Politics

NZ’s anti-woke warrior Winston Peters is the Trump of the south

Once described as like “the drunk uncle at the wedding”, NZ’s deputy prime minister has proved the wiliest political survivor in the Pacific.

by Matthew Knott

National Anti-Corruption Commission commissioner Paul Brereton will remain in his role.

Defiant corruption commission boss lashes ‘unhelpful’ calls for scalps

by Olivia Ireland

Independent senator David Pocock, Special Minister of State Don Farrell and mining magnate Clive Palmer.

Palmer plots High Court challenge as teals slam election funding overhaul

by Paul Sakkal

Tensions over China were apparent in Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s meeting with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, who spoke of the need to “lower the temperature” with China.

China’s message to world leaders as anxiety grows over Trump win

by David Crowe

Kevin Rudd (centre), Ambassador of Australia to the United States, with Republican congressmen Andy Barr and Pete Ricketts the annual Friends of Australia Caucus Dinner in Washington DC.

Under fire from Trump-world, Rudd highlights his networking abilities

by Matthew Knott and David Crowe

Opinion & Perspectives

A treasurer stares at a government’s political mortality

Jim Chalmers has used an off-the-cuff speech to rally Labor supporters … while also exposing the government’s fears.

Trump’s win surprised many. But the real shock would have been if he’d lost

Last week, a historically unpopular government got thrown out of office. Despite what many pundits are suggesting, there is nothing extraordinary about that.

Waleed Aly

Columnist, co-host of Ten's The Project and academic

Dutton doesn’t have an ideology, he has a personality

For all his image as a conservative dogmatist, if Peter Dutton has outward faith, it is in his own judgment, and he has used it to back abortion rights.

Federal

EV drivers are travelling further on average than a typical motorist.

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Range anxiety? EV owners are driving more than other motorists

Electric car drivers are churning out the kilometres as they charge their vehicles from home with solar panels.

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by Mike Foley

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the APEC summit in Lima.

Albanese unlikely to announce new climate targets until after federal election

The prime minister is telling regional leaders he is on track to slash emissions by 43 per cent by 2030, but has hedged on whether he will announce an updated target before voters go to the ballot box next year.