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Alan Stockdale’s comments about ‘assertive women’ have thrust the battle for control of the NSW division back into the spotlight – and it’s not pretty viewing

The Victorian and NSW Nationals senators due to face the voters at the 2028 election will struggle to hold their seats if the former partners do not re-form the Coalition before then.

Legislation brings state in line with others, as opposition leader says he refuses to cave to ‘Americanisation of NSW politics’ after grassroots campaign

A bill to improve access to abortions in regional areas has triggered passionate reactions from conservative politicians and is expected to split major parties.

A proposal to improve access to abortion services could soon become law. So what’s in the bill – and why has it caused heated debate?

Rath told parliament that “no person should have the power to determine what constitutes a valuable life” and past attempts had led to “some of the greatest atrocities known”.

Plans to ensure access to abortion and expand access to medical terminations have caused splits within major parties and a "insensitive" comparison to Nazis.

Watching elections over the decades, one thing that has struck me is that results are invariably hyperbolised in the first blush of the people’s verdict. The achievement of the winners is over-egged in the commentary, as is the scale of the calamity suffered by the losers.

Some former prime ministers are helping their parties on the campaign trail, others are keeping a lower profile and one is not holding back on criticism.

In searching for the “real” Peter Dutton, it is possible to end up frustrated because you have looked too hard.

Barring a rogue result, this Saturday Anthony Albanese will achieve what no major party leader has done since John Howard’s prime-ministerial era – win consecutive elections. Admittedly, in those two decades he is only the second of the six prime ministers (the other is Scott Morrison), who has been permitted…