Federal Politics

Tom McIlroy

Tom McIlroy is a political reporter for Fairfax Media in the federal press gallery at Parliament House.

Former Prime Minister John Howard said the Brexit result was based on a "deep-seated" conservative and working class ...

John Howard calls for calm

Former prime minister John Howard has warned Coalition MPs not to "start slitting their throats" in the wake of Saturday's election, saying a Coalition majority was still possible.

Shattered: The PM faces the media on Sunday as the election result hangs in the balance.

Bernardi says Turnbull's future is up for debate

Conservative firebrand Senator Cory Bernardi says Malcolm Turnbull's future is up for debate within the Liberal Party, as he called for a substantial soul searching from party bosses over the election result.

Andrew Nikolic, Liberal candidate for Bass, Tasmania.

Tasmania breaks for ALP as Nikolic falls

Big swings away from the government in Tasmania emerged as one of the surprise results of the federal election, as key Tony Abbott loyalist Andrew Nikolic lost his seat of Bass early in the night.