Martin Farrer

2 days ago | businessandamerica.com | Martin Farrer

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureWhat does Albanese’s cabinet picks tell us about his next steps? Anthony Albanese’s reshuffle contains four important elements, according to our chief political correspondent, Tom McIlroy. First, the big six portfolios remained unchanged, while the major changes come in the second rank – with Michelle Rowland, for example, moving from communications to attorney general.

2 days ago | theguardian.com | Martin Farrer

Morning everyone. All eyes will be on the Liberal party room in Canberra today as Sussan Ley and Angus Taylor vie for the leadership. Whoever wins, it’s going to be a tough task to rebuild the party. We also take a look today at the cabinet reshuffle, the victorious PM’s latest polling and what the machinations in both parties mean for Australian politics. We also report on Trump’s tariff “capitulation day”, Keir Starmer’s “island of strangers” – and watching every Nicolas Cage film.

6 days ago | theguardian.com | Martin Farrer

Morning everyone. Shortly after 6pm, local time, in Rome, plumes of white smoke emerged from the roof of the Sistine Chapel, sending the crowds packed into St Peter’s Square into raptures. A new pope has been chosen and his name isRobert Francis Prevost (now Leo XIV), the first ever US pontiff. Plus, Bob Brown has urged the Greens to stand up to “arrogant” Labor, Queensland’s floods spark the flowering of Lake Eyre, and Sam Kerr celebrates the birth of her son.

6 days ago | theguardian.com | Martin Farrer

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureAlbanese to address buoyant Labor caucus in CanberraAnthony Albanese will address a caucus meeting of his new MPs in Canberra today after his party’s landslide win, Australian Associated Press reports. The scale of the success has taken even senior Labor ministers by surprise, lending to a buoyant feeling among the party’s members.

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Martin Farrer

Morning everyone. Pakistan’s prime minister has authorised “corresponding” retaliation after an Indian missile attack killed 31 people and said his country’s rival “must suffer the consequences”. We have live updates, reports and analysis amid concerns about an escalating conflict. At home, Anthony Albanese has blasted an outgoing Greens MP and there’s a winner in the cookbook wars – for now.