Anthony Albanese has credited the Secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet with rebuilding the public service.
- Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Amid the tastes of sweet triumph and bitter defeat, the major parties are planning the next steps, hanging some out to dry.
With both the Liberals and Greens now leaderless, the race is on to refresh the leadership before the new parliament sits.
David Pocock joins us to talk about the new Senate situation, his aspirations for the next three years and the election generally.
The Liberals’ former Senate leader Simon Birmingham has warned the party that serious changes will be needed to better reflect modern Australia.
Albanese has received congratulations from leaders across the world on his election win, with Donald Trump comments, like in the campaign, being notable.
Despite Labor’s resounding win, long-standing policy pressure will haunt them. Meanwhile, the Liberals attempt to regroup facing few options.
Albanese has won a landslide victory at the 2025 election, in a major upset for the Coalition.
After a campaign overshadowed by Trump, Labor has prevailed and the Liberals have been left with a real problem: who would want to lead them now?
Chief Political Correspondent Michelle Grattan and Politics Editor Amanda Dunn discuss why the Coalition has focussed on culture wars issues this week.
With the election nearly over, Michelle Grattan takes a look back at the key moments of what felt like a very long campaign.
The good news keeps coming for the prime minister, while the opposition leader shows questionable judgement.
With Canada’s social progressive Liberals re-elected, Albanese will be hoping that Australia will soon follow-suit.
Ex-Labor strategist turned pollster Kos Samaras says both major parties have been slow in adapting to this year’s huge pre-poll voter turnout.
Labor is putting pressure on Peter Dutton to reveal the opposition’s costings after showing savings of more than $6.4 billion in its costing compared to PEFO.
With long experience in parliament behind him, the former Queensland policeman is looking to take the top job. But he has his work cut out.
The fourth debate asked leaders to produce one-word responses to pictures of the prime minister’s Copacabana house, a three-eyed fish and Elon Musk.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is set to launch a 1800MEDICARE advice line from January next year.
And while Anzac Day brought a temporary truce in campaigning, the political leaders united to condemn neo-Nazi disruption at a dawn service in Melbourne.
With just a week to go in this election, cost of living and defence featured strongly in the campaign. But for many it was overshadowed by the death of Pope Francis.
Whatever the result on May 3, even Liberal insiders think they have run a very poor national campaign. Not just poor, but odd.
From handling town hall hecklers to swaying voters through podcasts and online algorithms, Australian election campaigns have transformed in recent generations.
A re-elected Albanese government will take the unprecedented step of buying or obtaining options over key critical minerals to protect Australia’s national interest.
Defence will again be in the spotlight with the Coalition promising an increase of defence spending of 3% by the end of the decade.
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