The most important result of the Queensland election is the advance of the Greens, which have听increased the party's听representation from one to at least two members of parliament, writes听Alex Bainbridge.
Australian Labor Party (ALP)
Labor leader Anthony Albanese鈥檚听budget reply speech failed to offer an alternative course to the Coalition government鈥檚 gas and arms export-based vision, argues Peter Boyle.
Mary Merkenich argues听Labor leader Anthony听Albanese speech to the national press club was never going to be about a transformative plan to cut emissions.
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and other Labor leaders are feigning surprise at the revelations coming from the sting on right-wing power broker and sacked state minister Adem Somyurek. But this cynical internal process is not new for Labor, or the Liberals for that matter, says Sue Bolton.
In a 40-minute interview with the Guardian, federal 鈥渙pposition鈥 leader Anthony Albanese's arguments for Labor鈥檚 serial capitulation to the Coalition government were weak, inconsistent and based on a fool鈥檚 reading of political reality.
Barely had we digested the news of the unexpected Coalition victory when the corporate media commentators and a number of senior party leaders were blaming Labor鈥檚 election loss for it being too left-wing 鈥 鈥渢oo ambitious鈥, 鈥渁 large target鈥 and 鈥渂it off more than it could chew鈥.
The right-wing dominated Coalition's win in the May 18 federal election is a major setback for the climate action movement, the union movement and the interests of working people in Australia. We must now urgently take steps to unite and step up the fight to defend the movements for progressive change in this country, writes Jim McIlroy.
The farcical by Coalition Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his minister for small and family business Senator Michaelia Cash says a lot about the state of Australian politics.
How did Australia go from a place where its migrant hostels fostered some of the world鈥檚 most famous bands to one where the detentions centres it presides over are described as 鈥渉ell on Earth鈥? Zebedee Parkes takes a look at the history of mandatory detention and the struggle against it.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg only mentioned the word 鈥渃limate鈥 twice in his election budget , and almost as an afterthought.
Children are off Nauru, Hakeem is back in Australia and parliament has passed the medical evacuation bill. For what feels like the first time in forever, the refugee rights movement is making gains, writes Zebedee Parkes.
While the final results of Victoria鈥檚 November 24 state elections are yet to be announced, Labor looks set to go from 47 to 52 seats in the state鈥檚 Legislative Assembly, after receiving a primary vote of 43%.
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