Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has cited his Catholic childhood as a key influence on his approach to government as he heads to Rome for the inaugural mass of Pope Leo XIV.
Littleproud travelled from Canberra to Albury to meet with Ley,who is in her home town to be with her dying mother,about the future of the Coalition pact.
In an exclusive interview after his landslide victory,the prime minister reveals why he believes Australia’s progressive ideas are a model for a world in conflict.
Former attorney-general Mark Dreyfus was unceremoniously dumped from cabinet and might quit his seat.
Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price shocked the allies who brought her into the Liberal Party when she did not put her hand up to run as deputy leader.
The Liberal Party provided members of the secretive Christian religious sect access to the party’s tightly held and sensitive voter information software.
She pitched herself to colleagues as a centrist reformer,but her authority is likely to be tested in a divided party room after she defeated Angus Taylor 29 to 25.
The former minister said his removal as a cabinet minister was in part retaliation for his outspoken pro-Palestinian advocacy.
Nationals leader David Littleproud fended off a challenge from right-wing senator Matt Canavan but stopped short of rebuking Jacinta Nampijinpa Price for her defection.
Leadership votes will be held for both the Liberal Party and the Nationals in Canberra in a defining week for the future of conservative politics in Australia.