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Donald Trump’s war in Iran is not popular in Australia.

Australians want no part in Iran conflict as Hastie unloads on ‘petulant’ Trump

Most Australians want the country to stay out of the war in Iran, with fewer than one in three voters backing the Albanese government’s support for US strikes.

  • Matthew Knott

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Plumes of smoke from two simultaneous strikes rise over Tehran on Monday.

Muted reaction to aggression by allies fails the test of our generation

There are many echoes of Australia’s past mistakes in the government’s tacit approval of Donald Trump’s unilateralism.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during question time on Tuesday.

‘Frightening’: Labor luminary hits out at Australian support for Iran strikes

The former foreign minister’s comments came after opposition frontbencher Andrew Hastie said he was comfortable with the US demonstrating its strength as a deterrence to adversarial nations.

  • Matthew Knott and Nick Newling

Hanson’s surge is just a protest vote? The one notion that imperils Liberals

At the last two elections, the Coalition parties have remained largely immovable. Their voters, on the other hand, have been willing to shift.

  • Sean Kelly
Senator Jane Hume and Tim Wilson last year.

Price and Hastie return as Taylor revamps economic team

Opposition Leader Angus Taylor revealed his Liberal frontbench on Tuesday afternoon, four days after toppling Sussan Ley.

  • Paul Sakkal
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The toughest head-to-head battles between Albanese’s ministry and Taylor’s new front bench

Here are the five key Labor-Liberal ministerial match-ups that will help determine the success or failure of Angus Taylor’s opposition.

  • James Massola
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One Nation draws level with Coalition as voters give their first take on Taylor

Support for One Nation has surged to 23 per cent of the primary vote – although voters appear willing to give Taylor an opportunity to turn things around.

  • James Massola
New Liberal leader Angus Taylor, pictured with his deputy Jane Hume, is expected to announce his new line-up in the coming days.

Hastie, Price likely to return to frontbench as Taylor eyes new team

The new Liberal leader is preparing a shadow cabinet reshuffle aimed at restoring party unity and clawing back support from minor parties.

  • Rob Harris
Sussan Ley

Sussan Ley took this job with ambition and promise. But things soon unravelled

Ley is going to resign from her seat and leave politics following her defeat. But how much of her downfall was her own bad calls as opposition leader, and how much of it was the nightmare she inherited?

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
One Nations’ newest recruit Barnaby Joyce, with leader Pauline Hanson and fellow senators Sean Bell and Tyron Whitten.

Pauline Hanson is all smiles. But who will get the last laugh?

A resurgent One Nation and a rattled leader’s hissy fit set off yet another round of leadership jockeying. For Canberra, it’s the same tune, just different words.

  • Tony Wright