Politics

The collapse of the Coalition is as much about the political compatibility of the Liberals and Nationals as it is an attack on Sussan Ley’s leadership.

Defence experts say while Australia keeps meeting downpayments on the promised Virginia-class nuclear submarines, it is getting nothing in return for a deal that shows signs of failure on several fronts.

As Andrew Hastie continues to freelance on immigration policy, Liberal MPs from various factions say he is only hurting his leadership aspirations.

A survey of Labor’s legislative achievements in 2025 testifies to Anthony Albanese’s methodical approach but not to his extraordinary mandate.

ANALYSIS: Having finally persuaded most voters that it is the better economic manager, Labor is well placed to pursue an obvious solution to the problems to come.

In an interview with The Saturday Paper, the Commonwealth ombudsman says government departments still need to ‘unlearn’ the culture that produced robodebt.

As Barnaby Joyce announces he will run for One Nation, Liberals are preparing for further defections to the far-right party.

In a bid to support Australian innovation in the AI revolution, the Albanese government has stripped back layers of regulation, which critics say hands big tech too much power.

Restructures across all levels of arts funding have deprived institutions of money and led some to scale back their ambitions or even close.

This week the Victorian government passed youth crime laws that will see children face adult courts and sentencing – reforms the attorney-general admits are incompatible with the human rights charter.