A Liberal campaigner and former candidate has blamed Opposition Leader Matthew Guy’s mismanagement for the stunning electoral loss. Labor could pick up as many as 60 seats out of 88, in a commanding majority for Premier Daniel Andrews. Four seats are expected to remain in doubt until later this week. Megan Purcell, who ran for the Liberal Party in Bendigo in …

The turkeys voted for Christmas. That’s the only conclusion to be drawn from the latest Newspoll, which predicts a bloodbath of 21 Coalition seats to be lost at the next election. The two-party preferred vote is unchanged at 45:55 for the second consecutive poll. Compare that with The Australian‘s final Newspoll before the turkeys voted to kill Malcolm Turnbull: Labor …

A NSW Labor MP has attempted to shut down speculation Opposition Leader Luke Foley will be ousted before the next state election. Senior NSW Liberal members are confident Mr Foley’s leadership is over and are preparing to instead face deputy leader Michael Daley in the March state election, Fairfax Media reports. But opposition health spokesman Walt Secord has dismissed any suggestion …

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has given a national apology to victims of child sexual abuse. Hundreds of people gathered in Canberra on Monday to hear Mr Morrison deliver the emotional address in parliament. It follows a five-year inquiry which found tens of thousands of children had suffered abuse in the nation’s institutions over decades. “Today, we finally acknowledge and …

It has been the most sombre moment of the royal tour so far, but one that matters just as much to Prince Harry. The Duke of Sussex on Saturday officially opened the enhanced NSW Anzac Memorial in Sydney’s Hyde Park to honour the state’s fallen veterans. The Centenary Extension finally realises the vision of the memorial’s architect Bruce Dellit, after …

Federal Police have been asked to investigate how secret security advice warning of possible violence in response to Australia considering moving its embassy in Israel was leaked to a news outlet. The Guardian Australia has today published extracts of an “ASIO bulletin” which reportedly warned that raising the prospect of relocating the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem may “provoke …

A driver who was texting her boyfriend when she caused a high-speed freeway crash in Perth, which claimed the life of her friend, has been sentenced to three years and eight months behind bars. Aine McGrath, 25, was found guilty earlier this year of dangerous driving occasioning the death of 25-year-old Sarah Kelly. McGrath was using her phone when she …

New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian believes perspective has been lost in a stoush about the Opera House being used to promote a horse race, and has called for respect on all sides of the debate. Last night, more than 1,000 protesters used lights and torches to spoil the projection of the Everest barrier draw after Ms Berejiklian overruled the …

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has defended her decision to allow an advertisement for a racing event be projected on the Sydney Opera House on Tuesday night, saying the image “will be in good taste”. Speaking on Monday morning on the decision that has sparked mass debate across the country, Ms Berejiklian said “all sides of politics” supported the decision. She …

The New South Wales Government and Opera House management have come to a compromise over a controversial plan to promote a horse race on the sails of the iconic landmark. The agreement follows intense discussions between the parties and pressure from broadcaster Alan Jones, who called for Opera House chief executive Louise Herron to be sacked if she could not …