The Latest Breaking News from Labor

Department of Labor’s inspector general investigating complaint accusing secretary of abusing her powers by committing ‘travel fraud’, drinking at work and having an affair with a staffer

Three early January national polls have Labor sliding to between 52–53% two party preferred against the Coalition, down from around 55% to Labor before Anika Wells’ expenses scandal and Bondi. These polls are the worst for Labor since they unexpectedly won the May 2025 federal election in a landslide.

When Labor was returned to power in 2022, the China-Australia relationship began to stabilise after what had been a rocky few years.

As dysfunction reigns, the party shows yet again that its greatest obstacle to winning government is not Labor but itself

Polling shows the coalition and One Nation are neck and neck in the popularity stakes in the first public nationwide survey since the Bondi massacre.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese prides himself with being in tune with the public mood. But in holding out for weeks against a royal commission into antisemitism he misjudged that mood, making Thursday’s backdown on his hardline opposition a humiliation for him.

Prime minister confirms commission on antisemitism and social cohesion after initially resisting demands for a broad national inquiry

Michelle Ananda-Rajah ‘wholeheartedly’ calls for national inquiry as expectations grow prime minister will relent on previous position

Friends of Palestine criticise decision to invite Israel’s head of state to Australia in a sign of further strain within Labor movement