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Housing took centre stage in Treasurer Jim Chalmers’s first budget this week. Relatively modest but positive steps were made towards tackling Australia’s worsening shortage of affordable social housing, as well as the broader challenge of housing affordability. But parts of the package cast some doubt on the new government’s analysis…

Behind the doctorate, drive and disarming drawl of Jim Chalmers lies a treasure chest of friendships, David Fagan writes.

PM Yair Lapid says he’s ‘deeply disappointed’ in the ‘hasty’ foreign policy shift and has summoned Australia’s ambassador to explain

Exclusive: Former PM Scott Morrison’s decision to formally recognise West Jerusalem has now been reversed by Labor government

Melbourne's outer west has been safe Labor territory for generations, but there is growing unease among government strategists about how the Victorian election will play out in places like Melton, Point Cook and Werribee.

Former ALP politician Ian Macdonald denies in the NSW Supreme Court that he did anything wrong by awarding a coal exploration licence to an ex-union boss.

The title of the former PM’s new book, A Sense of Balance, earns some scorn from Crikey readers.

The United Kingdom now has its third ever female prime minister. Liz Truss was elected as leader by grassroots members of the Conservatives to lead the party – and hence the nation – on a platform that positioned her as the continuity candidate from Boris Johnson.

Support for the Peter Dutton-led Coalition is at its lowest point since 2008 having fallen again since the May 21 election in the latest Newspoll.

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A record 11 Indigenous representatives recently took their seats in the new federal parliament – three in the House of Representatives and eight in the Senate. Of these, nine are women and just two are men.