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A party can’t govern forever, though Menzies set a high bar at 16 consecutive years as PM. The Coalition’s nine years is a healthy term.

An ABC analysis of data from the seat of Fowler reveals how independent Dai Le swept to victory over high-profile Labor candidate Kristina Keneally.

Election of Colin Boyce to federal parliament leads to a series of taunts from state Labor frontbenchers

A Canberra filmmaker plans to transform a 1981 DMC DeLorean himself.

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Tuesday: Australian Electoral Commission says there is no evidence to support United Australia party’s accusation votes were taken home. Plus: Australia’s most diverse parliament

The National Party could have a new leader as early as next week as Barnaby Joyce's leadership is put to a vote and the party room wrestles with its future "barking from the wilderness in opposition".

At his first news conference as the newly sworn in Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese assured the nation he was ready for the top job.

Political commentators often use the idea of a political spectrum from left to right as shorthand for understanding political ideologies, parties and programs. Derived from the arrangement of the National Assembly in the French Revolution, it has been a remarkably resilient form of political shorthand.