Courtney Gould

The heat is on in Farrer ahead of Saturday's by-election while in Canberra the prime minister has gone above and beyond with a gift for Japan's leader.

Voters in the federal seat of Farrer will head to the polls tomorrow to chose a replacement for former opposition leader Sussan Ley but Matt Canavan says it will be an uphill battle for the Nationals to win back.

Thu 14 May 2026 at 8:38am Welcome back to your weekly federal politics update, where Courtney Gould gets you up to speed on the happenings from Parliament House.

Thu 14 May 2026 at 11:06pm Six passengers who were on board a cruise ship at the centre of a hantavirus outbreak are set to arrive in Perth today on a repatriation flight from the Netherlands.

For a group of people who declared they were prepared to tackle a post-budget scare campaign, the government has looked anything but in control this week.

Sun 24 May 2026 at 11:16pm The Greens have left the door open to sending the government's proposed changes to the capital gains tax (CGT) to an inquiry.

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Mon 25 May 2026 at 11:15pm Save the Children has welcomed the news that a group of Australian children and their mothers, who have been linked to Islamic State militants, could return home within days.

Tue 26 May 2026 at 11:04pm Employment Minister Amanda Rishworth will today announce major changes to Australia's unemployment system, which currently supports more than 1 million jobseekers.

Thu 28 May 2026 at 8:58am Welcome back to your weekly federal politics update, where Courtney Gould gets you up to speed on the happenings from Parliament House.