The Latest Breaking News from Tony Abbott

Peter Dutton's pledge to scrap an emissions target would leave Australia in the dust of the race to stop global warming, climate groups and the government say.

Needy former UK PM visibly struggled when some of Abbott’s (bonkers) points drew a bigger cheer than his at rightwing event

Prime minister is the latest to cop jeers at a major event, this time the Australian Open. History suggests he won’t be the last

Former senator Eric Abetz has won the backing of Tasmanian Liberals for preselection at the upcoming state election.

Plus Jodie Foster in new True Detective, a documentary about the machinations of the Liberal party and big-budget war series Masters of the Air

By far the most significant decision the Howard government made in 2003 was to support the invasion of Iraq. Journalists and historians have long maintained there was no submission to full cabinet weighing the pros and cons of the Australian intervention. Cabinet papers from 2003 released today by the National…

The Howard government drafted a statement declaring its support for an emissions trading scheme before abruptly changing course

The 2003 cabinet papers reveal debates ranging from privatisation and workplace relations to spam and the World Expo in Japan

A post-honeymoon prime minister has been left battered and bruised by 2023 – but that doesn’t necessarily mean the opposition leader will win the war