Pauline Hanson’s daughter defeated by firebrand senator
Old faces and newcomers will be welcomed to the Senate as Labor's landslide federal election victory continues to generate surprise results.
Old faces and newcomers will be welcomed to the Senate as Labor's landslide federal election victory continues to generate surprise results.
Australia's next federal parliament is taking shape as the margin in one of two remaining electorates narrows to just three votes.
Australia's parliament won't be fully known until a recount in one seat split by eight votes, with an incumbent requesting a recount in another.
A watered-down nuclear policy is set to underpin a fragile truce between the Liberal and National parties as they work towards a formal reunion.
Liberal leader Sussan Ley is preparing to announce her leadership team that will include Nationals MPs after the two parties decided to stay together.
Liberal MPs have held urgent talks over policy demands from the Nationals that hold the key to the two long-time partners reuniting in opposition.
Liberal MPs have paved the way for a coalition reunion, giving in-principle support to four key policy demands that had fractured the marriage.
The coalition could reunite just days after splitting as the Nationals and Liberals take their first steps towards a new agreement.
Liberals and Nationals are being told to focus on applying the blowtorch to Labor rather than letting infighting take hold after their political marriage ended.
The Reserve Bank is widely expected to deliver a second interest rate cut as global trade uncertainty threatens to rain on Australia's economy.
Elizabeth Watson-Brown will be the only Greens member in federal parliament's lower house after she claimed victory in the Brisbane seat of Ryan.
The seat of Bradfield was called for the Liberals but is back in doubt after postal votes narrowed the gap for independent Nicolette Boele.
The election result for the Sydney seat of Bradfield may go down to the last ballot, with just 43 votes separating the Liberal and independent candidates.
The Greens are pondering who will take the reins of the minor party after losing their leader at the election, but will hold a powerful position in the Senate.
A week out from a famous Labor victory, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has his sights on the next election, while the Liberals and Greens are leaderless.
Most analysts are asking not if, but by how much, the Reserve Bank will cut interest rates - and upcoming jobs data could be pivotal to that decision.
Voting has closed in Albania's parliamentary election after a boisterous campaign dominated by the country's uphill effort to join the European Union.
Several MPs have clung on to their electorates by a whisker after days of counting following the May federal election, but the fate of others is less clear.
Liberals need to reconnect with Australians who deserted them, Sussan Ley says as her election as the party's first female leader signals an era of refreshment.
The prime minister has celebrated women winning a majority of Labor's seats as the ousting of two ministers from cabinet draws sharp criticism.
Greens leader Adam Bandt has conceded defeat to Labor's Sarah Witty in his lower house seat of Melbourne, opening up a leadership race for the minor party.
Senior ministers are on the chopping block as Labor's factional powerbrokers carve up cabinet positions following a dominant federal election victory.
Greens leader Adam Bandt has lost his seat after Labor reclaimed the electorate from the minor party for the first time in 15 years.
Australia's transition to low-emission vehicles could speed up after the election, experts say, fuelled by ongoing tax cuts and emission limits.
Improved relations with Solomon Islands and Vanuatu could be a goal of Labor's second term, with a huge step-up with Papua New Guinea already assured.
Nationals MPs are openly questioning the coalition agreement with the Liberal Party, including one senator who was voted out after the election.
Scooping gelato and sipping coffee with locals: the prime minister has continued typical campaign tasks without the weight of an election on his shoulders.
Labor will move to cut student debt as its first re-election priority with the prime minister claiming a mandate to press forward with housing reform.
Eurosceptic George Simion appeared on course for victory in the first round of Romania's presidential election re-run.
The Greens are talking down the prospect of being left without a lower house presence, with leader Adam Bandt defiant as his own fate remains up in the air.
Despite its emphatic election loss, the depleted coalition could still reclaim at least one inner-city seat from an incumbent teal independent.