4+ week, 7+ hour ago   (142+ words) Federal parliament has returned from winter break with a frenetic start to the second half of the political year. There were days of commentary and squirming over ‘melon-gate’ and, with Labor planning to make a deal with the Coalition to…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (100+ words) At the Daily Mail, Paul Dacre broke new ground in selling readers an angry rightwing perspective. Today, most of Fleet Street is run by his disciplesBy Andy Beckett. Read by Simon VanceThe summer issue of the Long Read magazine is…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (183+ words) Two years into her role representing King Charles, Australia’s head of state, governor general Sam Mostyn says she has observed a ‘woeful lack of understanding’ among the adult population about the civic underpinnings of Australia’s democracy – beginning with the constitution....

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (135+ words) With just months to go before New Zealand voters head to the polls, prime minister Christopher Luxon has survived his second leadership spill in just four months. As flagging poll numbers, a sluggish economy and high-profile gaffes build pressure on…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (227+ words) Today in Focus heads to the embattled 2026 Reform UK Conference to find out where the party may head nextFor months, Reform UK’s momentum has stalled – beset by financial scandals, falling poll numbers and, for the first time, the signs of…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago   (249+ words) Anthony Albanese offered an unequivocal apology this week after making an off-colour comment about Kylie Minogue while playing a ‘shag, marry, date’ game on a podcast.Josephine Tovey speaks with Patrick Keneally, Gabrielle Jackson and Josh Butler about what the…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (210+ words) Tony Barry and George Megalogenis (filling in for Barrie Cassidy) give their view on One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce’s viral moment this week and why they think it played well to his party’s base.George takes us back to past…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (283+ words) underscored this week by her first address to the National Press Club. In a lengthy speech, the leader of...have never used newspapers or radio as a source of news, survey finds David Munk appointed editor of Guardian...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (235+ words) Keir Starmer has announced he will stand down as prime minister less than two years after his election victory, kickstarting the race for who will be the next Labour leader.And with MPs nervous about the growing threat from Nigel…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (232+ words) Senior political correspondent Peter Walker and former No 10 press secretary Paul Harrison analyse Andy Burnham’s first day as PMOn Monday, Andy Burnham finally realised his long-held ambition to become prime minister. But what problems can he expect to confront now…...