The Latest Breaking News from Coalition

Some state Liberal leaders and National MPs are calling on the government to slash the fuel excise as petrol hits $2.20 a litre

This week’s Newspoll, conducted March 9-12 from a sample of 1,520, gave Labor a 55-45 lead, unchanged since last fortnight. Primary votes were 41% Labor (steady), 35% Coalition (steady), 8% Greens (down one), 3% One Nation (steady), 3% Clive Palmer’s UAP (down one) and 10% for all Others (up two).

Group says government was advised late last year of the prospect of massive flooding but did not adequately prepare communities

More than 20 candidates taking on Coalition MPs are backed by, or sympathetic to, the ‘voices of’ movement

‘Voices of’ candidates and other independents, in some cases funded by the Climate 200 group, are putting government seats under pressure

Three Russian military convoys arrived in northeastern Syria, only days after similar reinforcements were deployed in the area by the US-led International Coalition. Informed sources and locals said that 13 trucks loaded with materials and logistical equipment, five armored vehicles, large boxes loaded with ammunition and medium and heavy weapons…

Coalition backbencher George Christensen took to Facebook this week to claim the government has suddenly stopped reporting vaccinated death statistics. Is that correct?

Saudi air defenses destroyed a drone targeting Jazan, the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen said on Wednesday. Shrapnel from the drone, launched by Houthi militias from Yemen’s Hodeidah province, scattered over civilian objects but did not cause any damage, the Coalition said.

All the day’s news as it unfolded