Australian Federal Elections

The convenor of The Muslim Vote movement Sheikh Wesam Charkawi plans to announce candidates for two federal seats currently held by Labor as early as next week, and says voters are turning away from the government due to its "weak" support for Palestinians. 

These WA community members say naming a new federal seat after a World War II nurse is all very well, but they want the honour to go to a born and bred local, not an out-of-towner.               

Anthony Albanese responds to reports that Fatima Payman may be aligning herself with the Muslim group organising candidates to oppose Labor at the next election.

Eleven years ago, the first formal fact check was published at the ABC. A lot has been fact checked between then and now — here's how to spot a dubious claim.

Farmers have been told to stand "shoulder to shoulder" after the federal inquiry into phasing out the export of sheep by sea recommended the bill be passed.

While many in the political debate are focused on Mr Burns, the hapless Homer and three-eyed fish, I'm wondering what Lisa Simpson would make of the nuclear debate. And judging by data on gender from the last election, both major parties may want to consider this too. 

Would you live near a nuclear power plant? That's the question many are now asking themselves after the Coalition announced its plan to build nuclear reactors across the country if it wins government.

The past week has given us a taste of the degustation of political messages we are about to be bombarded with ahead of the next election. And it isn't pretty.

Peter Dutton is taking a gamble that people are more worried about paying their bills than solving the climate crisis. It's high-stakes poker, in which he hopes his plan can flush out the teals and win back Liberal votes.

Anthony Albanese says his cabinet is preparing "an offer" to put to the Australian people at the election. As it crafts its pitch, the biggest uncertainty is what sort of parliament a second term Labor government would likely face.

The Indian prime minister will be forced to rely on his coalition partners to govern.

Narendra Modi's is only the second prime minister in the country's history to clinch a third term in office. Here are five quick questions on what we know about the election results. 

The victory comes as Mexico is grapples with rampant organised crime and gender-based violence.

Former treasurer Josh Frydenberg has shut down suggestions of a potential bid to reclaim his old federal seat of Kooyong, which would have required squeezing out the woman who had already won pre-selection for it.

David Speers and the panel from Insiders discuss how electoral boundary redistribution may open the door for Josh Frydenberg to return to politics.

The African National Congress party (ANC) has lost majority for the first time in 30 years, as joblessness, inequality and power shortages force voters to look to other parties.

Jabs about ageism during an election have now made their way across the pond, with the Conservatives taking a page out of Donald Trump's playbook just one week into the campaign.

This week in tech news, OpenAI drops a new chatbot voice bearing a striking resemblance to Scarlett Johansson's, federal parliament discusses laws on political deepfakes, and the internet continues to be a terrifying place to be a teenager. 

Independent Senator David Pocock asks for clarity on the laws around deep fake political advertisements.

The Australian Electoral Commission says it has limited scope to protect voters from deepfake videos and phone calls imitating politicians in upcoming elections. 

If the Coalition wants to topple the Albanese government next year, they need to gain ground in both WA and QLD. Here's what voters in those battleground seats care about.

Former federal Liberal MP Nicolle Flint, who quit politics over claims of sexism and harassment, has announced she will recontest the southern Adelaide seat of Boothby at the next federal election. 

Bronwen Bock and Lucy Bradlow are campaigning to job-share the role of the federal member for Higgins, in Melbourne's east.

The former Coalition cabinet minister believes "constant criticism and negativity" directed at those in political roles put women off agreeing to run for preselection in her long-held Gold Coast seat.

Two lifelong friends join forces to campaign for a single seat in federal parliament. They want to show that politics can be done differently – but not everyone's convinced it can work.