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2 days ago | 
abc.net.au | Courtney Gould |Joshua Boscaini
That's the end of our live coverage for another very busy day in federal politics. Thanks as always for joining us!Just to quickly recap the day's events, Sussan Ley has been elected Liberal leader while Ted O'Brien has become deputy leader. Ley has vowed to take a "fresh approach" moving forward and says she believes government is best formed in the centre. The opposition leader says she will announce her shadow ministry soon, and that it will include people who did not support her leadership bid.
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3 days ago | 
abc.net.au | Joshua Boscaini |Lewis Wiseman
The prime minister has just wrapped up his press conference so let's take a look back at what he said. Anthony Albanese has unveiled his new ministry, with Michelle Rowland taking over from Mark Dreyfus as attorney-general, while Anne Aly will join cabinet. The prime minister says he's had a "constructive discussion" with outgoing minister Ed Husic, who called Richard Marles a "factional assassin" on Insiders yesterday. The PM says he's "proud" the Labor party room is made up of 57 per cent women.
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3 days ago | 
abc.net.au | Joshua Boscaini |Lewis Wiseman
The prime minister is announcing his ministry. Here's some of the appointments:Michelle Rowland will become Australia's new attroney-general, taking over from Mark Dreyfus. Mark Butler will remain as health minister but pick up the NDIS portfolio. Amanda Rishworth will become the employment and workplace relations minister. Tanya Plibersek will become the new social services minister.
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1 week ago | 
abc.net.au | Joshua Boscaini |Courtney Gould
Liberal senator Hollie Hughes says there was a complete lack of policy and economic narrative with the Liberal Party's election campaign. She's told ABC Radio National Breakfast that some people in the parliamentary team had little idea of what was going on. Hughes says she put forward policies to the Liberal Party's expenditure review committee last year, but she didn't hear back.
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1 week 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.
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1 week ago | 
abc.net.au | Joshua Boscaini |Courtney Gould |Heloise Vyas
Australia's electoral map has changed over the past few hours so let's take a look at some of the movements that have occurred and the current state of play. The ABC projects Labor has gained the following seats. As you can tell, most of Labor's gains have occurred in Queensland:Brisbane (Qld), Griffith (Qld), Leichhardt (Qld), Petrie (Qld), Bonner (Qld), Dickson (Qld), Sturt (SA), Moore (WA), Hughes (NSW), Banks (NSW), Deakin (Vic), Braddon (Tas) and Bass (Tas).
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2 weeks ago | 
abc.net.au | Georgie Hewson |Courtney Gould |Joshua Boscaini |Holly Tregenza
The Greens candidate for Macnamara, Sonya Semmens has stepped up to talk says the reason she's running for federal parliament is because of the "inequality crisis". Macnamara is another Labor held seat the Greens thinks it can win off the government this election. Semmens says the dream of home ownership for a whole generation is "dying". "We can't keep voting for the same two parties, expecting a different result if you want change," she says.
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2 weeks ago | 
abc.net.au | Joshua Boscaini |Andrew Thorpe
With the Easter and Anzac Day holidays behind him, the prime minister's campaign will step up a gear from today as Labor seeks to maintain its lead over the Coalition all the way to polling day. In fact, a Labor staffer could be overheard warning journalists their "bums would barely hit a seat" for the next seven days. Anthony Albanese will begin campaign day 29 in Victoria — it's THE state to watch on election night and just happens to be the state that Labor is perhaps most nervous about.
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3 weeks 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.
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2 months ago | 
abc.net.au | Joshua Boscaini |Danuta Kozaki
NSW Premier Chris Minns has defended rushing racial hatred laws through state parliament. The changes were introduced to parliament after a series of antisemitic incidents in Sydney. The laws do not cover other forms of hatred based on religion, sexuality or gender. Premier Chris Minns has ruled out the NSW government repealing its new hate speech laws, despite repeated claims the bill was rushed through parliament. Warning: This story contains an image of a Nazi symbol.
