Politics

Opposition MPs appeared rejuvenated on Monday as Angus Taylor took the leader’s chair for his first Question Time since taking over the Liberal party’s top job.

Policy timidity is the hallmark of the Labor Government, but it won’t fly if Anthony Albanese wants to stay top dog.

A leading expert on global Islamic politics has suggested why the mosques are praising the tyrant, and it’s not what you think.

Pauline Hanson has been censured again by the Senate after her condemnable remarks about Muslims.

A decision by the Liberal leadership team to oppose tax cuts ahead of last year’s election damaged the Opposition’s economic credentials, according to a confidential party review. 

NSW Premier Chris Minns has announced that 2027’s election campaign will be his last, revealing that he won’t seek a further term beyond that. 

A former Liberal politician says he would have asked to kiss a teenager before sex in a communal car park bathroom but denies meeting the boy a second time.

An internal review of the Liberal Party’s disastrous 2025 election says it must never be allowed to repeat Peter Dutton’s mistake of taking complete control of the campaign.

Australia has ruled out participating in the unfolding conflict in the Middle East as key ally the UK offers up bases for the United States and Israel to continue their joint air attack on Iran. 

A Senior Labor Minister says the surge in support for One Nation is a Coalition failure, rather than a verdict on the Albanese Government.

Donald Trump’s former national security adviser says China and Russia may be in a weaker position to cause trouble as a result of the US strikes on Iran. 

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the UK has accepted a US request to use British bases for limited defensive strikes against Iranian missile sites.

Three American service members have been killed and five others seriously wounded as the US military conduct strikes on Iran.

Angus Taylor is preparing for his first parliamentary sitting week as opposition leader, with global affairs front and centre of the political debate.