Ellen Ransley

1 week ago | thenightly.com.au | Ellen Ransley

Defence Minister Richard Marles has told his United States counterpart Australia is open to having conversations about increasing its defence spending if required to meet the “strategic moment”. Mr Marles and Pete Hegseth met on Friday ahead of the Shangri-La Dialogues in Singapore, where the pair reaffirmed their commitment to AUKUS, and the role the program plays in meeting the challenges of the Indo-Pacific.

1 week ago | thenightly.com.au | Ellen Ransley

For a moment of the election campaign, Peter Dutton was on a unity ticket with the Greens, independents, and One Nation. His pitch to establish an east coast gas reservation policy was, at its core, popular with progressives and ultra-conservatives alike.

1 week ago | thenightly.com.au | Ellen Ransley

Putting net zero up for review is a gamble that might come back to haunt the reunited, but still fractured, Coalition. In doing so, they risk further alienating crucial inner-city voters and reducing near term prospects of returning to the government benches. After a historic electoral defeat, Sussan Ley wants to put all policies under the microscope, as part of her plan to bring her Liberal Party back to the “sensible centre”.

1 week ago | thenightly.com.au | Ellen Ransley

Jane Hume has been completely sidelined and Jacinta Nampijinpa Price demoted in Opposition Leader Sussan Ley’s new-look shadow cabinet, announced after a formal reunion with the Nationals. Eight days after the Nationals announced they were walking away from the decades-long partnership, the party room signed off on an agreement on Wednesday morning.

1 week ago | thenightly.com.au | Ellen Ransley

Sidelined Labor backbencher Ed Husic is leading a push to demand the Prime Minister summon Israel’s ambassador and prepare targeted sanctions over Gaza. Federal MP Mr Husic and Labor Friends of Palestine co-convener Anthony D’Adam, a member of the NSW upper house, said Anthony Albanese’s language shift this week marked an important intervention but words now needed to be met with action.