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‘We all support Jim’: Plibersek gives show of unity for Chalmers
Jim Chalmers’ takes polling hit as cabinet tensions emerge; Anthony Albanese visits Caribbean; unions to stage demonstration outside Reserve Bank. Follow live.
Australian Financial ReviewCentre-right
NSW push to revert to pen-and-paper NAPLAN tests backed by experts
From 2028, the NSW government wants NAPLAN testing to be done with a pen and paper to help redress the nation's decline in writing skills.
ABC NewsCentre-left
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The polls have opened in the US for the midterm elections, which will decide how much power President Donald Trump has for the remainder of his term.
ABC NewsCentre-left
'Despicable betrayal': Democrat backs GOP candidate in key midterms race
The Democrats' messy Michigan Senate campaign is again marred by friendly fire, with defeated primaries candidate Haley Stevens breaking ranks and endorsing the Republican nominee in Tuesday's…
ABC NewsCentre-left
FOI says Gold Coast mayor took Mar-a-Lago invoice out of the office
The Mar-a-Lago invoice helped kill Gold Coast mayor’s Trump Tower conflict of interest concerns, yet council says it has no copy.
ABC NewsCentre-left
Protesters loot shops, 100 officers injured as riots spread to Germany
The German city of Frankfurt emerges as a new flashpoint for Europe's anti-government protests as students demand better education and lower living costs.
ABC NewsCentre-left
Will anger over corruption be the deciding factor in the US midterms?
In a politically polarised American electorate, it can be hard to find bipartisan consensus on many issues. Ahead of the US midterm elections, however, there is one thing almost everyone can agree…
The ConversationCentre
Israeli President Isaac Herzog calls for calm ahead of election mediations
Mediations between parties is set to begin in an attempt to cobble together a new government after an election result that failed to provide a majority government.
ABC NewsCentre-left
Ex US spy chiefs say Trump 'willing to go beyond limits' at midterms
This week's midterm elections could weaken Donald Trump's grip on power. Former US intelligence chiefs fear he's "willing to go beyond limits" to keep it.
ABC NewsCentre-left
Grab the keys to the DeLorean, it's time for a history quiz
We've got questions on historic US elections, Bluey, Tutankhamen. Can you get full marks?
ABC NewsCentre-left
When it comes to mea culpas, they don’t come much stronger than Jim Chalmers’ recent admission
An urgency is building that an unpopular Labor government must define itself clearly and perhaps even stake out some new direction.
The AgeCentre-leftalso in The Sydney Morning Herald
We can’t accept a political culture that discourages good people from serving their communities
Politicians should always be scrutinised and held to account because scrutiny is how democracy corrects itself. But scrutiny and intimidation are not the same thing.
The AgeCentre-leftalso in The Sydney Morning Herald
Labor’s failure to control spending has added to inflation
Attempts to deflect the blame for higher prices and interest rates on Donald Trump’s war on Iran have worn thin with the electorate.
Australian Financial ReviewCentre-right
The coming legal battle against Albanese’s social media ban – podcast
The first major legal challenge against Australia’s under-16s social media ban is set to heard in the high court on Tuesday – 11 months on from the policy taking effect. As similar bans are adopted…
The Guardian AustraliaCentre-left
Former NSW Liberal leads overhaul of One Nation candidate selection process
Exclusive: Mark Jones, once on track for one of the Liberal party’s most powerful roles, is now instrumental in One Nation’s expansion Get our daily political email, free app or daily news podcast In…
The Guardian AustraliaCentre-left
Homes losing $9000 a month as RBA mulls another rate hike
House values tumbled for a seventh consecutive month in October with the decline spreading across the country. It could get worse.
The AgeCentre-leftalso in The Sydney Morning Herald
Trust in politicians plunges, new polling shows, as education divide splits Australian voters
Three in four voters believe the nation is becoming more divided, with voters citing broken promises and dishonesty rather than the cost of living for a steep drop in political trust.
The AgeCentre-leftalso in The Sydney Morning Herald
Who left whom?
In May 2025, the Liberal Party won 43 per cent of the primary vote in Farrer, the New South Wales… The post Who left whom? appeared first on The Spectator Australia. What to read next: Too many…
The Spectator AustraliaCentre-right
The surge in WFH was expected to trigger a baby boom. New data says otherwise
The surge in working from home during the pandemic led to studies saying it would boost birth rates. New Australian research has cast doubts on that.
The AgeCentre-leftalso in The Sydney Morning Herald
Best of cartoons, November 2, 2026
The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
The AgeCentre-leftalso in The Sydney Morning Herald
Big tech’s national security case to gut copyright laws is a bluff, intelligence expert warns
The world’s biggest technology companies are exploiting national security concerns to pressure the Albanese government into weakening copyright protections, says a former senior intelligence official…
The AgeCentre-leftalso in The Sydney Morning Herald
Labor’s public sector wage blowout is burning $5.6m a day
More than 40 federal departments overstretched their staffing budgets by a combined $2b last financial year, complicating the treasurer’s and RBA’s inflation fight.
Australian Financial ReviewCentre-right
Coalition split over ‘super for housing’ as One Nation circles
Coalition MP Garth Hamilton says he has the numbers to end the party’s long-standing policy to allow first home buyers access to their superannuation.
Australian Financial ReviewCentre-right
Jacinda Ardern in Sydney Opera House talk advises politicians to ‘rebuild trust by building financial security’
Former New Zealand prime minister has moved to Australia and is lecturing at University of Sydney – and from stage of city’s famous landmark Jacinda Ardern, who now calls Sydney home, has delivered a…
The Guardian AustraliaCentre-left
David Rowe cartoons for November 2026
David Rowe is a multiple Walkley award-winning cartoonist. He draws a daily political cartoon and one for the Chanticleer column.
Australian Financial ReviewCentre-right
David Rowe cartoons for October 2026
David Rowe is a multiple Walkley award-winning cartoonist. He draws a daily political cartoon and one for the Chanticleer column.
Australian Financial ReviewCentre-right
Who is spending (and saving) the most in the Victorian election?
As the Victorian election campaign begins in earnest find out how much each party plans to spend and save (so far).
Australian Financial ReviewCentre-right
Election pledges inflate Victoria’s runaway health budget despite dire finances
Both major parties are making billions of dollars in health promises in an election-year splurge that economists have repeatedly warned the budget cannot sustain.
Australian Financial ReviewCentre-right
Ministers to debate crackdown on classroom screen time
Curriculum overhauls, a return to pen and paper tests, and the push for a “digital detox” in schools will all be on the agenda when education ministers meet on Monday.
Australian Financial ReviewCentre-right
The Price of Pretence
What we have is an utterly incoherent Aboriginal policy, one whose benefits and burdens bear little relation to need, merit or the public interest
QuadrantRight
Binance covers 95% of stolen funds as FBI blames North Korea for hack
Crypto firm covers $8.5 billion of $8.9 billion amount by purchasing replacement tokens; Donald Trump says Flavio Bolsonaro can stay in US ‘as long as he wants’. Follow for updates.
Australian Financial ReviewCentre-right
Most Israelis voted against Netanyahu. Why he still looks like winning
On the maths, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lost the election by a landslide. Yet, he looks most likely to form government due to a long-standing taboo in Israeli society.
Australian Financial ReviewCentre-right
Am I the most hated man in liberal America?
I’ve had hexes put on me by a university professor, had online vigilantes send packages of dogshit to my childhood… The post Am I the most hated man in liberal America? appeared first on The…
The Spectator AustraliaCentre-right
Demand Doesn’t Drive Inflation
Thinking that it does simply diverts attention from the money supply, and behind that, government profligacy
QuadrantRight
Gallagher won’t guarantee Labor will cut more than it spends despite mounting pressure
Finance Minister Katy Gallagher has put all government spending under scrutiny as Labor searches for budget cuts, but won’t guarantee savings will outweigh new spending.
The AgeCentre-leftalso in The Sydney Morning Herald
Is the government really on an ‘out-of-control’ spending splurge? It’s complicated
Defence, the NDIS and health responsible for much of increased government outlays and treasurer Jim Chalmers has few levers to pull Get our daily political email, free app or daily news podcast “Will…
The Guardian AustraliaCentre-left
Buoyed by shifting political winds, ‘Deport!’ is the new ‘Go back where you come from’ echoed by racists | Ghassan Hage
‘Deport!’ oozes an entirely different sense of power – one where the racist imagines they can call upon the state to act on their behalf There is a rise in racist rhetoric surrounding deportation.…
The Guardian AustraliaCentre-left
Is One Nation losing steam in Victoria? New poll points to possible shift as election nears
Exclusive: Internal polling by Greens shows progressives ahead of Hanson’s party, as Sandell and Pickering to join Wilson and Carroll at leaders’ debate Get our daily political email, free app or…
The Guardian AustraliaCentre-left
Disquiet grows in Albanese’s back yard as Grayndler artists unite against ‘insane’ AI proposal
Inner west Sydney seat has long been safely held by the PM – but potential changes to copyright laws are angering its large creative community Get our daily political email, free app or daily news…
The Guardian AustraliaCentre-left
One Nation is heading towards the same rock on which the Liberal Party shattered
What happens when the party splinters is anyone’s guess.
The AgeCentre-leftalso in The Sydney Morning Herald
