Anthony Albanese joined Kevin Rudd to oust Julia Gillard as prime minister with the aim of “saving the furniture” for Labor from the impending catastrophic political fire at that year’s federal ...

As ineffectual and incompetent as the Albanese Labor government is in the here and now, we may look back on it with fondness ...

Any teal or independent standing for the House of Representatives at the election would be well advised to keep schtum about ...

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As he contemplates one of the biggest decisions of his life — when to call the election — the prize Albanese is hunting for ...

The teal MP says what she is looking for from the major parties is “well-developed, mature, coherent policy”, but so far, the ...

I was a bit nervous about meeting Julia Gillard. I’d still been in high school when she was prime minister of Australia, and ...

It was early Wednesday afternoon when the flurries of hectic text messages began flowing between crossbench MPs and their ...

When Peter Dutton claimed the mantle of underdog last week, he spoke about history being against him. Australia has not had a ...

As Labor’s controversial electoral reforms passed parliament, Tasmanian MP Andrew Wilkie said he would ensure he had the ...

Trade Minister Don Farrell is certain Australia is obeying the president’s trade diktats. Exactly how he couldn’t say.

Australian federal election, the Julia Gillard-led Labor Party won a second term after Labor formed a minority government ...