Political Candidates

With two weeks before polls, Labor were in damage control after a health email blunder. It should have been a chance for the Liberals to get ahead, but after controversial comments by a candidate it's the one left bruised.

David Farley, 69, defeats two other candidates in today's preselection battle at the Albury Entertainment Centre.

It started as a historic win for the Greens, but now the minor party is in for a fight to preserve its solitary seat in the Northern Territory Parliament.

Both major parties in South Australia say they will preference former opposition leader David Speirs last at the state election, as he rules out returning to the Liberal Party. 

Ahead of the SA election, the Greens have made only modest gains in polling compared to rival minor parties, but party leader Robert Simms is not disappointed by the result.

The former opposition leader's attempt at a political comeback is a risk for both the major parties — but also himself.

A keynote speaker shoved an environmental activist at a conference in 2023. Now, one of them is the Northern Territory's next administrator.

Election campaigning in South Australia is officially underway, with candidates seizing the opportunity to begin making their formal pitches to voters before they head to the ballot box in March.

Nightcliff by-election candidate Anjan Paudel referred to CLP president Nathan Land to answer questions about fracking and Middle Arm. He was also asked about the environment and the NT's next administrator David Connolly.

One Nation's lead candidate for South Australia Cory Bernardi has taken aim at the "two-party duopoly" in the state, with Pauline Hanson issuing a warning to Labor that her party would be "coming for your seats".

Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as New York City's mayor in a private ceremony at the Old City Hall subway station.

Nationals favourite Andrew Lethlean is tight-lipped on whether he will challenge Premier Jacinta Allan in Bendigo East next year.

When Frank Pangallo announced he was joining the Liberal party, he vowed to put the blowtorch on a first-term government riding high in the polls. But barely four weeks later, the blowtorch is firmly on Pangallo instead, writes Leah MacLennan.

The Liberal Party names its candidates for the state's South East seats, currently held by independents facing unrelated legal troubles. 

While the Liberals and Labor play their power games, Tasmania's parliament is paused; no legislation is being passed and the state is effectively left on standby — with the make-up the same as before the election.

Dementia specialist, tap dancer, saxophonist, author, city councillor, veteran doctor, professor — George Razay has quite the resume. Now, he has added Tasmanian Member of Parliament to the list. Who is he, and what does he stand for? 

Two weeks after polling day, vote counting will today decide the final make-up of the Tasmanian parliament — with Labor still very much a chance at snatching power from the Liberals.

More seats have been confirmed as vote counting continues following the Tasmanian state election. Former Labor leader, now independent David O'Byrne has finished ahead of current leader Dean Winter, and Liberals Simon Behrakis and Nic Street have lost their seats.

Tasmania has elected another large crossbench, and Jeremy Rockliff and Dean Winter will need to listen to their priorities as they negotiate to form a minority government.

A record number of Chinese Australian politicians now sit in federal parliament. They reflect on challenges they have faced and why diversity in Australia's parliament is important.