The Latest Breaking News from Tony Abbott

There are 26,000 more APS employees than in 2022 but the bill for contractors has fallen from its Covid pandemic peak

MP previously organised leave during Victorian parliament’s sitting week prior to returning to Liberal partyroom

Liberal Party stalwart Kevin Andrews has been remembered as "a man of honour in the bear pit of public life" at a state funeral.

Senior Liberals have turned on Victorian Opposition Leader John Pesutto, calling a meeting after he backflipped on readmitting expelled MP Moira Deeming.

Following weeks of intrigue about a possible deal, the remaining members of the Bali Nine have been released from prison in Indonesia and returned to Australia. The five Australians had served nearly 20 years of their life sentence for their involvement in a drug-smuggling operation.

Senior figure in Liberal party’s right wing held prominent cabinet positions in the Howard and Abbott Coalition governments

Kevin Andrews, a steadfast conservative who advocated for traditional family values, is being remembered as a Liberal "warrior" after he died of cancer.

Victorial Liberal leader defies calls to resign from several party MPs

Chris Masters, the author of bestselling biography Jonestown, says the broadcaster’s ‘evangelical following’ and bully pulpit allowed him to manipulate power and have ‘princes and premiers bowing before him’