The Latest Breaking News from Scott Morrison

As an opening gambit to his re-election campaign, Prime Minister Scott Morrison claimed his handling of the pandemic had saved 40,000 lives. This figure compares Australia over 2020 and 2021 with an average derived across higher-risk predominantly northern hemisphere countries.

In the marginal Tasmanian seat of Bass, sitting Liberal member Bridget Archer is going up against the former member, Labor's Ross Hart.

This week’s Newspoll, conducted April 6-9 from a sample of 1,506, gave Labor a 53-47 lead, a one-point gain for the Coalition since last week. Primary votes were 37% Labor (down one), 36% Coalition (steady), 10% Greens (steady), 4% UAP (up one), 3% One Nation (steady) and 10% for all…

For a participant in top-level debate about issues like incomes and cost-of-living pressure, Anthony Albanese’s ‘gaffe’ is bizarre and worrying.

Australians overwhelmingly support trans rights, but Scott Morrison and his handpicked anti-trans women in sport candidate are trying to needle a political weakness — at the expense of trans people.

Anthony Albanese’s stumble yesterday looks bad for him on the surface, but voters — and the internet — have a long memory.

It’s a common fear: you wake one morning to discover you’re running for the Liberals in Bennelong. Well this nightmare became reality for one comedian. This plus plenty more from the bunker.

Scott Morrison has again been questioned about a taxpayer-funded payment of more than $500,000 to a former Liberal staffer who accused her boss Alan Tudge of bullying — a claim he strenuously denies.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Tuesday put jobs at the forefront of his election campaign, promising to create 1.3 million more over the next five years after his main rival fumbled questions about the unemployment rate.