Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Labor

Voters turn out for byelection; tributes to Jesse Baird and Luke Davies – as it happened

This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU

PM's birthday wish granted as Labor retain Dunkley

Labor is projected to retain the Melbourne federal seat of Dunkley despite a swing to the Liberals as both parties talked down their chances before the vote.

AAP

Peter Dutton’s pre-Dunkley detainee scare blew up, but cost of living is the real electoral dynamite

The opposition leader’s line of attack in question time came unstuck, but it was an irresponsible ploy all the same

The Guardian - AU

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Afternoon Update: Meta to stop paying Australian publishers for news; Linda White dies; and the best LGBTQ+ shows ever made

Current contracts with publishers that expire this year will not be renewed by technology giant

The Guardian - AU

Mystery around locations of native forestry grow plan

The location of native forest parcels slated to be logged in Tasmania under a Liberal government election pledge may not be made public during the campaign.

AAP

Crime, aspiration and the underdog status: Albanese and Dutton make final pitches in tight Dunkley race

Labor highlights tax changes and legacy of late MP Peta Murphy, while Liberals’ Nathan Conroy tells ‘scared’ voters to ‘send a message’ to government on law and order

The Guardian - AU

Linda White: Anthony Albanese leads tributes to ‘most senior backbencher ever’ after senator’s death

Victorian Labor senator and former trade unionist remembered by colleagues after dying on Thursday night

The Guardian - AU

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Detainee tweet 'shooting from the hip': PM

Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton are both in Melbourne campaigning ahead of a by-election, as the issue of immigration detainees dominates the debate.

AAP

Peter Dutton doubles down on immigration attacks despite Victoria police clearing detainee of assault charges

Deputy leader Sussan Ley refuses to delete tweet claiming ‘Victorian women being assaulted by foreign criminals’

The Guardian - AU

Tributes for 'beloved, formidable' Labor senator

Labor senator for Victoria Linda White is being remembered as a fierce advocate and tireless worker after losing a health battle.

AAP

Adamstown gates alternative buried for good as state pursues 'better' options

The maligned rail crossing is getting traffic lights instead.

Newcastle Herald

The wanted: Australia’s approach to investigating alleged international crimes ‘not working’, Greens say

David Shoebridge’s comments follow reports Rwanda issued indictments for two men living in Australia it accused of participating in genocide

The Guardian - AU

Secretive firm behind voice no campaign billed taxpayers almost $135,000 via Coalition MPs, documents show

Exclusive: Whitestone Strategic, which has close ties to rightwing lobby group Advance, was paid to craft messaging on topics such as vaccine mandates and renewable energy

The Guardian - AU

Tasmanian premier Jeremy Rockliff pledges to open protected native forests to logging

Liberal leader’s plan criticised by political opponents, environmentalists and industry representatives

The Guardian - AU

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - AU

Assault charges to be dropped against man released from indefinite detention hours after Dutton question time attack

Police say CCTV footage indicates another man, not the 44-year-old former detainee, involved in alleged sexual assault in Melbourne

The Canberra Times

Liberal dissenters blast most 'extreme' VAD proposal

The findings from an inquiry have been handed down.

Newcastle Herald

Stop 'ripping the soul out of regional communities', Cadell tells government

Ross Cadell calls for greater protection for regional communities.

AAP

Forest wars flare after pledge to grow native logging

Native forestry in Tasmania will be expanded if the Liberal government is re-elected at the upcoming state election on March 23.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

AAP

Coalition expects Labor to hold seat in by-election

Peter Dutton says he expects a swing away from Labor in the Dunkley by-election, but it's a "tough ask" for the Liberal Party to wrest the seat away.

The Guardian - AU

Labor MP calls for Order of Australia to be stripped from undeserving dead recipients

Graham Perrett says it is ‘unjust’ deceased high school teacher Maxwell Howell, who is accused of failing to investigate child sex abuse, retains the honour

The Guardian - AU

Malarndirri McCarthy hits back at Lidia Thorpe for ‘native police’ attack in Senate

Labor frontbencher accuses Thorpe of using ‘reprehensible’ language and making her feel ‘culturally unsafe’

AAP

Calls for Closing the Gap to be 'above politics'

With only four of the 19 Closing the Gap targets on track to be met, a range of senators put forward different ideas on how best to address Indigenous inequity.

AAP

Liberals elect new deputy leader in Western Australia

Farmer and former journalist Steven Martin has been elected as deputy leader of the Western Australian Liberal Party.

The Guardian - AU

Former NSW government accused of ‘pork barrelling at public’s expense’ after scathing audit

The $5bn post-pandemic spending program ‘not informed by robust research or analysis’ auditor general finds

The Canberra Times

'Labor's in bed with developers': Greens slam Steel's planning decision

The Environment Minister was 'blindsided' by the decision.

1 … 149 150 151 152

People

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations