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Costs at the cash register, aged-care reform and house prices were key concerns of John Howard's cabinet ahead of the 2004 election, documents show.

Opposition Senate leader and former senior minister in the Coalition government Simon Birmingham has announced he will quit parliament. Birmingham, one of the few remaining moderates in the Liberals’ ranks, is shadow foreign minister. Now , aged 50, he’s defecting to a (yet to be announced) commercial job.

While our most senior politicians have hedged their bets, there’s at least one mining billionaire who hasn’t been afraid to speak her mind.

Here’s what you can expect from Australian broadcasters on what will be one of the biggest days in modern political history.

As American voters head to the polls, former ambassador Joe Hockey says the upcoming election is the most unpredictable.

All the day’s news as it unfolded

The minds behind the satire reflect on a quarter century of politics and belters

Thirteen years ago at the tax summit called to discuss the Henry Tax Review, David Koch stopped discussion of negative gearing dead in its tracks.

Many have tried to reform Australia’s controversial tax settings and just as many have failed. Largely absent from this week’s frenetic debate: the options actually on the table