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The United States presidential election will be held on November 5. In analyst Nate Silver’s aggregate of national polls, Democrat Kamala Harris leads Republican Donald Trump by 48.6–47.4, a gain for Trump since last Wednesday, when Harris led by 48.8–47.2. Harris’ national lead peaked on October 2, when she led…

A change of government in the Sunshine State has left the major parties pondering a different plan of attack for the upcoming federal election.

Greens housing spokesperson says Queensland result shows Labor needs to stop fighting with his party

Unions have warned peak bodies in the mining sector are advocating for industrial relations reform to be stripped back in a future coalition government.

The votes are still being tallied but Queensland's newly-sworn in premier is already making big moves, vowing to release secret corruption reports.

Greens housing spokesperson argues that lesson for federal Labor is if PM spends next six months fighting party ‘he’s going to hand the keys to Peter Dutton’

Often state elections don’t mean much federally, but Saturday’s Queensland’s result does carry implications for Anthony Albanese, Peter Dutton and Adam Bandt.

The party won decisively in the regions but was rejected by the city, which was scared off by the hard-right social views of some candidates

ALP has done well in the urban south-east but was hit hard in the regions, bringing it in line with the federal party and other state branches

David Crisafulli, leader of the centre-right Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP), will be Queensland’s 41st Premier. The party will form majority government for the first time since 2012.