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Three of Australia's newest MPs have given their first speeches in parliament, reflecting multicultural modern Australia in their stories.

As PM, Scott Morrison focused on stopping Labor, but at the opening of the new parliament, Anthony Albanese envisioned a more humanist business

"The Labor Government has decided to close one of the only ministerial offices in regional Australia; not one of their 30 ministers was willing to host their second office in the thriving regional city of Armidale."

Under compulsory preferential voting, all formal votes must eventually preference one of the major parties over the other. The electoral commission has released preference flow information for all minor parties, This means we can tell, for example, how many Greens voters preferred Labor and how many the Coalition.

Labor says new government documents show NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet misled parliament about a controversial New York trade job that went to John Barilaro.

Australia's parliament sat on Tuesday in Canberra for the first time since Labor won office in an election that also saw the Greens party win record seats, reflecting Australians' concern about climate change amid worsening bushfires and floods.

Files released by parliament show premier was sent brief about prior candidate’s appointment following ‘full recruitment process’

Former PM says he is ‘unable to attend’ first sitting week in Canberra as Labor calls for details about Tokyo engagement

For Australia’s new centre-left government to work, both progressive parties have to put aside the machinations and recognise the best intentions of the other