Politics

AARON PATRICK: Both candidates have recovered from professional adversity. But can they turnaround their devastated party?

Senator Canavan wants to ‘bring back fighting spirit’ in a leadership challenge to Nationals incumbent David Littleproud

JUSTIN LANGER: Being ‘dropped’ by the nation would be incredibly hurtful, but politics like sport is not for the faint of heart.

LATIKA M BOURKE: The decision to junk the EU call and delay it yet again, adds to growing concerns about a mismatch between the prime minister’s rhetoric and action.

The Greens are pondering who will take the reins of the minor party after losing their leader at the election, but will hold a powerful position in the Senate.

It was the word on every CEOs lips at the country’s largest investor event, so why can’t Australia work it out?

Former attorney-general Mark Dreyfus smiled as he sat in the second-row, metres away from his factional Labor allies who had toppled him. 

BEN HARVEY: Being leader of the opposition is always the worst job in politics but especially so after the caning we saw on the weekend. 

The Australian Labor Party is built on a complex decision-making structure, which is divided along state and factional allegiances between left and right. Here’s everything you need to know.

The 267th pope has just been appointed. Here’s a quick look at who he is and where he came from.

We take you inside the opaque and complex decision-making structure of the Labor Party, which is divided along state and factional allegiances between left and right. 

Workplace health and safety laws are failing to prevent psychological injuries or to treat sufferers quickly, a state government has claimed.

The Australian share market looks like it will finish the week roughly where it began, ahead of the US and China's first tariff talks this weekend.

The election of a first North American pontiff came after the death of the first Latin American pope and signalled a relinquishing of papal authority from Europe.

The Prime Minister has invited the new pope, Leo XIV, to visit Australia and lauded his election as a momentous day for Catholics around the world.