Politics

A Sydney restaurant has shared confronting CCTV footage after accusing diners of staging a complaint to avoid paying their bill.

Speaking outside Parliament, Sussan Ley delivered an incredibly dignified speech, thanking those who supported her and releasing those who went against her from guilt. 

She meant the gesture to convey the deep hurt felt by Jewish Australians. It came off as contrived and artificial.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has used his Closing The Gap address in Parliament to highlight the ‘racism and hatred behind’ the Perth Invasion Day rally bomb scare.

Sussan Ley is quitting politics after losing the Liberal leadership after less than a year in job. But it isn’t all bad news for the long-time MP.

Sussan Ley has announced she is leaving politics, looking forward to escaping public life, sparking Angus Taylor’s first major test, with a by-election set to be called in her electorate.

Angus Taylor was the architect of a blunder no Opposition has made since Gough Whitlam led Labor to a landslide defeat in 1977.

The Liberals have elected Angus Taylor to lead them, dumping the party’s first female leader Sussan Ley after just nine months.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says his cabinet secretary Chris Wormald is resigning from the most ‌senior ​role in the civil service.

Israel's President Isaac Herzog has concluded his four-day visit to Australia, although there's mixed reactions over whether it strengthened ties between the two nations.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., making a calculated election-year pivot away from vaccines, staged a Hollywood-style event Wednesday promoting his ‘Eat Real Food’ agenda.

The business of Parliament doesn’t respect the high drama of a spill even when that’s the only thing consuming chatter in the corridors, says Katina Curtis.

Esteemed economics professor Bruce Preston will join the Reserve Bank board members in charge of setting interest rates, just a fortnight before it makes another crucial decision for the nation’s homeowners.

After just nine inglorious months, the Liberals are now almost certain to remove Sussan Ley.