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Opposition leader Sussan Ley takes her seat for Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra on Monday 25 August 2025. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Canavan leads group of five demanding Coalition debate scrapping net zero

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has ordered an internal review of emissions targets, but the topic that almost split the Coalition is back on the agenda.

  • Paul Sakkal

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Opposition Leader Sussan Ley and Treasurer Jim Chalmers in question time on Monday.

As Ley tried to tear strips off Chalmers, more than half her MPs weren’t even listening

A remarkable 22 Coalition politicians - more than half of all opposition MPs - were on a phone or laptop as Treasurer Jim Chalmers was on his feet in question time.

  • Paul Sakkal
Peter Dutton with David Littleproud at the LNP state conference.

Dutton calls for unity in first public comments since landslide defeat

The former opposition leader heaped praise on his replacement Sussan Ley, telling reporters she had a vision to lead the embattled parties to the next poll.

  • Matt Dennien
Then Regional Roads Minister Jenny Aitchison during budget estmates.

The $334 million Labor ‘slush fund’ for regional roads

Nearly 90 per cent of projects in the state government’s Regional Roads Fund projects are in Labor-held seats. Now the Auditor-General is examining the scheme.

  • Max Maddison
Anthony Albanese’s post-election honeymoon is not showing any sign of ending with Labor’s lead over the Coalition growing in the latest Resolve Poll.

Albanese won 94 seats at the election. Now voters want to give him even more

The prime minister’s honeymoon with voters is showing no signs of ending as support for Labor climbs to its highest level in two years, exclusive polling figures show.

  • Shane Wright
The Coalition is going to target one of the government’s signature housing policies, its build-to-rent tax concessions.

Coalition picks its first fight with Labor – on housing ‘nightmare’

After a federal election dominated by housing policy, the Coalition’s first move is to try to reverse a tax incentive that the building industry believes will ease the rental squeeze.

  • Shane Wright
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Leader of the House Tony Burke.

Labor dumps tradition to knock Coalition MPs from key parliamentary posts

The government says the move is designed to ensure that crossbench MPs are represented in parliamentary committees that scrutinise legislation.

  • Olivia Ireland
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition leader Sussan Ley.

Political enemies join parliament’s first-day love-in. Day two will be a different story

For just one day, love and homage to democracy were the central rituals as the 48th parliament opened.

  • Tony Wright
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Hasten slowly: Voters wary of reform surprise from Albanese

Anthony Albanese has a record majority in the parliament, but voters are wary of him using it for major reform. And they don’t want the GST to change.

  • Shane Wright
Dan Tehan

‘Trashing our economy’: Tehan maintains rage over Labor’s green agenda

The opposition’s new energy spokesman will attack the cost of Labor’s renewable energy goals, as the Coalition wrestles with a commitment to net zero.

  • Mike Foley