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Queensland Premier David Crisafulli has shown the way for the Coalition to recover from its ‘catastrophic failure’ at the ...

Ash Ambihaipahar, the high-profile successor to Linda Burney in the Sydney seat of Barton, says her electorate’s namesake and ...

Should 16-year-olds vote? As the UK moves to lower the voting age, five experts debate whether Australia should follow.

The US president is using tariffs, not just for building domestic manufacturing capacity, but for whatever takes his fancy.

Australia’s earliest female political aspirants were staunchly independent, setting up a tradition that would remain more ...

Newly elected Franklin independent Peter George has warned Tasmania’s major parties to drop rigid negotiating tactics if they want a stable minority government. George, who received more primary votes ...

Anthony Albanese will embark on his new political agenda on Tuesday as parliament returns. Follow live as we bring you all ...

To all the MPs and Senators elected to the 48th Parliament, firstly, congratulations across the board. It is such a privilege to sit either in the House of Representatives or the Senate. And something ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rejected a letter introducing an acting national chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), purportedly signed by the party’s national ...

The return of the new parliament will highlight the disaster that was the May 3 election for the Coalition. But it will also ...

As the first preference votes roll in, the Mercury covered the voting grounds in all of the state’s five divisions.