MP Peta Murphy at her funeral in Melbourne.

For an issue in which Australia is not a player and has no direct influence, the Israel-Hamas conflict is putting serious strain on the Albanese government, internally and externally.

Any retreat from the proposed bans would be seen by some as a betrayal of the most personal kind

The government will deny internal Labor party politics influenced the decision, but it has come under increasing pressure from within