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Fractured coalition to unveil key roles after reunion

Fractured coalition to unveil key roles after reunion

Liberal leader Sussan Ley is preparing to announce her leadership team that will include Nationals MPs after the two parties decided to stay together.

Knife-edge seat set to undergo partial recount

Knife-edge seat set to undergo partial recount

Knife-edge seat set to undergo partial recount

Knife-edge seat set to undergo partial recount

Almost one month since the last ballots were cast, recounts will get under way in some of Australia's closest election contests.

Knife-edge recounts could decide parliament's make-up

Knife-edge recounts could decide parliament's make-up

Knife-edge recounts could decide parliament's make-up

Knife-edge recounts could decide parliament's make-up

Australia's parliament won't be fully known until a recount in one seat split by eight votes, with an incumbent requesting a recount in another.

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Coalition to chart path forward as family feud cooled

Coalition to chart path forward as family feud cooled

A watered-down nuclear policy is set to underpin a fragile truce between the Liberal and National parties as they work towards a formal reunion.

Two seats still undecided three weeks after election

Two seats still undecided three weeks after election

Australia's next federal parliament is taking shape as the margin in one of two remaining electorates narrows to just three votes.

Coalition reunion looms as Liberals back policy demands

Coalition reunion looms as Liberals back policy demands

Liberal MPs have paved the way for a coalition reunion, giving in-principle support to four key policy demands that had fractured the marriage.

Liberals and Nationals ready to fall back in love

Liberals and Nationals ready to fall back in love

Liberal MPs have held urgent talks over policy demands from the Nationals that hold the key to the two long-time partners reuniting in opposition.

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Retain: PM officially declared winner of Sydney seat

Retain: PM officially declared winner of Sydney seat

Retain: PM officially declared winner of Sydney seat

Retain: PM officially declared winner of Sydney seat

Anthony Albanese has been declared the winner in his seat of Grayndler, increasing his primary vote after easily winning on first preferences.

MPs seek united front against Labor from torn coalition

MPs seek united front against Labor from torn coalition

MPs seek united front against Labor from torn coalition

MPs seek united front against Labor from torn coalition

Liberals and Nationals are being told to focus on applying the blowtorch to Labor rather than letting infighting take hold after their political marriage ended.

Interest rate cut tipped despite Trump tariff backdown

Interest rate cut tipped despite Trump tariff backdown

Interest rate cut tipped despite Trump tariff backdown

Interest rate cut tipped despite Trump tariff backdown

The Reserve Bank is widely expected to deliver a second interest rate cut as global trade uncertainty threatens to rain on Australia's economy.

Sydney electorate still in doubt as final votes tallied

Sydney electorate still in doubt as final votes tallied

Sydney electorate still in doubt as final votes tallied

Sydney electorate still in doubt as final votes tallied

Just 43 votes separate Liberal Gisele Kapterian and independent Nicolette Boele in the Sydney seat of Bradfield, with the result likely heading for a recount.

Recount likely as final seats hinge on handful of votes

Recount likely as final seats hinge on handful of votes

Recount likely as final seats hinge on handful of votes

Recount likely as final seats hinge on handful of votes

The election result for the Sydney seat of Bradfield may go down to the last ballot, with just 43 votes separating the Liberal and independent candidates.

Sydney seat back in play as election counting narrows

Sydney seat back in play as election counting narrows

Sydney seat back in play as election counting narrows

Sydney seat back in play as election counting narrows

The seat of Bradfield was called for the Liberals but is back in doubt after postal votes narrowed the gap for independent Nicolette Boele.

Missing election ballot papers found at worker's home

Missing election ballot papers found at worker's home

Missing election ballot papers found at worker's home

Missing election ballot papers found at worker's home

More than 1800 ballots for the Sydney seat of Barton went missing during the election count, later being discovered at the home of a transport worker.

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'Might be a bit lonely': sole Greens MP claims victory

Elizabeth Watson-Brown will be the only Greens member in federal parliament's lower house after she claimed victory in the Brisbane seat of Ryan.

Liberals' first female leader promises strong policies

Liberals need to reconnect with Australians who deserted them, Sussan Ley says as her election as the party's first female leader signals an era of refreshment.

Major parties barely fend off independent challengers

Several MPs have clung on to their electorates by a whisker after days of counting following the May federal election, but the fate of others is less clear.

Voting ends in Albania's election amid bid to join EU

Voting has closed in Albania’s parliamentary election after a boisterous campaign dominated by the country’s uphill effort to join the European Union.

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Jobs and wage data in focus ahead of interest rate call

Most analysts are asking not if, but by how much, the Reserve Bank will cut interest rates - and upcoming jobs data could be pivotal to that decision.

Albanese demands unity to build on famous election win

A week out from a famous Labor victory, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has his sights on the next election, while the Liberals and Greens are leaderless.

Regaining trust: duel to decide future Liberal leader

Deputy leader Sussan Ley and shadow treasurer Angus Taylor have emerged as the two contenders to lead the Liberal Party after its devastating election defeat.

PM rallies troops, urges caucus to focus on Australians

The prime minister has celebrated women winning a majority of Labor's seats as the ousting of two ministers from cabinet draws sharp criticism.

Greens leaderless as Adam Bandt concedes defeat

Greens leader Adam Bandt has conceded defeat to Labor's Sarah Witty in his lower house seat of Melbourne, opening up a leadership race for the minor party.

Two ministers face the axe from Albanese's top team

Senior ministers are on the chopping block as Labor's factional powerbrokers carve up cabinet positions following a dominant federal election victory.

Liberal seizes seat in teal rematch, Greens leader gone

A former Liberal frontbencher has not ruled out a leadership tilt after reclaiming his seat from a teal independent, while the Greens leader has lost his seat.

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