Politics

Former prince Andrew spoke to a Libyan contact to help arrange a meeting for Jeffrey Epstein with Muammar Gaddafi, emails appear to show.

As another US warship heads to the Middle East, Donald Trump says a change in power in Iran "would be the best thing that could happen".

The new Liberal leaders have alienated the party from Australian voters over key challenges such as the cost of living, tax and energy, the Prime Minister says.

Sussan Ley promised a new style when she took command of the Liberal Party. She has exited her post as the most unpopular political leader in Australian history.

Journalists and researchers will spend the next months ferreting through the Epstein files in search of further criminal conduct or a new conspiratorial wrinkle. But one truth has already emerged.

The government is playing a much bigger role in the Australian economy with 40 per cent of employment now funded by the taxpayer.

Sussan Ley has been dumped after just nine turbulent months as Liberal leader, with even allies conceding her time was running out.

Angus Taylor and Jane Hume will be under immense pressure to stabilise the embattled party.

Friday saw the Liberals elect Angus Taylor as their new leader - and the congratulations are rolling in via a very familiar viral throwback.

Amongst all the excitement and chaos of the news that Angus Taylor has been named the new Liberal Leader, one eager photographer took his job a step too far. 

Former Federal MP Peter Baldwin, a co-founder of Labor’s soft left faction in NSW, says anti-Semitism is a problem in the party in the wake of its own MPs joining a “globalise the intifada” rally in Sydney.

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.