Federal Election 2025

Labor’s landslide majority may mean it has to rely only on Greens support in the Senate to pass legislation, shifting the balance of power further from independents who were influential in the previous term.

Liberal insiders have revealed why the party’s polling missed the swing towards the Government.

Fiery Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie's near-decade of serving on the cross bench may be coming to an end as she battles a familiar name for a final spot.

The 48th parliament of Australia will be represented by a record-breaking number of women; however, one side of politics has failed to increase its numbers.

A post-election blame game is in full swing as the federal Liberals face the challenge of pulling themselves off the mat and selecting a new leader.

Mining billionaire Gina Rinehart has weighed in on Anthony Albanese’s landslide election win, urging the Liberal Party to ‘learn from the loss and rebuild’.

The National Party has suffered a symbolic defeat in a key rural seat, with a party defector claiming victory after a hard-fought grassroots campaign.

US President Donald Trump has broken his silence on the Federal election result, hitting a down-and-out Peter Dutton with another humiliating blow.

The Greens are talking down the prospect of being left without a lower house presence, with leader Adam Bandt defiant as his own fate remains up in the air.

An upbeat Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has promised to run an ‘ambitious Government’ for ‘all Australians’ on his return to Canberra after a landslide victory in the Federal election. 

Linda Reynolds has revealed that she is backing Sussan Ley to lead the Liberal Party in the wake of a Federal election campaign, which she called a ‘catastrophic failure’.

AARON PATRICK: Former Opposition leader Peter Dutton secured the Coalition its worst result in over 80 years. Blow by blow, mistake by mistake, this is what he did wrong.

NICOLA SMITH: For any democratic leader contesting an election under the cloud of mounting global crises, maverick US president Donald Trump is inevitably the third candidate in the room. 

While Labor scored an emphatic majority over the coalition in Saturday's federal election, a number of seats remain too close to call.

A senior Liberal senator has taken aim at her own party after its election collapse, slamming the Coalition’s failed leadership tactics and a policy vacuum, leaving her ‘concerned’.