Paul Sakkal

Concerns over political risk have slowed the opposition energy plan, casting doubt on the Coalition’s previous aim of announcing six possible nuclear sites before the May budget.

Will Muslim voters in the working-class north of this Labor stronghold unite with middle-class progressives in the south to vote for Greens because of Gaza?

The electoral commission has released figures detailing the sums received and expended by political parties and lobby groups involved in last year’s referendum campaign.

There is widespread support in the opposition for a conversation on nuclear energy, but several Coalition MPs say they are worried the opposition is moving too quickly.

An individual, company or third-party activist group who could currently contribute an unlimited amount to a campaign will be outlawed from giving huge sums to parties.

To turn around Liberals’ worst level of female representation in 30 years, an outgoing ex-minister is calling for a radical rule change.

The former right-hand man to Tony Blair says Anthony Albanese can become the first long-term Labor prime minister in a generation by commanding the centre ground of Australian politics.

Anthony Albanese this week declined to commit to the full, phased-in ban on sports betting ads recommended in Peta Murphy’s landmark report.

Leila Khaled, who appears holding an AK-47 in famous murals in the West Bank, is a member of a hard-line Marxist group that shocked the world with airline hijackings and bombings.

Australians paying off university debts could save $1000 or more by mid-year under a fee overhaul that Education Minister Jason Clare calls a cost-of-living fix.

Anthony Albanese will be at Taylor Swift in Sydney on Friday and then attend an exclusive performance by Katy Perry at Visy magnate Anthony Pratt’s mansion this weekend.

Labor is cautiously optimistic it will hold on to the seat of Dunkley even as a ring-wing activist group’s scare campaign sends a shiver through the crucial byelection.

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus wanted to install a legal figure with Labor links to the second-highest position in the new anti-corruption commission before the committee vetting the appointment baulked.

The former Labor senator led the campaign to free the Aboriginal flag from copyright restrictions and is now leading a campaign to keep it out of pro-Palestine rallies.

The former prime minister says he will take up advisory roles and positions on private boards, focused on the United States and Indo-Pacific.

If Labor’s stunning win in the Aston byelection came in the Albanese government’s honeymoon, a looming poll in Dunkley will occur amid mid-relationship blues.

Peter Dutton said a meeting between Albanese and Joyce raised questions about their relationship. The PM labelled the claim absurd.

Lawyer Stephanie Hunt says the community wants relatable candidates who understand cost-of-living pressures.

The prime minister began his year with an appeal to return the treasured baggy green cricket caps of retiring batsman David Warner.

Liberal moderate Andrew Bragg has been given free rein to map out the opposition’s energy policy – but some in the party argue that nuclear power should still be an option.