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Anthony Albanese will be back at Parliament House today as his cabinet ponders the scale of the ALP's election promises. Plus, a certain text-loving billionaire may finally have had enough of politics ...

Despite thrashing the ­Coalition, with Labor on track to win at least 87 of 150 seats, senior ALP figures said Mr Albanese was cognisant of the fate of former Queensland premier Campbell Newman when ...

The Coalition will be forced to carry out a "fundamental reorganisation" of the party's structure, a leading pollster says.

The Liberal Party that became the dominant political force in Australia by holding office for nearly 50 years from its ...

Anthony Albanese has won the 2025 federal election with a massive landslide.  Peter Dutton's political career is over. He has even suffered the indignity of losing his own seat of Dickson to Labor's ...

The new Bribie Island breakthrough is now large enough for boats to travel through, while there are fears that animals ...

Follow live as we bring you all the vote counting updates and developments around the nation as the PM takes first steps in ...

Peter Dutton and his tight inner circle entered the 2025 election year brimming with a fatal over-confidence. It was a self-belief that lasted right until the eve of the May 3 election. The numbers ...

Voters in Peter Dutton’s former seat of Dickson are shocked following Saturday night’s historic whitewash, with residents ...

In 2002, a fresh-faced former policeman stood up in Canberra's Parliament House and introduced himself to the nation.