Finn McHugh

The latest Capital Brief/Demos AU poll suggests the junior Coalition party is on course to lose all of its lower house seats as One Nation surges and overtakes Labor among men.

Australia’s plentiful critical minerals will be included when a long-awaited free trade deal is signed with the European Union next week.

Concrete budget details would typically be leaked to the media by now, but the war in the Middle East has forced Labor to keep its options open.

Energy Minister Chris Bowen chose belligerence over empathy as fuel shortages deepen anxiety for regional Australians and threaten key industries.

Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna is on a three-day tour of Australia. He has a surprisingly optimistic view of Donald Trump’s challenges to NATO.

Matt Canavan has wasted no time in taking the fight up to Pauline Hanson.

The prospect of a violent and chaotic global order may mean inflation is here to stay.

The assistant productivity minister will make his argument at Wednesday’s Tech Council breakfast.

The Coalition’s rivals are mobilising in Farrer as the Liberals downplay their chances of retaining Sussan Ley’s former seat.

Sussan Ley’s retirement from politics has triggered a fascinating by-election in her regional NSW seat with One Nation securing a critical head start.

Mark Carney leaves Australia with a critical minerals and defence deal, but a broader agreement on the role of middle powers may prove more significant.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney addressed parliament on Thursday and struck a deal with Australia on critical minerals and AI.

Mark Carney is the first Canadian leader to visit Australia in more than a decade, as US President Donald Trump upends the global order.

The Coalition’s push to make the ‘ISIS brides’ a major issue now includes attacks on Australian children, once seen as innocent by both sides.

Australia is among the middle powers grappling with a new and dangerous world order after the Trump administration’s attack on Iran.

Sussan Ley’s retirement sets up a four-way conservative brawl in her former seat of Farrer, exposing Coalition fractures and testing One Nation’s surge.

There is plenty of bad news for the major parties in the latest Capital Brief/DemosAU poll. But the Coalition has clawed back credibility on the economy.

Exclusive new polling shows Pauline Hanson’s party now trails Labor by just one percentage point, even as voters indicate they are more receptive to new Coalition leader Angus Taylor.

Don Farrell has pledged to push back on the Trump administration’s latest tariff strike, but also said the move provides fresh “impetus” for the EU and Australia to seal their free trade pact.

The dramatic rise in One Nation’s support has created plenty of turmoil for the Liberals and the Nationals. This week, the conservatives struck back.

As conservative political parties move to the right on migration, the Queensland premier has reminded them his state needs foreign workers.

Immigration is shaping up as a defining issue for Angus Taylor. But a strategic leak days after his rise to Liberal leadership has already thrown a spanner in the works.

Trade Minister Don Farrell has returned from Brussels after talks were extended into an unplanned second day.

In his first big speech as leader, Angus Taylor channelled John Howard on free markets and strong borders. But economic tensions are bubbling in his ranks.

Even among Sussan Ley’s supporters, there is relief at the scale of Angus Taylor’s victory as the Liberal Party seeks unity.

The process took much longer than it needed to, but the Liberals have finally elected Angus Taylor as their new leader. Is he up to the task?