Crikey for PM consulted the master of election defeats, Crikey founder Stephen Mayne, who currently boasts 57 election defeats.

Crikey’s Electioncast is back! Every Friday throughout the 2025 federal election campaign, politics editor Bernard Keane, readers editor Crystal Andrews and a cast of Crikey journalists will unpack ...

The Coalition has proposed a new position of special envoy for hostage affairs to deal with situations like Robert Pether's. It's unclear whether Labor would support it.

A satirical Liberal candidate that has taken social media by storm has been forced to rebrand following a stern letter from the Australian Electoral Commission.

Both leaders say they want to be tough on big tech and to help kids. From what we know about the teen social media ban, it might accomplish neither aim.

A security scare at Moorabbin Airport this month is another reminder that privatisation without sufficient obligations to the aviation sector is threatening Australia’s flying future.

The Liberal and Labor parties charge six-figure annual sums to join their business ‘network’ or ‘forum’. The Australian ...

Lyle, a former BBC reggae radio host and the host of football YouTube channel ArsenalFanTV (AFTV), is best known for ...

In a die-hard Liberal seat, a teal candidate hopes that linking the incumbent with Peter Dutton will be a turn-off for rusted-on voters.

Peter Dutton could have made a virtue of his big increase in defence spending. Instead, the announcement turned into farce, symbolising everything wrong with his campaign.

Lobby groups like Advance, Better Australia, Australians for Prosperity and News Corp have spent months attacking the teals, but no-one really knows which seats the Libs could win back next week.

To honour those that have gone before me on the terms of religious leaders feels incongruent with the very reason I chose to to offer my service.' ...