12 m. ago Liberals take note: Nuclear failure has crowned clean energy

Peter Dutton’s power station policy was so comprehensively rejected by voters that it is off the table permanently.

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15 m. ago Australians are getting on top of their mortgages, says Westpac boss

The country’s second-largest mortgage lender says the strong jobs market is helping more borrowers to stay on top of their repayments.

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20 m. ago The Liberal Party is still beholden to a small cohort of angry men. Women have had enough

I tried many times to meet Peter Dutton about the party’s women problem. It’s clear this wasn’t a priority for him.

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4 h. ago The key Sydney seats: the winners and the one fight everyone is watching

There are 11 seats in Sydney and NSW that are critical – or simply fascinating to observe – in this election. Here’s how Australians voted in each one.

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11 h. ago Gratitude isn’t acceptable among Trump’s cabinet. It’s mandatory

Critics look at the US president’s star line-up and see a group of people that bear more resemblance to North Korean generals than a traditional US cabinet.

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11 h. ago On election night, we finally saw Dutton’s armour crack. It was too little, too late

Despite describing himself as pragmatic, the former opposition leader allowed himself to return too often to an ideological bunker.

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11 h. ago The truth in the booths: The results that reveal the swings behind Labor’s big win

In almost every demographic and ethnic group, Peter Dutton lost voters. He had lost his own seat before polling even started on Saturday.

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21 h. ago No love for nuclear or Dutton as Liberals’ last suburban seats go red

The Liberal Party’s eastern suburban heartland is gone in Melbourne, after voters rejected former leader Peter Dutton and unpopular policies such as nuclear power.

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21 h. ago How Ali France overcame tragedy to claim place in parliament

Ali France is the first person to oust an opposition leader from their seat, driven by personal tragedy to claim her place in parliament.

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21 h. ago Dutton critics are vindicated, but strong opposition is needed

Leadership of the Liberal and National parties is now more important than ever. The Westminster system of government requires a strong opposition

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22 h. ago Months before election day, the Coalition was soaring. In truth, a catastrophe was already unfolding

Peter Dutton was full of bravado at the final question time before the election. But hiding in plain sight was a campaign about to go off the rails.

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22 h. ago NSW Liberals vow to stick to ‘sensible centre’ as Labor celebrates crushing victory

As his party sifted through the rubble of Saturday’s devastating defeat, NSW Opposition Leader Mark Speakman issued a rallying cry to appeal to women and multicultural voters and end “wild fluctuations” in energy policy. 

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22 h. ago Federal election results 2025 as it happened: Albanese says he feels for Dutton as Ali France hails win ‘that took my breath away’

Follow our live coverage of the aftermath of Labor’s landslide victory at the federal election.

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23 h. ago Andrew Hastie is ‘leadership material’ but there’s still votes to be counted: Cash

As the dust settles on the Coalition’s extraordinary election defeat, the party will need to elect a new leader following its former leader Peter Dutton’s defeat in his own seat of Dickson.

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26 h. ago ‘You’re going to make a great MP’: Dutton’s call to Labor victor Ali France

As it became clear to France that she was about to pull off what was once thought impossible – vanquishing a sitting opposition leader – her thoughts were never far from son Henry.

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26 h. ago Federal election results 2025 LIVE updates: Albanese says he feels for Dutton as Ali France hails win ‘that took my breath away’

Follow our live coverage of the aftermath of Labor’s landslide victory at the federal election.

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28 h. ago ‘Unity came at an incredible cost’: Inside Labor’s ‘landslide’ and disaster for Dutton

Peter Dutton kept the party together after the last election through a deliberately conservative approach. And, as chief political correspondent David Crowe says, it cost them.

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28 h. ago Dutton was never a Trump clone. But he fell for the trap of MAGA

This election was shaped by two forces – Cyclone Alfred and Donald Trump – and neither spared the Liberal Party.

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33 h. ago Federal election results 2025 LIVE updates: Albanese remains PM in Labor landslide; Dutton loses his seat to Ali France

Follow our live coverage of the aftermath of Labor’s landslide victory at the federal election.

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33 h. ago Federal election results 2025 as it happened: PM delivers victory speech as Labor wins government; Dutton concedes, projected to lose his own seat

Follow along as Australia decides who will lead the country for the next three years.

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