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Anthony Albanese, Scott Morrison, Tony Abbott and Julia Gillard at the prime minister’s desk in Parliament House.

Albanese’s desk shows how he leads all other prime ministers in one way

Each prime minister brings their own flair to their office. Albanese’s tells a story close to his heart – and of his obsession with sport.

  • Nick Newling

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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
Drew Hutton (front), pictured with Friends of the Earth campaigner Cam Walker in 2013.

Booted from party, Greens co-founder vows to fight on

The Greens co-founder booted from the party on the weekend has hit back, accusing the organisation of becoming “too weird and unlikeable” for electoral success and urging the federal leader to intervene.

  • Cameron Atfield
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PM must begin to address his legacy – what will he leave us?

If Albanese wants to leave something permanent behind, he will soon have to tell us what will stay and what must change.

  • Sean Kelly
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
It’s good news for Anthony Albanese and not so good for Sussan Ley in the first post-election RPM poll.

The long climb: Disaster for Coalition in new opinion poll as Albanese builds on record win

The worst election result for the Coalition since 1946 has deteriorated for Sussan Ley, but the focus is on Anthony Albanese as parliament resumes.

  • Shane Wright
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A dog sits outside a polling station in London during the last UK election. Just over 48 million people were eligible to cast a ballot, while there are about 1.6 million 16 and 17-year-olds.

Could Australia follow UK’s ‘shock’ move to lower voting age to 16?

The UK’s proposed changes are designed to boost participation and trust in the electoral system, but opinion is split over whether under 18s should – or would – cast ballots.

  • Brittany Busch
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, pictured here in Shanghai this week, has a rare opportunity to achieve long-term goals when Parliament resumes next week.

The opportunity Labor has not had this century and won’t have again

Unlike almost all of his recent predecessors, Anthony Albanese isn’t looking over his shoulder at who’s plotting to oust him. That opens up a world of possibility when parliament meets next week.

  • Nick Bonyhady
UK politician Robert Jenrick confronts a man who failed to pay on the London Underground.

Why isn’t there a single social media-savvy MP in Parliament?

Most Australian politicians don’t make social media a priority. That carries long-term risks.

  • Nick Bonyhady
Independent NSW MP Mark Latham has crawled around public life for decades.

Like a cockroach that can’t be killed, Mark Latham has crawled around public life for too long. He must go

Solving a problem like Mark Latham might involve a very difficult, complex change to parliamentary rules.

  • The Herald's View

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