Today
‘No economic narrative’: Liberal senator blasts Angus Taylor
Hollie Hughes says the shadow treasurer is incapable of leadership given he failed to sell economic policies for a party traditionally viewed as better managers of the economy.
Yesterday
Jacinta Allan claims federal election result cements her authority
The Victorian premier says that Labor’s national victory is an endorsement of her leadership and the controversial Suburban Rail Loop.
Albanese hasn’t just fought the Tories, he’s destroyed them
Anthony Albanese once vowed to make Labor the natural party of government. For the next six years, at least, that is very likely to be the case.
Victorian Libs look to Hamer for showdown with Allan
The state party will pursue failed federal candidates including Amelia Hamer, Simmone Cottom, Darcy Dunstan and Jason McClintock for the 2026 election.
This Month
Albanese makes history, the Liberals have no soul to search
This win is so emphatic, Labor is virtually guaranteed a third term. There is nothing anywhere for the Liberal Party to hold on to as encouraging.
These Liberals don’t want Dutton to be the final word voters hear
Renewable energy, vapes, reproductive rights – parties press every button they can in last-ditch bid for votes.
Labor deploys Wong in increasingly divisive fight for Chinese vote
Foreign Minister Penny Wong has taken to Chinese social media platforms to attack Peter Dutton and the Coalition in the dying moments of the federal election.
Jacinta Allan is featuring in the campaign. But not how she’d like to
Voters in Brisbane may have seen more of Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan this election campaign than Victorians.
Who won the final week of the election?
We asked two former political staffers which leader has won the final week of the election.
We are being led by numpties
A gobsmacking lack of intellectual heft in politics has us on a desperately unsustainable path, yet nobody is proposing to do anything meaningful about it.
Bishop stares down critics: ‘I turn down many more roles than I take on’
Julie Bishop has built one of the most intriguing post-political careers this country has ever seen - and is generating almost as many headlines as before.
Coalition may be least bad bet of worst election campaign ever
Labor’s economic record does not deserve another three-year term, but the Coalition has not made the case to change the government.
Why neither Albanese nor Dutton deserve your vote
The two contenders give the impression the country is hanging on for dear life, and their job is simply to get Australia through whatever the latest crisis is.
April
Labor’s path to majority emerges as Albanese fights to stem losses
Labor and Liberal strategists believe a huge number of key seats remain on a knife edge just days out from polling day.
I split my vote because no one deserved all of it
Australia craves leaders – and a political system – that can meet a generation ready to care if only someone would give us something worth believing in.
Voting Green may be the greatest act of self-harm by a generation ever
Under the Greens’ housing proposal, rent could rise by an average $83 a week, on top of the rent increases likely to happen anyway.
Meet the former Italian model running for One Nation
Bianca Colecchia, 32, says the first question she usually gets at pre-poll booths is: ‘How can you run for One Nation when you are a migrant yourself?’
Antisemitism claims break out in dying days of race for Goldstein
Jewish leaders say teal MP Zoe Daniel has a strong record standing up to antisemitism after the circulation of a letter claiming her campaign is antisemitic.
Teals ‘underestimated’ enemies and need help, Holmes a Court warns
Climate 200 founder Simon Holmes a Court has launched a “fighting fund” to defend four key teal MPs he says are being outspent and outnumbered by their opponents.
The ‘X factor’ playing out in Dutton’s own Brisbane seat
New polling suggests the Coalition is fending off a push by Labor to target its seats in outer suburban Brisbane, including the electorate of Dickson.