Barnaby Joyce’s scandals have damaged politics. Maybe it’s time for a change of scenery | Tom McIlroy

Having only the duopoly oversighting #AUKUS is the equivalent of having only children looking after stock control at Darrell Lea. #auspol

Labor advances universal childcare plan with new laws to allow collection of data from private operators

As Labor seeks to pass end-of-year environmental law reform, Ley and the Greens will be vying to seal the deal

Spoke to @tommcilroy.bsky.social about the rise of the far-right, systemic racism, Labor's 'environment' laws, and the Liberals' proposed 'Australian values' test for new migrants 👇

Judges have become ‘human filters’ as AI in Australian courts reaches ‘unsustainable phase’, chief justice says

Bonn nuit: nailbiter for German city as Albanese and Bowen offer mixed messages on hosting Cop31

Australia will not oppose Turkey staging Cop31 as Albanese signals policy shift

Staring down the barrel of three leadership changes in two weeks, are the Liberals near rock bottom? | Tom McIlroy

Art can stir strong feelings in people, both good and bad. These artworks fell in the latter, provoking great controversy in Australia, and telling us a lot about who we are as a nation.

Factchecking five Coalition claims about net zero, from power prices to the $9tn cost www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

One Coalition battle after another: Sussan Ley’s authority is being eroded by rightwingers picking fights | Tom McIlroy

The Liberals’ new emissions policy is bursting with contradictions – and is unlikely to be what voters want | Tom McIlroy

Catch @tommcilroy.bsky.social on the ABC’s MediaLand discussing his essay in the latest Meanjin ‘“We shall all have to live with this”: the Canberra press gallery and the Dismissal’ www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... (listen from 8’40”)

Coalition climate dysfunction is all upside for Labor but the words of Keating ‘to run the joint’ ring true | Tom McIlroy

Chris BOWEN agrees with UK PM that the 'consensus is gone' on fighting climate change - @tommcilroy.bsky.social @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Interesting chat between @tommcilroy.bsky.social and @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

‘China is watching’: Finland warns defeating Russia’s invasion of Ukraine key to stability in Indo-Pacific

Keating praises super backdown – but with such a feeble opposition, Labor should spend more political capital

Albanese government risks failure to live up to its own pledges of increased transparency

AFP to get power to possess and share child abuse material to target sex offenders online

Albanese’s feelgood 5% deposit scheme will only add fuel to Australia’s housing fire | Tom Mcllroy

Andrew Hastie quits Coalition frontbench over immigration policy dispute

Snowy Hydro 2.0 flags another cost blowout with $12bn price tag now considered unachievable

Australia could split Cop31 hosting rights with Turkey under potential compromise: Anthony Albanese pledges to continue talks with rival, as sources say previous climate summits have been co-hosted Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free...

Turkey argues both countries can win from drawn-out contest with Australia over Cop31 hosting rights

Chris Bowen meets Turkey’s first lady as lobbying to hold Cop31 intensifies

Labor has good reason to sweat over its 2035 climate target – but the dishevelled Coalition response rings hollow | Tom McIlroy

workforus.theguardian.com/jobs/855/ I was delighted to announce this week that @tommcilroy.bsky.social has been appointed as @australia.theguardian.com political editor, That means we are looking for a chief political correspondent to join our Canberra team.

‘Grave concerns’ from states over Labor plan to move autism services off NDIS

The rules of political gravity may have set in for Jacinta Nampijinpa Price – but the Coalition is still in a dangerous limbo

Albanese went to Vanuatu to sign a $500m agreement – but leaves empty-handed thanks to concerns about China

China and Russia increasingly working ‘in tandem’ to undermine faith in governance, top Finnish official claims

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... Good column from @tommcilroy.bsky.social

Albanese is growing more confident on the international stage – an area where he has no shortage of challenges

Elderly facing many health and hospital risks because Labor’s care at home program ‘so badly designed’, expert warns

The Marles-Hegseth meeting chaos prompted jokes. But uncertainty over Australia’s US relationship is no laughing matter

Sharren Haskel is getting Canberra’s goat www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... @australia.theguardian.com

If Australia is transitioning into a standard-of-living crisis, Chalmers has three years to deliver for voters

AI and misinformation in crosshairs of Labor’s review of its landslide election win

Labor asks Deloitte to design universal childcare system as PM eyes political legacy

Australia could announce plan to recognise Palestinian statehood ‘within days’

Albanese and Chalmers could take the Howard-Costello approach to tax reform. The conditions may never be better | Tom McIlroy

Australia joins UK, Germany, Italy and New Zealand in condemning Israel’s planned Gaza City takeover

Albanese government has no knowledge of Trump administration threat to deport Iranian man to Australia

Labor is facing a backlash over aged care services as a delay to landmark reforms prompts calls for urgent funding for 20,000 additional home packages and warnings that a two-speed system is locking out poorer elderly people. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... @australia.theguardian.com

Australia’s parliament opens with tradition and pageantry – plus a sideshow of protest and reactionary zeal | Tom McIlroy