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Anthony Albanese will recall well when another Labor prime minister was feeling the heat over Palestinian status.

From Cleeks, Crushers and HyFlyers to Catherine the Great, Julia Gillard and Boris Johnson, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

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

Anthony Albanese loves a trophy, especially a human one. He prides himself on his various “captain’s pick” candidates – good campaigners he has steered into seats.

When the new parliament convenes after the recent election, it will feature a rarity in Australian politics. Women will lead two significant political parties at the same time: the Liberal Party’s Sussan Ley and the Greens’ Larissa Waters.

Albanese’s election pledge has been that his government would hold no Australian back and leave none behind

Minority governments have been part of Australia’s political history since Federation.

Some former prime ministers are helping their parties on the campaign trail, others are keeping a lower profile and one is not holding back on criticism.

Barring a rogue result, this Saturday Anthony Albanese will achieve what no major party leader has done since John Howard’s prime-ministerial era – win consecutive elections. Admittedly, in those two decades he is only the second of the six prime ministers (the other is Scott Morrison), who has been permitted…