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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition leader Sussan Ley.

Political enemies join parliament’s first-day love-in. Day two will be a different story

For just one day, love and homage to democracy were the central rituals as the 48th parliament opened.

  • Tony Wright

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Hasten slowly: Voters wary of reform surprise from Albanese

Anthony Albanese has a record majority in the parliament, but voters are wary of him using it for major reform. And they don’t want the GST to change.

  • Shane Wright
Dan Tehan

‘Trashing our economy’: Tehan maintains rage over Labor’s green agenda

The opposition’s new energy spokesman will attack the cost of Labor’s renewable energy goals, as the Coalition wrestles with a commitment to net zero.

  • Mike Foley
Liberal leader Sussan Ley.

‘We got smashed’: Ley orders existential review of her own party

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley will confront her party’s electoral thrashing and announce a second, deeper review of the Liberal Party’s mission and purpose.

  • James Massola
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

‘Arrogant’ Albanese slashes staff for Coalition MPs

The federal opposition has had its staffing allocation slashed by the Albanese government, in a move labelled “vindictive and nasty”.

  • James Massola
Joh Bjelke-Petersen’s legacy reexamined in Stan documentary Joh: Last king of Queensland.

Was Sir Joh ‘God’, as David Littleproud says, or a template for Trump?

A new documentary explores the life of Queensland’s longest-serving premier – one that Bob Katter claims “couldn’t string three coherent words together”.

  • William Davis
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Illustration by Joe Benke

Coalition of the unwilling: Climate wars will soon eclipse reunification relief

The climate wars are over. And the Coalition lost. But it will have great difficulty in accepting this fact and that’s a particular problem for the Liberal Party.

  • Peter Hartcher
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation Party will have four senators.

One Nation wins big, Pocock no longer kingmaker: A field guide to the new Senate

Pauline Hanson’s party has doubled its representation as the upper house will be set for a shake-up when the new term of parliament begins in July.

  • Olivia Ireland
David Littleproud and Sussan Ley

For the Liberals to survive, the Nationals need to get tealed

The break-up and reunification of the Coalition isn’t a moment or a reaction to the past election. Instead, it represents decades of contradictory forces.

  • Waleed Aly
Liberal leader Sussan Ley and Nationals leader David Littleproud address the media at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday 28 May 2025. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Ley’s first shadow ministry is on the mark. But now the hard work starts

Sussan Ley has promoted allies but retained key conservatives in a big refreshment of the Coalition’s shadow frontbench.

  • James Massola

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