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5 days ago | smh.com.au | David Crowe |Paul Sakkal

By David Crowe and Paul Sakkal May 9, 2025 — 7.30pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Former Labor foreign minister Gareth Evans has rebuked the government over the dramatic removal of two cabinet ministers in a factional move that has shocked MPs, adding his criticism after former prime minister Paul Keating attacked the changes.

6 days ago | smh.com.au | David Crowe

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Mark Dreyfus took a phone call on Wednesday night that made it clear he would lose his job within days. The Attorney-General was preparing for a Labor caucus meeting on Friday that was meant to celebrate the party’s stunning election victory last weekend. Without warning, he discovered the factional powerbrokers wanted him gone. Who made the call?

6 days ago | watoday.com.au | Riley Walter |Daniel Lo Surdo |Olivia Ireland |David Crowe

Key postsHide key postsGo to latestWhat you need to knowHello and welcome to our live news blog, where we’ll bring you the wash-up from Saturday’s federal election. My name is Riley Walter. We’re set for another busy day as Labor prepares for its second term following the party’s landslide win on the weekend, with a caucus meeting to be held in Canberra today. Here’s what you need to know as we start the morning:Anthony Albanese’s new cabinet could be sworn in as early as Tuesday morning.

6 days ago | smh.com.au | David Crowe

Chief political correspondent May 9, 2025 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Labor will lionise the victors of 2025 for a triumph that nobody dared to predict. But the government and its leaders, including Anthony Albanese, may also need to remember the muddle of 2024 if they are to stay grounded and live up to the word they are using so much this week – humility.

6 days ago | theage.com.au | David Crowe

OpinionDavid CroweChief political correspondent May 9, 2025 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Labor will lionise the victors of 2025 for a triumph that nobody dared to predict. But the government and its leaders, including Anthony Albanese, may also need to remember the muddle of 2024 if they are to stay grounded and live up to the word they are using so much this week – humility.