The Latest Breaking News from Scott Morrison

As polls point to a surge of support for independents and minor parties, Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese have ruled out crossbench deals to form government.

As far as political debate goes, this federal election seems to be less about climate change than any in the past 15 years. Unlike in 2010, 2013 and 2016 – when governments were elected and leaders deposed over climate policy – this time there’s no brutal contest over the issue.

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Defence officials have quietly travelled to the Canary Islands and bought a five-year-old ship for Pacific Ocean operations, angering the local industry which was expecting the ship to be built in Western Australia.

Although Anthony Albanese has committed to introducing an ICAC within the first six months of a Labor government, Barnaby Joyce does not think many Australians will care, and Prime Minister Scott Morrison says it's now off his agenda but denies it is a broken promise.

Few people we meet in these two marginal Liberal seats are negative about Labor leader Anthony Albanese – rather, he’s a bit of a mystery

Labor has clung to its 53-47% two-party lead in the latest Newspoll, but Anthony Albanese’s ratings have taken a knock after his error-prone first week of the campaign.

`This is the first in a two-part series on the major parties’ Treasury spokespeople. You can read Carol Johnson’s profile of Jim Chalmers here.

Former Australian foreign minister says ‘no one will end up being able to reside in the UK if they pay a people smuggler’, in UK Home Office video

Labor seeks to pressure Coalition over Medicare, as aspiring Liberal heath minister says party ‘absolutely guarantee Medicare in law’

The Prime Minister clarifies his comments about the increase to the JobSeeker rate, after incorrectly claiming the unemployment benefit had risen to $46 a week since the last federal election.