Watching the Liberal Party’s leadership saga is excruciating. It’s like witnessing a slow death: drawn-out, painful and entirely avoidable.
Jeni O’Dowd
An end might be in sight for the Coalition’s divorce, as both leaders face pressure to reach a deal.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
Sussan Ley and David Littleproud are staring down separate leadership challenges as MPs debate the future of the partnership between the Liberals and Nationals.
Zac de Silva
A search for one of Australia's most wanted fugitives, Dezi Freeman, has narrowed in remote bushland.
Callum Godde
The PM has unleashed on the relationship between the Liberals and Nationals, which has been fraught with drama after the Coalition’s historic split.
Ria Pandey
A senior Nationals MP has made a big call on David Littleproud’s future ahead of a spill motion that could oust the embattled leader.
Hundreds of millions of dollars were poured into Australia's 2025 federal poll, with major parties spending nine figures across the election year.
Dominic Giannini
Sanae Takaichi is poised for victory in Japan's election, solidifying her party's grip on power and giving her a mandate for her expansionary fiscal policy.
Staff Writers
A big shift in conservative politics follows the coalition's dramatic split as rivals jostle for leadership and analysts wonder how permanent the move will be.
LIVE UPDATES: The Nationals have locked themselves in a room to discuss leadership and a possible reunification with the Coalition with conditions.
Max Corstorphan
Federal Resources Minister Madeleine King is heading to the United States to attend a multi-nation summit on critical minerals aimed at swerving China’s chokehold on the sector.
Latika M Bourke
The New England MP has given an ominous warning of more chaos to come as parliament returns for the first sitting fortnight of the year.
Ria Pandey, Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
Venezuelan activist Javier Tarazona has been freed in a prisoner release as opposition leader María Corina Machado says a political transition is unstoppable.
The fallout from the Coalition’s latest spectacular split will come to a head with Nationals backbencher Colin Boyce moving to skewer David Littleproud’s leadership.
Grace Crivellaro
MPs and senators are flocking to Canberra for the first sitting fortnight of the year. Here’s what to expect.
It will be a few days before a US government funding package comes up for a vote, House Speaker Mike Johnson says.
David Littleproud is expected to remain as leader of the Nationals, while One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce has teased an announcement about a new recruit.
Lord Peter Mandelson has resigned his membership of the British Labour Party after further revelations about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.
David Lynch
Pope Leo is urging "sincere and effective dialogue" between the United States and Cuba to prevent further suffering for the Cuban people.
Protesters have thrown stones, Molotov cocktails and other objects at police in the Italian city of Turin after a cultural centre was shut down.
Opponents of the planned racetrack set for Burswood Park have pledged to keep their fight going despite construction beginning this week.
Oliver Lane
The Prime Minister has remained tight-lipped on Donald Trump’s invite to join his controversial Board of Peace.
Alexandra Feiam
Meta is set to face trial in a lawsuit brought by the US state of New Mexico accusing it of exposing children and teens to sexual exploitation on its platforms.
Morgan Lee
Clive Palmer has cropped up in the messages of disgraced American financier Jeffrey Epstein.
