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Anthony Albanese has launched a charm offensive with the crossbench MPs who could decide Australia’s next Prime Minister, ...

The Albanese government has passed a ban on the controversial trade in the last state still doing it: WA. Could it dent Labor ...

Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton are issuing calls to action during final parliamentary sittings as they prepare to face off ...

The administration’s senatorial slate continues to dominate opposition candidates amid a highly-charged political environment ...

The Trump administration has chided USAID’s efforts toward inclusion as a “waste” of federal resources. Elon Musk, the ...

The Victorian by-election in Werribee has unearthed a cold, hard truth for the major parties. And it’s one they must heed ...

Two by-election results in the Victorian capital of Melbourne have triggered further alarm in ruling circles that the next federal election will produce a fragile minority government.

Former Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce has scoffed at the idea of a rule designed to hide him during the upcoming federal ...

The Aam Aadmi Party’s disastrous loss in Delhi is raising questions about its status as a national party. The party won just ...