Caitlin Rawling

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Caitlin Rawling

The Labor party room will meet today and is expected to endorse a proposed ministerial line-up that will see Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus and Science and Industry Minister Ed Husic dropped from the ministry.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Caitlin Rawling

Liberal MP for Berowra Julian Leeser has released a statement on the loss of the Greens' seat in the House  of Representatives. You can read his statement in full below:"The loss of the Greens' seats in the House of Representatives is a repudiation of the antisemitism of the Greens and a vindication of Peter Dutton's decision to put them last. "In November 2023, I called on all the major political parties to put the Greens last. "We did so, but Labor continued to preference them second.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Joshua Boscaini |Courtney Gould |Heloise Vyas |Caitlin Rawling

Thank you for joining us. If you're just catching up, here's what happened today:The latest figures show Labor on 86 seats, the LNP on 39 and the cross bench 11-strong, with 14 seats still in doubt. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has spent the day in his Sydney electorate of Grayndler celebrating his victory, and significantly boosting Labor's majority. The Liberal Party will now begin soul-searching after losing leader Peter Dutton and shadow ministers Michael Sukkar and David Coleman.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Caitlin Rawling |Georgie Hewson

Both Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton have issued Anzac Day statements ahead of the day's campaigning, with just eight days to go until polling day. The prime minister will spend the morning in Canberra, while the opposition leader is campaigning in his home city of Brisbane. You can follow along with the day's events via our live blog below — or, if you want to explore how your views compare to those of the parties or candidates, you can check out our Vote Compass tool.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Courtney Gould |Caitlin Rawling |Joshua Boscaini

Defence Minister Richard Marles has attacked the Coalition's defence spending during an appearance on 7.30. That proposed spend is $21 billion over a five-year period and was announced earlier today. However Marles told 7.30 host Sarah Ferguson that there was no substance to the spend. "There is no explanation of how the money is going to be raised," Marles says. "There is no explanation of how the money is going to be spent.