Private discussions by some MPs a month out from polling day have prompted rebukes from colleagues, who say the focus needs to be on winning the election. Gift articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Labor MPs…
October 30, 2026 — 8:49am The state’s racing minister David Harris will retire at the next election in March, leaving NSW Labor with a fight to retain his Central Coast seat against a likely significant challenge from One Nation. Labor had delayed opening preselection…
In 2022, Anthony Albanese offered Australians a future in which “no one is held back, and no one is left behind”. He pledged reform in health, aged care, child care and disability services, along with a more self-consciously empathetic style of…
Labor MP Jagadish Krishnan is under pressure to explain a business loan that has sparked a $1 million legal battle, but has vowed to ‘vigorously defend’ his reputation in court.
October 29, 2026 — 7:20pm West Australian Labor MP Jagadish Krishnan says he acted appropriately at all times and will fight a lawsuit in the US alleging he has not paid back a $1 million loan to a New York businessman. Krishnan faced media outside…
Prime minister vows not to slash health and education funding amid political problem over handling of economy Get our daily political email, free app or daily news podcast Anthony Albanese has ruled out major cuts to health, education and essential…
Updated October 28, 2026 — 5:16pm,first published 2:19pm A council whose mayor resigned on Wednesday morning has held a bizarre press conference, with the chief executive saying she did not know the mayor had officially stepped down, and the acting mayor had not read…
October 29, 2026 — 6:09pm After refusing to withdraw her unparliamentary remark, Payman apologised to Haines a couple of days later. It was a stunningly inappropriate comparison to make. But the fact she overstepped doesn’t mean she was wrong. It’s not just Payman who…
October 29, 2026 — 5:30pm Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has offered One Nation MP David Farley an extra staffer on a $200,000 salary package, in an unsolicited proposal the party has rejected as an attempt to use taxpayer money to win favour with the new…
Youth justice workers say the passing of a state government's controversial new bail laws will increase pressure on frontline staff in an embattled sector.
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