Angus Taylor. Andrew Hastie. Both want the top job from under Sussan Ley, but who are they?

Five federal polls have been released in the last week, with three of them having some fieldwork after the Coalition split on January 22. One Nation is in second place on primary votes in the YouGov and DemosAU polls, leading the Coalition by five points in YouGov and three points in DemosAU.

The federal Coalition was imploding on Wednesday night, with all Nationals frontbenchers, including leader David Littleproud, quitting the shadow ministry.

AI has the power to massively cut red tape, and Aussie governments are on the bandwagon. But big risks lie close to the surface.

These polls are the worst for Labor since they unexpectedly won the May 2025 federal election in a landslide.

What has the legend of Australian electoral analysis, Malcolm McKerras, been smoking, when he’s aligning with Legalise Cannabis politicians in the Victorian Upper House?

It’s that time of year when Australia’s best stock pickers swap market charts for form guides and the field for the 2025 Melbourne Cup has drawn more analysis from financiers than a quarterly earnings report.

If Rupert Murdoch becomes a white knight standing up to a rampantly bullying US president, the world has moved into the upside-down.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has told Anthony Albanese China stands ready to work with Australia “to push the bilateral relationship further”, in their meeting in Beijing on Tuesday.

The Tasmanian state election will be held this Saturday. Days before polling starts, voters still have the state split right down the middle.

It’s not inflation. It’s not interest rates. It’s not even growth. William Buck's chief economist says: it's growing geopolitical uncertainty

Thanks to the decisive victory of US President-elect Donald Trump, we’re now set to hear a whole lot more of his favourite word. But how do they actually work?