The Latest Breaking News from Tony Abbott

The signs were there the Dutton-led Coalition was going down the Abbott path of total opposition, having learned nothing from having its heartland blitzed.

The Tax Office says 60 Australian millionaires paid not a penny in tax in 2019-20, and former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro helped a staffer who later became his girlfriend get a job at Investment NSW.

Fatima Payman's Parliament House office was once occupied by Tony Abbott and Clive Palmer. Pauline Hanson also took a first that should have been hers. She's hoping her arrival in parliament will offer a "beacon of hope" to other young women.

Here’s what we know the new bill means for climate action and what happens once we have legislated targets

When the new federal parliament opened last week, a record number of female politicians took their seats: 38% in the House of Representatives and 57% in the Senate. This changing of the guard, with women at the forefront, brings an opportunity to accelerate Australia’s efforts on climate change.

Australia faces a revenue problem — and Anthony Albanese might need to turn to an unlikely source in order to address it.

No wonder Labor has allowed 12 months to sort the details of the climate bill's safeguard mechanism reform. It’s going to be a minefield.

The latest chapter of the coroner’s report unsurprisingly finds the Coalition government was a particularly diseased body when it was put down on May 21.

Peter Dutton has laid waste to Labor's plan for a different kind of politics, with question time little more than a chance to roll out cheap attack lines.

The PM spruiked the myth that Australia’s ‘quality’ coal was relatively clean – following in the footsteps of Tony Abbott, Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison

In a move that surprised political watchers, Liberal leader Peter Dutton says the school curriculum and education reform will be some of his key priorities in opposition.