Australia votes
Bill Shorten blames 'corporate leviathans' and the media for Labor's shock election loss
Bill Shorten has broken his silence following Labor's shock election loss.
- by Bevan Shields
Latest
Long count over as Aly declares victory in Cowan
The current tally room count has Dr Aly 1239 votes ahead of her opponent, receiving 50.76 per cent of the vote on a two party basis.
- by Hamish Hastie
Exclusive
Mark McGowan
Like wow, 'wipeout': WA federal results would undo McGowan's landslide
If Labor's vote in the federal election is replicated when the state goes to the polls in 2021, Premier Mark McGowan's landslide majority would be wiped out.
- by Nathan Hondros
Anthony Albanese
'It's not up to government, it's markets': Albanese takes swipe at anti-Adani activists
Markets make decisions about whether new coal mines are built and not politicians, Anthony Albanese has said on a visit to Queensland - where it all went wrong for Labor at the election.
- by Marnie Banger
Labor ahead by just 27 votes in the only seat that's still up for grabs
The ALP are in the the lead by the slenderest of margins in the one remaining close seat as counting continues following the May 18 federal election.
- by Paul Osborne
Opinion
ALP
Labor has a problem and its name is Pauline
It used to be said that Pauline Hanson's One Nation was a threat to the LNP. Not anymore.
- by Jody Fassina
Scott Morrison
Nation's most influential pollster can't explain election disaster
You've probably never heard of David Briggs. But you've very likely heard of Newspoll.
- by Peter Hartcher
Labor claims victory in close Brisbane seat
Labor has claimed victory in the Queensland seat of Lilley but the Australian Electoral Commission still has it as one of three seats too close to call.
Opinion
Opinion
Inner-city Australia won't be silenced on coal
Despite the rhetoric coming out of central Queensland about voter 'ignorance' in southern cities, urban folk are worried about the same issues regional people are.
- by Matt Holden
Rex Patrick
Beers and good faith: How a little-known senator will broker our future
For the next three years, the workplace relationship between Mathias Cormann and Rex Patrick could be the most important in the country.
- by Max Koslowski
Bittersweet victory for new Labor MP Peta Murphy
Peta Murphy recorded a historic win as the first woman elected to the federal seat of Dunkley, but her victory has been bittersweet.
- by Dana McCauley