Sussan Ley is believed to have already offered top jobs to colleagues in exchange for their support, as Tony Abbott condemned a ‘lack of courage’ for the spectacular election failure.
A raft of Liberal policies across environment, health, defence, tax and education were either not released or held back, as Sussan Ley emerges as the ‘pragmatic’ frontrunner in the race for the next leader.
The man at the helm of the campaign that delivered Labor its biggest victory in decades has cemented himself at the heart of ALP leadership.
One-time deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce has revealed he will undergo surgery on Monday after being diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer.
Labor’s Left faction is expected to have a majority of MPs in federal caucus for the first time, raising the power and influence of the once minority grouping despite Anthony Albanese vowing to govern from the centre.
Australia’s closest allies and partners have congratulated the Prime Minister on his sweeping election victory.
The PM’s confidence came after a rocky start to the year for the party, with poor polling and many Labor members reporting intense concern about ‘things going quite badly’ and a desire to call the election as early as possible.
Anthony Albanese has achieved an historic majority victory becoming the first PM since John Howard to win back-to-back elections, after Peter Dutton and the Coalition suffered devastating swings in a nationwide wipeout which saw the Opposition leader lose his seat of Dickson.
Labor is facing increased pressure from religious groups as it moves to dispel fears it will reintroduce misinformation laws or work with the Greens on a religious discrimination bill.
Portland is one of Australia’s biggest energy users but one of the co-owners of the aluminium smelter has concerns about batteries filling the void between coal and renewables.
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