Politics

A shipyard in Adelaide will receive a mammoth ‘down payment’ as Australia moves to create the workforce needed for the AUKUS defence pact.

Former Coalition staffer and women’s advocate Charlotte Mortlock has resigned, days after Sussan Ley was ousted from her position by Angus Taylor.

Nationals leader David Littleproud has taken a brutal swipe at outgoing Liberal leader Sussan Ley after the Coalition split twice under her watch.

The Liberal Party faces a grim and uncertain future if its new leader does not address changing voting habits among its electorates, a political observer warns.

Analyses of samples taken from late Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny indicate he was poisoned with a lethal toxin while imprisoned in Russia.

US President Donald Trump’s second term has been punctuated by blunt, sometimes shocking statements about foreign policy.

Angus Taylor has made a bold claim on key economic issues on his first day as the new opposition leader.

Footage showed officers dragging kneeling worshippers to their feet as police enforced move-on directions.

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.