Tim Wilson waits anxiously as Australia's political conclaves conclude
Queenslander Larissa Waters emerged as the second woman to lead the federal Greens, beating out South Australian Sarah Hanson-Young and Mehreen Faruqi.
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Brett is a senior digital political correspondent with ABC News. He started his career in newspapers before joining the ABC as a rural reporter. Brett presented the South Australian Country Hour and was the ABC's Parliament House national rural reporter. His claims to fame are growing a backyard wheat crop as the western Victorian rural reporter and later baking scones with the CWA live on the radio.
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Labor factions change Albanese ministry
The demands of Labor party factions have seen frontbenchers Mark Dreyfus and Ed Husic dumped from the new government's ministry.
More women in Labor than ever but top jobs still going to men
This week in politics a record number of women entered Labor's ranks, Tim Wilson returned, Jacinta Nampijinpa Price defected to the Liberals and two party rooms deliberated who their new leaders will be.
Peter Dutton rewrote history, just not in the way he had planned
While 18 lower house seats and a raft of senate seats remain in doubt, little will take away from a dominant landslide victory that has cemented Anthony Albanese's control of Labor and ended Peter Dutton's 24 years in Parliament.
Labor defies early polls to claim win as count continues
Fighting back tears as he addresses supporters, Anthony Albanese flashes his often displayed Medicare card and vows to get back to work tomorrow.
Anthony Albanese's last campaign day mirrors Scott Morrison's
The leaders of the major parties have been darting around the country while everyone is learning the wrong lessons from the 2019 election.
Dutton speaks of 'sliding doors moment', Albanese says he's 'nervous'
The Coalition has revealed its costings and Labor is feeling optimistic about key seats in Melbourne as election night edges closer.
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton double down on weak spots
A Nationals candidate got lucky, Peter Dutton doubled down on his statements and the prime minister was clearly sick of questions about his fall.
Hastie returns to campaign, Australia sends politicians to pope's funeral
Andrew Hastie is back on the campaign trail and the politicians the government and opposition are sending to Pope Francis's funeral have been revealed.
Six women strode into parliament in 2022. Now they want an army to join them
In an election not centred on climate, integrity and women, pundits are closely watching to see if the teal success of 2022 was an aberration or a new normal in Australian politics.
A not-quite-suspended campaign sees leaders head to church
Peter Dutton and Anthony Albanese both paid tribute to the late Pope Francis today, semi-suspending their campaigns before the third leaders' debate tonight.
Newspoll has Labor further ahead but Albanese says election is anyone's to win
With first votes to be cast tomorrow the parties have released how-to-vote cards. Albanese says Labor isn't getting complacent while Clive Palmer is hoping to inflict pain on both major parties.
'Clean up on aisle Albanese': Chalmers picks up the mop after the debate
Everyone was spurred into action on the campaign trail — explaining, defending and backtracking — after last night's leaders' debate.
Dutton takes Churchill's advice to heart and keeps doubling down
Today on the campaign trail the opposition leader doubles down on his response to a report about Russia seeking access to a military base in Papua, the Speaker of the House might soon be out of a job and an MP campaigns on OnlyFans.
There's a universal rule on politics and kids — and this week Dutton broke it
Harry Dutton joined his father for a second press opportunity on Tuesday, the prime minister said Tanya Plibersek would get a "senior" cabinet job if Labor was re-elected and an MP has compared his peer to a dog.
Labor not counting its chickens as Howard urges Dutton to 'bring home the bacon'
On opposite sides of the nation and of politics, rivals for the same job found themselves echoing familiar pitches, from housing to tax tweaks.
Duelling campaign launches put younger voters into box seat
Peter Dutton has launched a controversial pitch to regain campaign momentum, countering Anthony Albanese's house deposit pledge with a radical mortgage interest tax deduction for first-home buyers.
Coalition completes public service cuts backflip as alleged terror plot revealed
The opposition leader questions why the prime minister is so 'obsessed' with him while Meta enjoys an election advertising cash splash.
PM tries to win over Queensland with a little help from Tom Cruise
The prime minister tried to turn around Labor's fortunes in Queensland, the opposition leader visited a must-win Melbourne seat and a deadline looms in the NSW seat of Whitlam.
Dutton's gas plan has found broad support with one notable exception
The Greens leader has criticised the major parties for their ties to the US while the Coalition's gas push has garnered support from across the ideological spectrum.
Leaders accuse each other of lying in otherwise polite federal election debate
Polite in tone, there was no shortage of accusations of lying as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton met for the first of the federal election leaders' debates.
Dutton on the hunt for a leaker who torpedoed his port plans
The Coalition has walked away from its working from home policy and plans to sack public service employees while everyone on the campaign trail is wondering who leaked an announcement to Labor.
Albanese apologises to lost safe seat, Dutton digs into his own pocket
From tumbles to tariffs, both leaders attempted to rewrite history as the election campaign clocked up week one.
Albanese targets cafes and tradies in instant asset write-off
Small businesses will get a 12-month reprieve and be able to instantly write off another $20,000 in expenses, if Labor wins next month's federal election.
Albanese takes a tumble and Dutton gets himself in a twist
Today on the campaign trail the leaders talked tough on Trump's tariff war, thousands of people enrolled to vote and the prime minister took a tumble.