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A Resolve poll for Nine newspapers, conducted September 14-18 from a sample of 1,607, gave federal Labor 39% of the primary vote (down three since August), the Coalition 32% (up four), the Greens 10% (down two), One Nation 6% (up one), UAP 2% (steady), independents 8% (steady) and others 3%…

Survey respondents split 50-50 but women, older voters and Coalition supporters more likely to back new monarch, poll suggests

Australia's prime minister and federal opposition leader have remembered the September 11 terror attacks on its 21st anniversary.

Anthony Albanese has said it would be appropriate for King Charles to continue his advocacy on the challenge of climate change.

Anthony Albanese said now was not the time to have discussions on whether Australia should become a republic in the wake of the Queen's death.

Prime minister, opposition leader and governor general take part in ceremony. This blog is now closed

The opposition has accused the attorney-general of not complying with the ministerial conduct code over an investment, but he insists he made full disclosures.

The federal government has withdrawn an $18 million grant promised by former prime minister Scott Morrison to Governor-General David Hurley’s Australian Future Leaders Foundation, and a working group for the referendum on a Voice to Parliament will be announced today.

When the Liberal Party’s most senior right-wing figure, Peter Dutton, forced a leadership spill in 2018, ending Malcolm Turnbull’s premiership, even some moderates in the party room preferred him over the hyper-ambitious Scott Morrison. Yet it was to the latter they reluctantly turned, judging him less frightening to voters.