The Latest Breaking News from John Howard

Almost exactly 30 years ago, John Howard ended Labor’s 13 years of federal government. He sent then prime minister Paul Keating packing – along with his vision of a culturally renovated Australia that reconciled with Indigenous Australians, became a republic, and learned to live comfortably and productively with Asia.

Undoing bad policy does not require rewarding those who have benefited from it

The Liberals and Nationals appear to be on the brink of a more permanent break-up, with no compromise reached after days of negotiations.

Is governing harder in the 2020s than in earlier decades? The instinctive, and popular, answer would be “of course it is”. While that’s also a correct answer, we should insert some qualifications.

If the conservative parties want to stop bleeding votes to One Nation and teals, their focus needs to be on economic management and housing, especially in urban seats

A former prime minister has led a state funeral farewell to Ron Boswell, the Nationals senator who never stopped turning up - and never stopped calling.

Ron Boswell was a deal-maker and implacable opponent of extremists during his 31 years as a Queensland senator.

Previously secret cabinet documents shed new light on the defence and national security decisions made by the Howard government, 20 years ago.

Freshly released documents from John Howard's cabinet shine a light on critical decisions from industrial relations to counter-terrorism.