Federal Election 2025

Labor has increased its lead in the new WA seat of Bullwinkel to more than 300 votes, but Liberal candidate Matt Moran isn’t conceding defeat yet. 

The Indigenous senator from the Northern Territory may stand for deputy Liberal leader.

Liberal Party acting leader Sussan Ley was excluded from important campaign decisions by former leader Peter Dutton during and before the election, according to her supporters.

The Greens are leaderless after Adam Bandt conceded the seat of Melbourne, with the former minority party leader revealing the three reasons he thinks he’s out of a job.

One of the Coalition’s most vocal Senators, Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, has dropped a bombshell on the party days after it lost the election by a landslide.

MARK RILEY: In the post-apocalyptic gloom of Sunday morning, a bunch of current and former Liberal advisers shared their views over WhatsApp on the enormity of what had just happened.

LATIKA M BOURKE: The Liberals need to think outside the box when electing their next leader. And who better than Tim Wilson, the Teal-slaying comeback kid?

Adam Bandt’s pre-election cockiness had come back to haunt him after he spectacularly lost his seat of Melbourne. 

Anthony Albanese has spent his Wednesday enjoying the sunshine while his former political adversary came to the nation’s capital to pack his bags following a crushing defeat.

Labor’s Josh Wilson will hold on to his seat of Fremantle after stiff competition from independent Kate Hulett in the second time she has come close to unseating a Labor frontbencher.

The Greens need to confront a lack of free speech within the party, its co-founder says, following a poor performance at the Federal Election.

The ousted Opposition leader returned to Canberra on Wednesday to pack up his office and thank staff, after he became the chief Liberal casualty in Saturday’s election bloodbath.

Newly elected Labor MPs will descend on Canberra on Thursday for factional negotiations ahead of a major caucus meeting on Friday to determine the future make-up of the Cabinet and top government roles. 

The party’s acting leader lags Angus Taylor in the leadership contest but may be gaining ground by offering supporters promotions.

Returning to Canberra to pack up his office after losing his seat in the Federal election bloodbath, Peter Dutton has been questioned over who he thinks should be the next leader of the Liberal Party.