A strenuous lobbying effort to overturn the UN’s initial rejection of the listing mustered support from countries that are major consumers of Australian gas.
According to senior sources, the Liberal Party’s failure to reflect the demographics of the country has made its chance of re-election ‘finished’ without reform.
The prime minister’s ambition to leave office at a time of his own choosing is buttressed by a historically large Left-leaning caucus committed to the Labor agenda.
The focus on a PM meeting with the US president ignores the realities of his chaotic stance on trade and greatly overstates its significance, insiders say.
A survey of new members and senators shows Labor’s caucus has a Left majority for the first time since national groupings were introduced – and details their home ownership, education and previous careers.
The prime minister’s slow reaction to supporting America’s unauthorised missile strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites shows the contradictions at the heart of Labor’s foreign policy.
The Victorian government’s plans to demolish Melbourne’s public housing towers recall the human rights concerns raised during the snap lockdowns of the pandemic.
Having fought to the top of the South Australian Liberal ticket, Alex Antic is working to reshape the party as a radical outfit more interested in ideology than governing.
The prime minister has staked out a course for his second term that he hopes will address calls for bolder action, including from young voters and his Left faction colleagues.
