Parliament

Seven crossbench MPs have written to Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff to demand answers about former minister Madeleine Ogilvie's resignation from the ministry, giving him until Friday morning to provide "direct and exact answers". 

This week the Coalition's weakness in Question Time reminded onlookers of Albanese's command of the Westminster system, while Labor insiders expressed their anxieties about One Nation's polling surge.

The foreign minister tells Senate estimates her position is to believe the women who "come forward with these assertions" after activists aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla alleged sexual assault by Israeli forces. Look back on today's federal politics blog.

Jeremy Rockliff won't investigate how an email containing the health-related information of a politician was leaked to the media and suggests she could take up the matter with a complaints body that doesn't exist yet.

The Liberal Party has quietly published a paper that floats offering a cut price $10 digital membership to join the party, in an effort to offset its declining numbers.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has suggested Opposition Leader Angus Taylor swore at him in Question Time. Take a look back at the day's coverage.

A Japanese mayor will take maternity leave this year, becoming the first in the country's history to do so while in office. 

With the rise of One Nation's popularity and younger voters increasingly turning to the Greens, the traditional two-party system in Australian politics has been dismantled, a former political strategist argues. 

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has left the door open to tweaking a proposed change to how a discretionary trust is taxed. 

For a group of people who declared they were prepared to tackle a post-budget scare campaign, the government has looked anything but in control this week.  

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has rejected NSW Premier Chris Minns's comments on bracket creep. 

Changes are being made to massive program aiming to upgrade and extend the life of Australia's aging fleet of Collins Class submarines, Defence Minister Richard Marles has confirmed. 

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has rejected suggestion the government's planned tax on discretionary trusts amounts to a so-called "death tax".

Labor and the Coalition are both acutely mindful of One Nation's rise and its determination to take a decisive role in a future conservative government.

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke announces the organisation colloquially known as neo-Nazis has been listed as a prohibited hate group.

After failing to catch anyone by surprise with the budget, Anthony Albanese had another trick up his sleeve.

Opposition Leader Angus Taylor details the Coalition's plans to cut migration, scrap net zero policies and eliminate bracket creep in his budget reply speech. Take a look back at how the day's events unfolded.

Britain's parliamentary watchdog will begin an investigation into whether Reform UK leader Nigel Farage breached its rules by accepting a 5 million pound ($9.31 million) gift that he did not declare.

The treasurer unveils a "reforming" federal budget with sweeping changes, including a tax cut for workers. Take a look back at the day's coverage here.

Australians returning home from hantavirus cruise ship will quarantine in Perth.