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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has capitulated on the most controversial part of his omnibus post-Bondi bill to minimise political damage and maximise his chances of salvaging what he can at parliament’s special sitting on Tuesday.

As federal polling day neared on May 3 2025, the ground was silent but the people of Australia stirred, some restless with fear, others hankering for a change of government. History favoured the incumbent. There had been no single-term governments nationally since the interwar years.

Among those cheering Wednesday’s start of the Albanese government’s groundbreaking ban on social media accounts for under-16s was former Liberal MP David Coleman, who lost his seat in May.

The majority of Liberal leaders across Australia are now women - but are they political saviours or placeholders until a male colleague takes over?

It’s near-universally agreed that opposition policy development under Peter Dutton was too thin and too late. Now the Sussan Ley opposition is under pressure to produce policy that could arguably be premature.

Elements of an internal review into the Liberals' catastrophic federal election loss have been leaked.

Voters will soon start turning their minds to a state election contest with historic implications for the major parties, both led by glass-ceiling breakers.

The 2025 Australian federal election was a resounding win for the Australian Labor Party. Labor won 94 seats in the House of Representatives and a commanding majority. The Liberal-National Coalition was reduced to just 43 seats in the House of Representatives, more than 30 seats short of a majority and…

Essential poll shows belief in climate change is falling and older voters think it can’t be stopped; Coalition leader picked up unwanted election records

A study has revealed Labor had inched ahead of the coalition on a key measure which handed Anthony Albanese a historic majority in federal parliament.

A premier has not rolled out the welcome mat for the federal opposition leader after she arrived in a state capital likening its levels of crime to the 1920s.