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On Wednesday, Opposition Leader Sussan Ley will front the National Press Club. So why is that a big deal?

Former prime minister Paul Keating famously used to say the resident galah in any pet shop was talking about micro-economic policy. These days, if you encounter a pet shop with a galah, she’ll be chattering about productivity.

The ABC’s storied panel show is ending after 18 years – but its polarising topics and infamous arguments will live on in Australia’s collective memory

First Nations people please be advised this article speaks of racially discriminating moments in history, including the distress and death of First Nations people.

The Victorian and NSW Nationals senators due to face the voters at the 2028 election will struggle to hold their seats if the former partners do not re-form the Coalition before then.

Reforming with Nationals could be very difficult once deep policy divergences set in and are openly debated, MPs say

I remember seeing footage, several years ago, of a jubilant Malcolm Turnbull, then prime minister and Liberal leader, speaking in Tamworth to loyal members of the National Party. These were the rank and file who had spent weeks stumping for their man in New England, Nationals leader and deputy prime…

Making Jakarta their first overseas visit has become a set piece for newly elected Australian prime ministers dating back to John Howard in 1996.

As the Liberal Party looks for answers after a resounding election loss, it must learn the lessons from another crushing defeat.

Watching elections over the decades, one thing that has struck me is that results are invariably hyperbolised in the first blush of the people’s verdict. The achievement of the winners is over-egged in the commentary, as is the scale of the calamity suffered by the losers.

The party will need to think long and hard about their history if they are to find a way out of their current mess