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Greg Brown is The Australian’s chief political reporter. He was previously Canberra bureau chief and before that spent five years covering federal politics for The Australian, where he built a reputation as a newsbreaker consistently setting the national agenda.

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Climate Chris-crossPolitics

Chris Bowen with Turkish minister Murat Kurum, left; Canada’s Mark Carney, Narendra Modi of India and Anthony Albanese in Johannesburg. Picture: Getty Images / PMO

Bowen’s bid to placate Pacific as PM takes ‘no limits’ approach on coal, gas exports

Chris Bowen must navigate growing tensions between Pacific allies demanding fossil fuel cuts and Anthony Albanese’s support for gas expansion.

Noah Yim and GREG BROWN in Johannesburg

ClimateNation

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said there would be no change in Australia’s coal and gas policies.

G20 leaders defy Trump as PM backs coal, gas

Anthony Albanese and world leaders have issued a consensus declaration backing the Paris Agreement and trillions in climate spending despite Donald Trump’s opposition.

Politics NowNation

Kellie Sloane and Sussan Ley

Federal Lib infighting has hurt the party, new NSW leader admits, as net-zero split continues

In her first press conference as state leader, Kellie Sloane lamented net-zero brawling and ‘dysfunction’ around the federal Liberals, while confirming the NSW branch would continue to back a 2050 emissions target.

Thomas Henry, Lachlan Leeming and Greg Brown

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Anthony Albanese with European Union President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa. Picture: Supplied

Albanese leaves door open to scrapping luxury car tax in major EU deal

Ahead of meeting Ursula von der Leyen in Johannesburg the PM said a long awaited FTA with Europe was ‘closer’ and could be finalised early next year.

Greg Brown and Ben Packham

Liberal leadershipPolitics

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos, November 17, 2025. Leader of the opposition Sussan Ley pictured on a visit to Emu Plains engineering business Marley Flow Control. Picture: NewsWire / Max Mason-Hubers

‘Resolute’ Ley digging in as sharks circle

Sussan Ley is digging in amid a growing expectation her leadership is terminal and divisions within the moderate faction over her future.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - May 28, 2025: Leader of the Opposition Sussan Ley and Party leader of the National Party of Australia David Littleproud hold a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Littleproud: Lib drama blunting Coalition’s attacks on Labor

The Nats leader says talk about leadership in the Liberal Party is taking ‘away the oxygen’ from discussions about how ‘Labor’s $9 trillion net-zero plan is destroying this country’.

Marcus de Blonk Smith, Greg Brown and Elizabeth Pike

EXCLUSIVEPolitics

Andrew Hastie and Sussan Ley

Liberal moderates abandon Ley, begin move to Hastie

Senior conservative and moderate MPs believe there is growing momentum behind Andrew Hastie’s push to become leader, amid fury that Sussan Ley has delivered a climate policy ‘worse than the Nationals’.

Greg Brown and Lachlan Leeming

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Westpac boss and Anthony Albanese

Westpac ready to bankroll PM’s critical minerals revolution

Westpac is aiming to bankroll Australia’s critical minerals and rare earth expansion while being willing to increase its exposure to gas if it is in the ‘national interest’.

Politics NowNation

16/11/25: Joint Sussan Ley & David Littleproud press conference re the Coalition's policy on net zero. John Feder/The Australian.

Ley, Littleproud pledge affordable energy, responsible emissions cuts

Sussan Ley and David Littleproud announced the Coalition’s new climate policy, confirming it will abandon net zero; Liberal MPs earlier ratified the plan, but some queried an increased coal commitment.

Greg Brown, Anthony Galloway and Elizabeth Pike

liberals settle on policyPolitics

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - November 13, 2025: Leader of the Opposition Sussan Ley, Dan Tehan MP, Senator Anne Ruston and Senator Jonathon Duniam hold a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Ley lays battlelines for climate war with net zero axing

Sussan Ley has declared war with Labor over electricity prices by following the Nationals in dumping net zero, but Liberal MPs warn her leadership would face ongoing scrutiny.

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