The Latest Breaking News from Anne Ruston

Winston Churchill once observed that “democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others that have been tried”.

Peter Dutton has promoted Jacinta Nampijinpa Price to shadow cabinet, as another senior Liberal reveals plans to quit parliament.

Michaelia Cash, attorney-general in the last year of the Morrison government, is tipped to be named shadow attorney-general today, and a Queensland Health study has declared long COVID is no worse than a long flu.

Exclusive: Sussan Ley, Dan Tehan and Anne Ruston claim win for rural Australia over decision to speed up processing of 887 visa, but it lets holders choose where to live, including cities

Labor promised to have nurses in aged care homes at all times within a year of winning the federal election. The aged care minister now admits the government will miss that deadline.

About 150 free tickets to sports, shows and hospitality have been given to politicians since the 2019 election, according to analysis

Former Liberal staffer’s personal diary pages reported in the Australian, which also published fresh interview with Higgins’s former boss

Sports Minister Anika Wells will travel to Qatar for the World Cup this week with shadow minister Anne Ruston, keen to engage on human rights issues.

Around-the-clock nurses will now be required in aged care homes across the country after the Albanese government's reforms passed in the Senate.

Coalition members with close connections to Indigenous communities fear a spike in alcohol-fuelled violence once the cashless welfare card is abolished.

The former Morrison government's planning for Australia's COVID-19 vaccine rollout was not "timely", it underestimated how difficult it would be to protect aged care and disability residents and failed to adequately engage with the states and territories before the rollout began, a damning review has found.