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A second member of the shadow cabinet has announced he is quitting parliament, further depleting the moderates’ presence in the parliamentary Liberal party and boosting the chance of the teal candidate in the Sydney seat of Bradfield.

Moderate faction to rally behind Gisele Kapterian, a Salesforce executive and former Liberal staffer, in the North Sydney seat to combat independent Nicolette Boele

Friday’s arson attack on the Adass Israel synagogue in Melbourne is now being treated by police as an act of terrorism

Opposition leader refused to confirm May promise on Sunday, and Bill Shorten accuses him of not doing his homework

Peter Dutton dismisses the latest analysis from the national science agency. Here’s what it says about energy costs – and the opposition’s criticism

Josh Burns says he has been standing up for his Melbourne community ‘every day’ as Chris Bowen calls for national unity

A national Newspoll, conducted December 2–6 from a sample of 1,258, had a 50–50 tie, a one-point gain for Labor since the previous Newspoll in early November. Primary votes were 39% Coalition (down one), 33% Labor (steady), 11% Greens (steady), 7% One Nation (up two) and 10% for all Others…

While Anthony Albanese remains Australia's preferred prime minister, his character has been called into question in the latest Newspoll.

The firebombing of a synagogue was likely an 'evil' and politically motivated terror attack, authorities say, as police search for three suspects.