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“You shouldn’t waste a day in government,” Anthony Albanese told the first meeting of the ALP caucus this week, smilingly. “We don’t intend to."

In their recent election, Australians voted out their incumbent government, a long-standing coalition between two conservative parties. In its place, the Australian Labor Party (ALP) formed a government, despite a declining vote share of 30%. Seats were gained by the Australian Greens and, most notably, a swath of independent MPs,…

Home to Bilo campaigner Bronwyn Dendle will stand as the ALP's candidate in the by-election to replace Colin Boyce in the Queensland coalmining seat of Callide.

The ALP enters this new relationship with the Australian people led by MPs who lived through the last implosion

Anthony Albanese concedes the Labor party has lessons to learn from its humiliating defeat in the once-safe south-west Sydney seat of Fowler, while Kristina Keneally blames her loss on the impact of COVID lockdowns.

There is speculation the prime minister might choose a truly independent umpire, with Andrew Wilkie’s name mentioned

The long-running case of the “Biloela family” has taken a step forward, after the new Labor government confirmed they would be allowed to return home to Queensland.

The seismic shift in Saturday's election must dramatically elevate the standing of the environment portfolio in cabinet, observers say.

Both major parties ran small-target and lacklustre election campaigns, writes John Tierney.

WA Liberal Party women call on the state party to put strong female candidates in winnable seats and reflect modern society or condemn themselves to long-term opposition, after a second-straight electoral trouncing.

Some community leaders worry Labor's pledge to scrap controversial welfare management programs could further fuel binge drinking and child neglect in regional areas, while others cannot wait to see it gone.