Australian Labor Party (ALP) senator Doug Cameron summed up his eleven-year senate career with characteristic candor. “It all comes down to one thing: socialism,” he said. Cameron’s words — and the ...

As the 2025 federal election approaches, news.com.au brings you the latest political updates on the Australian Labor Party and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Labor has been accused of reigniting its "Mediscare" campaign ahead of the federal election with a misleadingly edited attack ad in which opposition leader Peter Dutton declares "Medicare is dead".

The new legislation, in which Albanese agreed to include draconian mandatory jail terms, is a serious threat to anti-genocide ...

A heated confrontation in the corridors of Parliament House has ramped up the dispute between the Albanese government and the ...

The Labor Party has emerged as the biggest beneficiary of cash and gifts received from external entities ahead of the upcoming federal election.

New AEC data reveals alcohol and gambling companies donated $2.5M to Australia’s major parties, sparking fresh calls for a ...

A campaigner against domestic violence claims she was promised $20,000 for her organisation. When she didn’t get it, she had ...

The Albanese Labor Government is building Australia's future by investing in training, with new data showing there have been more than 3,700 ...

“Another year and another display of shameless secrecy from the Liberal and Labor parties in the Australian Electoral ...

An Australian state lawmaker has changed his name to "Aussie Trump", in what he said was a protest against the country's ruling centre-left Labor Party.

Two by-election results in the Victorian capital of Melbourne have triggered further alarm in ruling circles that the next federal election will produce a fragile minority government.