Rachel Withers

The 83-year-old former shock jock still has friends in high places. But his Monday arrest shows just how far the once-mighty has fallen.

Labor’s electoral reforms are framed around diluting the influence of Simon Holmes à Court. But the Climate 200 founder says this will only cut the legs out from under independent challengers.

Liberal Senator Simon Birmingham was a leading moderate, or so we were repeatedly told. But what does he have to show for it?

The Greens senator reckons Tanya Plibersek and Katy Gallagher are able to leave their egos at the door. So why can't the blokes?

Outgoing Bradfield MP Paul Fletcher has called the teals a 'Green left con job'. Independent candidate Nicolette Boele says it shows the Liberals have learnt nothing from 2022.

'While the political class might not be ready to accept that hung parliaments are here to stay, voters seem to be, with the major party vote continuing its long downward trajectory.'

Moving to four-year terms would at least put to bed the endless talk of whether we should move to four-year terms.

Dutton, like Trump, is harking back to an age of 'prosperity'. But how are young Australians expected to prosper in an increasingly stratified nation?

A Muslim independent is challenging Labor in Melbourne's multicultural outer north. Will the government running a Palestinian candidate be enough to appease the community?

The Liberals want to win back Ryan. Greens MP Elizabeth Watson-Brown believes they underestimate how the formerly blue-ribbon seat has changed.