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Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese swap jerseys on Thursday.

From Jakarta deals to Vatican kneels, Albanese crafts his statesman act

The PM is looking relaxed and comfortable in the face of a demoralised opposition. But is this as good as it gets for Labor?

Newly elected Greens leader Larissa Waters in Melbourne on Thursday.

‘Firm but constructive’: Greens leader signals co-operative approach

New Greens leader Larissa Waters has signalled a more co-operative approach than her predecessor, but will keep speaking out against Israel.

Larissa Waters, Mehreen Faruqi and Sarah Hanson-Young were all contenders for the Greens leadership.

Waters favourite to replace Bandt as Greens leader

Larissa Waters is the favourite to replace the vanquished Adam Bandt as the leader of the Greens.

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Anthony Albanese knocked out contenders at the election, but his biggest bout is yet to come.

Liberals implode but Labor’s hardest test to come

Not even a Paul Keating spray can deflect Labor’s euphoria over its extraordinary win. What Anthony Albanese will do with that in government is much less secure.

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, Michaelia Cash and Peter Dutton at the Mount Pleasant Bowling Club in Perth – one of the few sightings of Price during Dutton’s campaign.

Price wants Liberal leadership role, former MP reveals cancer diagnosis

Jacinta Price ditches the Nationals for a potential top job; Former Liberal MP diagnosed with rare cancer; Greens leader Adam Bandt concedes. Follow live

Anthony Albanese focused strongly on aged care in his budget reply this week.

How Albanese’s winning game put his opponents to the sword

For 20 years, the establishment has wondered who would be the next John Howard. It might have been looking at the wrong party.

The ousted Greens leader had a final message for voters.

Bandt’s defeat unleashes scramble for Greens leadership

Almost half of the Greens party room is weighing up a bid for the leadership after Adam Bandt conceded defeat in his seat of Melbourne.

Peter Dutton looking classy in defeat, according to Telstra’s marketing boss.

Telstra marketing boss deletes anti-Dutton loathing

The marketer apparently forgot LinkedIn is a safe space only for humble brags.

The Greens have gone down the rabbit hole of the hard left rather than focusing on promoting sensible environmental policies and holding the major parties accountable.

Credible climate advocacy needed after Greens blow it

A serious conversation means accepting natural gas is the least bad option to replace coal as a “transition fuel” to avoid blackouts and economic disruption.

Adam Bandt and Melbourne’s green-red line.

How Melbourne’s green-red line undid Adam Bandt

Boundary changes to the seat of Melbourne last year meant it crossed the Yarra River for the first time to absorb parts of South Yarra and Prahran.

As election losers, what will Dutton and Bandt do next?

Deposed party leaders go from rooster to feather duster pretty quickly, recruiters say, some reappearing on boards, others taking years to restore damage to their reputation.

Greens leader Adam Bandt is currently holding on to his seat  in Brisbane by the barest of margins.

Greens leader Adam Bandt set to lose his seat of Melbourne

Both Sky News and the ABC project Adam Bandt will become the second party leader to lose his seat this election.

The Greens declining support reflects a broader collapse of public trust in a party that increasingly prioritises performative activism over genuine progressive outcomes, and ideological purity over social cohesion.

Greens collapse is a voter revolt against radical politics

The party is now an insular political cult – cliquey, intolerant of dissent, impervious to criticism, and detached from the values of mainstream progressives.

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Rebecca White (right) was drafted in by Anthony Albanese to hold Lyons; Tanya Plibersek’s future is uncertain.

‘The numbers are the numbers’: Vic Right demands a ministry from NSW

Deputy prime minister Richard Marles is leading a push by Labor’s Victorian Right faction to strip its NSW counterpart of a ministry.

Greens leader Adam Bandt is in a tight race for his seat of Melbourne.

Bandt clings to hope as diminished Greens hold Senate seats

The Greens are likely to go backwards in the lower house despite increasing their national vote.

Where the election will be won and lost

Saturday’s election will be a fight with three acts: Labor versus Coalition, Labor versus Greens and Coalition versus teal.

Peter Dutton has mocked and appropriated Anthony Albanese’s pre-2022 election pledge.

No deals: Leaders pledge to go it alone

Peter Dutton has joined Anthony Albanese and ruled out cutting any deals on policy should he be in a position to form minority government

Greens leader Adam Bandt casts his vote in North Melbourne on Friday, brandishing a giant toothbrush as part of a push to include dental care in Medicare.

What the crossbench will demand from a minority government

The next government will face pressure for greater action on climate change and reform of negative gearing in the event of one of the major parties falling short of numbers.

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