The Latest Breaking News from Anthony Albanese

Rain is finally easing, but emergency alerts remain for parts of the state’s far north, with communities from Cooktown to Innisfail cut off by record flood waters

A national Newspoll, conducted December 11–15 from a sample of 1,219, gave Labor a 52–48 lead, a two-point gain for Labor since the previous Newspoll three weeks ago that had a 50–50 tie. Primary votes were 36% Coalition (down two), 33% Labor (up two), 13% Greens (steady), 7% One Nation…

Anthony Albanese will host his New Zealand counterpart Chris Luxon for a day of talks in Sydney.

The prime minister is calling on Australians to engage with each other peacefully as tensions simmer over conflict in the Middle East.

Support for Labor has bounced back in fresh polling that shows negative sentiment improving slightly for both the prime minister and opposition leader.

The government continues to refuse freedom-of-information access to minutes of a committee established by the Coalition. When will it live up to its rhetoric on transparency?

As adversity increases and polarisation reasserts itself as the national default, everything gets harder for the incumbents

As pressure mounts on Biden administration over Gaza, Israel tells its closest ally it still needs ‘months’ to defeat Hamas

‘He loved to torment his audiences but it was from a place of love’, his son Rupert said of his father

The prime minister was among those who have paid their respects to passionate sports advocate and Labor MP Peta Murphy at her funeral in Melbourne.

For an issue in which Australia is not a player and has no direct influence, the Israel-Hamas conflict is putting serious strain on the Albanese government, internally and externally.