The Latest Breaking News from Coalition

Wednesday: Former Nationals ministers are pushing back against reported plans to cut major regional infrastructure projects. Plus: can Ukraine actually win?

Albanese government appoints three women with environmental backgrounds to board

Drop in popularity for Coalition and Labor suggests tight race in NSW election – and that independents could still play key role

New poll shows 35.3% intend to give Labor their first-preference vote, while 32.2% will support Coalition

The independent senator’s decisions will be critical as the Senate becomes the chief battleground for Anthony Albanese’s agenda

Plagued, which revealed Scott Morrison’s multiple ministries, also details secret discussions on China, defence and border closures

Labor’s climate bill has passed both houses of parliament with support from the Greens and key crossbench senators

Liberal leader Matt Guy says the funding will come from the Opposition's plan to shelve the government's $35 billion rail loop.

Thursday: The minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney has set out the next steps on the road to a voice referendum. Plus: the world’s earliest surgery discovered in an Indonesian cave

When the Liberal Party’s most senior right-wing figure, Peter Dutton, forced a leadership spill in 2018, ending Malcolm Turnbull’s premiership, even some moderates in the party room preferred him over the hyper-ambitious Scott Morrison. Yet it was to the latter they reluctantly turned, judging him less frightening to voters.

The opposition says the government poorly handled the Solomon Islands election funding assistance offer, after Manasseh Sogavare said Australia's offer was designed to convince MPs to not push a national poll back to 2024.