The Latest Breaking News from Coalition

Syrian rebels seize Damascus as Assad regime falls; Coalition’s nuclear claims undermined; children viewing gambling ads through Snapchat filters

‘Potentially historic’ moment looms at the ACTU meeting, as aggrieved unions threaten to direct support elsewhere

In his new book Mean Streak, Rick Morton explores a moral vacuum, a dodgy debt generator and a multibillion-dollar government shake-down.

Survey finds 25 percentage point gender gap across all age brackets on whether nuclear power would be positive for the country, with majority of men saying it would

Opposition Senate leader and former senior minister in the Coalition government Simon Birmingham has announced he will quit parliament. Birmingham, one of the few remaining moderates in the Liberals’ ranks, is shadow foreign minister. Now , aged 50, he’s defecting to a (yet to be announced) commercial job.

New polling shows voters are scathing of the government’s attempts to address the cost of housing and wage growth, and a new register will be set up requiring telcos to recognise and block scam texts.

Organisation asked supporters if they ‘want to feel different on our election night’ in an ad with half of Trump’s face and half of Dutton’s

In the lead-up to public hearings, a community organiser says ‘risky scheme’ is being pushed for region with no details or consultation

A national YouGov poll, conducted November 15–21 from a sample of 1,515, had a 50–50 tie, unchanged from the previous YouGov poll in September. Primary votes were 38% Coalition (down one), 30% Labor (steady), 13% Greens (down one), 9% One Nation (up two) and 10% for all Others (steady).