
James Massola
National Affairs Editor at Sydney Morning Herald
National Affairs Editor at The Age
Dad. Husband. National Affairs Editor @smh @theage. Author, the Great Cave Rescue. Demons. LFC. Juve. 🇦🇺 🇮🇹. Previously SE Asia corro, Jakarta.
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smh.com.au | Daniel Lo Surdo |David Crowe |James Massola
Pinned post from By Daniel Lo SurdoWe’re set for another busy day, as the fallout and counting from Saturday’s election continues. Labor will resume preparations for its second term, ahead of an expected caucus meeting in Canberra later this week. The Coalition will plan for another three years in opposition, with the appointment of a new leader atop its agenda.
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smh.com.au | David Crowe |James Massola
By David Crowe and James Massola May 7, 2025 — 6.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The Labor Left is poised to gain a key place in the federal ministry after winning up to a dozen seats at the election, taking a prized position vacated by former party leader Bill Shorten and extending its influence in government.
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stuff.co.nz | Matthew Knott |Paul Sakkal |Natassia Chrysanthos |James Massola
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smh.com.au | David Crowe |James Massola
By David Crowe and James Massola May 4, 2025 — 7.30pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will call Labor MPs to Canberra to start work on their second-term agenda after a stunning election victory that reshapes the federal caucus and triggers moves to determine a new ministry.
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watoday.com.au | David Crowe |James Massola
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Adam Bandt releases a statement confirming he has lost his seat of Melbourne and noting he lost because of preference flows to Labor from the Liberals and One Nation. His statement does not note that he wa elected because of Liberal Party preferences in 2010. https://t.co/uKMRqHBZsL

RT @CroweDM: Factional Friday: caucus to meet in Canberra to decide who moves into ministry — and who misses out. Me and @jamesmassola…

It was brave, as Sir Humphrey Appleby would say, to adopt a strategy of targeting outer suburban seats and then tell public servants (and scare private sector workers) living in those outer suburban seats they had to go to the office five days per week.

Finally - anyone still doubting how decisively and rapidly self-destructive was the Coalition's opposition to Work From Home for families esp in capital cities & Teal seats - please watch 2025's most accurate pollster with @Kieran_Gilbert & @aclennell ⬇️ https://t.co/WDhlTlIb5p