The crushing defeat of the Coalition on Saturday stemmed from its inability to let go of hateful, racist and divisive policies, of which Australia has had enough, writes Dr Victoria Fielding. AS THE ...

Despite a less-than-stellar performance, Labor won the 2025 Election in a landslide due to the Coalition's immense failure to appeal to voters, writes Dr Binoy Kampmark. THE DUST HAD barely settled on ...

Saturday’s electoral mauling of the Coalition was a resounding rejection of media lies and distortions, as Alan Austin reports. The first task was to identify the key issues, which the AFR did well.

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No matter who wins the 2025 Election, both major parties face enormous pressures in managing the 2025-26 migration program, writes Dr Abul Rizvi. But Labor also faces a major dilemma in setting the ...

Australia has resoundingly voted to retain Labor’s Anthony Albanese as its PM — decimating and demoralising Gina Rinehart and Advance Australia’s Liberal-National Party Coalition in the process. The ...

The re-elected Labor Government has a chance to adopt a defence strategy that values what's most important to Australians — their very lives. Dr Bronwyn Kelly writes. An understanding of what ...

Between 2007 and 2013, Labor prime ministers Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard "played musical chairs". (Photo, 2007.) This picture captures then-Deputy PM Julia Gillard applauding Prime Minister Kevin ...

The 2025 election campaign from both sides has been much like the show Seinfeld — basically, a whole lot of nothing. Lyn Bender writes. For those who have ever watched the Seinfeld series, it remains ...