7 h. ago Federal election results 2025 LIVE updates: Liberal elders back Ley for leader as Dutton stays silent; Major blow to Greens as leader Bandt set to lose Melbourne; Tight race in key seats

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8 h. ago First conclave vote to elect new pope fails as black smoke emerges

More than 45,000 people gathered in St Peter’s Square to witness the time-honoured tradition which signified that no candidate had garnered the two-thirds majority needed to become the new pope.

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8 h. ago Lesson for the Liberals: do the opposite of what Peta Credlin says

Victoria was fertile ground for a coherent and considered Coalition pitch to voters. Driving a truck with Jacinta Allan’s face plastered on it wasn’t it.

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9 h. ago Ley gets backing from party elders as Liberal leadership battle grows hostile

Others are throwing their support behind shadow treasurer Angus Taylor, with duelling files being circulated by allies that threaten ongoing instability.

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18 h. ago Dutton ‘had written me off’: How Tim Wilson won back Goldstein, despite Liberal baggage

Tim Wilson says winning back the seat of Goldstein was a critical milestone for the Liberal Party to prove that teals could be beaten.

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19 h. ago Federal election results 2025 as it happened: Greens leader Bandt set to lose Melbourne; Dutton silent on Liberal leadership future; Kooyong race tightens

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19 h. ago Victoria hot seats LIVE results: Ryan’s lead over Hamer in Kooyong doubles overnight; Bandt on track to lose Melbourne seat; Wilson says Goldstein win proves teals ‘not an unstoppable force’

Follow all the results from the crunch Victorian seats that could decide the election.

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20 h. ago Victoria hot seats LIVE results: Hamer slashes Ryan’s Kooyong lead to fewer than 400 votes; Bandt on track to lose Melbourne seat; Wilson says Goldstein win proves teals ‘not an unstoppable force’

Follow all the results from the crunch Victorian seats that could decide the election.

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20 h. ago Federal election results 2025 LIVE updates: Greens leader Bandt loses Melbourne; Dutton silent on Liberal leadership future; Kooyong race tightens

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20 h. ago She went from punk rocker to pilot. Now Sussan Ley wants to be Liberal leader

There is no map to guide a shattered Liberal Party through its worst defeat, but Sussan Ley is game to try. Her upbringing and early life explain why.

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20 h. ago Why Andrew Forrest bankrolled David Attenborough’s last great project

The mining billionaire was a nature-loving teenager when he first fell in love with Attenborough’s films.

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21 h. ago Federal election results 2025 LIVE updates: Greens leader Bandt on track to lose Melbourne; Dutton silent on Liberal leadership future; Kooyong race tightens

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32 h. ago The TikTok generation swiped left on Peter Dutton this election

Younger voters dominated the electoral roll, but the Liberals couldn’t find them.

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32 h. ago The climate won’t change for the Liberals without more women and fewer oldies

The Liberal Party is the Holden Commodore of politics. And it’s not roadworthy.

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37 h. ago Merz wins on second ballot to become Germany’s 10th chancellor, hours after historic defeat

A candidate for chancellor has never failed to win on the first ballot since the end of World War II.

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37 h. ago Merz becomes Germany’s 10th chancellor hours after historic initial defeat

A candidate for chancellor has never failed to win on the first ballot since the end of World War II.

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42 h. ago In a historic first, Merz’s bid to become Germany’s 10th chancellor fails first ballot

A candidate for chancellor has never failed to win on the first ballot since the end of the war.

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42 h. ago Liberals claim Goldstein as nearby MPs battle to stay in office

Federal election vote counting continues with a number of Melbourne seats still on a knife's edge, with the Greens and the Teals trying to stave off challengers.

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42 h. ago Federal election results 2025 as it happened: Liberal Wilson wins back Goldstein from teal Zoe Daniel; Adam Bandt at serious risk of losing seat

Take a look back at all the highlights from our national coverage of election developments from around the country on Tuesday, as the PM takes his first steps in his second term.

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43 h. ago Scrap nuclear: key Liberal senator wants radioactive energy plan buried

The move comes as deputy Liberal leader Sussan Ley and shadow treasurer Angus Taylor approach immigration spokesman Dan Tehan to serve as deputy.

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