James Robertson
China diplomacy returns with a handshake at Singapore security summit
Rebuking critics who said he would leave no mark on the world stage, with a few vigorous pumps of his elbow Deputy...
Cost-of-living crisis another case of runaway inflation
Crises in Australian politics almost always emerge before election campaigns. But for new governments they can prove more useful afterwards. The rising...
A federal anti-corruption commission could investigate Morrison government grants
A federal anti-corruption commission will investigate previous governments and cases including pork barrelling, raising the prospect that billions of dollars in Morrison...
Challenges loom large for new Albanese government
Anthony Albanese’s tense relationship with the media as Opposition Leader still gets him going but has proved surprisingly helpful early in his...
Peter Dutton hints at controversial shift towards nuclear power
New Opposition Leader Peter Dutton appears set to bring a debate about nuclear power back to the centre of Australian politics. Mr...
Renewing Indonesia relationship the truer test of Albanese’s diplomatic touch
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese set off for Jakarta on Sunday seeking renewed relations with Indonesia, the near neighbour whose approach to foreign...
Conservatives, women and Nationals promoted to new Dutton team
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has rewarded conservative key allies on a significantly reshuffled front bench that also increases the representation of women...
Revenge served cold for Liberal factional kingpin blamed for election wipeout
Alex Hawke made a career out of exploiting divisions in the Liberal Party and has been at the centre of some of...
The unexpected date on the calendar upended Anthony Albanese’s planned start to government
Somewhere between a Prime Minister’s election-night victory speech and the inevitable walking back of their promises to do politics differently, lies a...
‘We’re here now’: Anne Aly becomes first female Muslim minister in history-making front bench
Thirteen women, the most since Federation, and the first Muslim ministers will be sworn in today as members of the most diverse...