Speaking to Crikey outside Merri Creek Primary School in Fitzroy North an hour before the close of polls on election day, van ...

Anyone who hopes that a strengthened Albanese government will take on bigger issues is due for a reality check.

Monique Ryan faced an uphill battle for reelection in Kooyong against an all-in Liberal ground effort. Here's what she had to say to Crikey on election day.

“Women also fill up the car, they also go to petrol stations,” she added, when pushed on the fact Peter Dutton had visited multiple petrol stations, yet released no specific policies for women.

Once upon a time, we used to force cardinals into a crumbling old building, without toilets, walls or even much food — all the better to speed things along.

Was it Australia’s fundamental decency that rejected the right? Or was it simply that they didn’t put up a good enough candidate?

Clive Palmer channeled Donald Trump in the 2025 election, but he was a very different politician a decade ago. The only consistent thing about Palmer was himself and his love of attention.

The teal movement has been brought back down to earth with Tim Wilson's victory in Goldstein, while Amelia Hamer continues to surge in Kooyong. Plus, the federal Liberals continue to blame their ...

Few would have put Dan Tehan in the Liberal leadership mix a week ago. He's now in a three-way battle for the Coalition's top job.

Once upon a time, we used to force cardinals into a crumbling old building, without toilets, walls or even much food — all the better to speed things along.

Party faithful have savaged their own digital campaign, saying social media posts aimed at voters were 'cringe'.

The other two spammers we bid farewell to are both first-term MPs from the Greens, who swept in as part of the “Greensland” ...