Brett Worthington

Under pressure and reverting to his worst instincts, Anthony Albanese used Tourette syndrome as an insult in parliament. You just had to look at two of his ministers' faces to see how far he'd fouled.

Peta Murphy's final political act was convincing those who sat opposite her in parliament of the need to tackle online gambling. But it's a message that looks to have fallen short with those who sat much closer on the government's frontbench.

Just like Democrats who were worried about Joe Biden, long-time Labor voters fear Anthony Albanese is not the messenger for the moment. It boils down to "the vibe".

The CFMEU saga has meant Anthony Albanese has again spent his week fielding questions about internal Labor matters, when he'd rather be talking about anything else.

The attempted assassination of Donald Trump has Australian politicians calling for a calming of public debates, amid fears attacks on elected figures here could see a greater need for police protection.

The electoral cycle rollercoaster has Labor holding on for dear life, with the federal party going through its lowest of ebbs this term.

It wasn't that long ago that Peter Dutton and his merry band in the Coalition had a simple message for voters: "If you don't know, vote no." It's a different story now as he asks voters to trust him to deliver a nuclear age.

Peter Dutton is taking a gamble that people are more worried about paying their bills than solving the climate crisis. It’s high-stakes poker, in which he hopes his plan can flush out the teals and win back Liberal votes.

A team of scientists on the frontlines of climate change are helping nature heal itself. But as wars rage around them, it’s making their efforts to feed an increasingly hungry globe that much harder.

Jim Chalmers’s budget statement was deliberately vague about the chance inflation easing by year’s end, setting up a high-stakes gamble that — if realised — could bring with it a second term for his government.