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Anthony Albanese and Sussan Ley in first question time.

With Coalition comeback stalled, the government’s become its own opposition

The Labor optics of dynamism and the Coalition optics of renewal only emphasise the ways in which both parties are falling short.

  • Parnell Palme McGuinness

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The pop superstar the candidates for top cop are terrified to mention

Six people are being interviewed for the state’s next police commissioner, with Mal Lanyon leading the pack.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Labor MPs (red) in the House of Representatives now stretch across the aisle, while the Coalition (blue) are a hugely reduced opposition.

Question time returns, but you wouldn’t look here for answers

The inevitable dull roar from opposition benches signalled question time was back. Emphasis on dull. And roar? An exaggeration.

  • Tony Wright
Joyce and Nationals leader David Littleproud during question time at Parliament House in February.

Nationals leader says net zero ‘impossible’ as party moves towards ditching goal

David Littleproud says achieving the 2050 goal is “tearing apart” regional communities “for an ideology that is not going to sustain an energy grid”.

  • Paul Sakkal and Brittany Busch
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

Here’s what the average person with $3 million in super looks like

More probably male than female, almost certainly aged over 60 and probably raking in more than $100,000 a year: here’s what the 80,000 people affected by Labor’s tax plan look like.

  • Millie Muroi and Shane 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

The Liberals are down and opportunity is knocking

Readers react to the latest disastrous polling for Sussan Ley, and falling solar tariffs for householders.

Sussan Ley addresses her party room on Monday

Ley tells Liberal Party it can come back from ‘rock bottom’

Despite a seemingly tenuous grip on numbers inside the party room, Ley’s colleagues insist she must be given a chance to assert herself as leader.

  • Matthew Knott and Paul Sakkal
Opposition Leader Sussan Ley.

The Liberal Party faces electoral mountain, but there is one bright spot for Sussan Ley

The return of the new parliament will highlight the disaster that was the May 3 election for the Coalition. But it will also focus voters’ minds on Labor.

  • Shane Wright

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