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Erin Patterson’s daughter says her mother was a ‘very good cook’; Albanese welcomes new MPs to Canberra

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Liberal party
Sussan Ley and Angus Taylor to contest leadership as Jacinta Nampijinpa Price defends ‘respectful’ defection

Liberal party
Gladys Liu demands apology from Jane Hume over claim ‘Chinese spies’ volunteering for Labor

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Catholics around the world celebrate as Robert Francis Prevost becomes Pope Leo XIV

US politics live
Trump names Fox News host and former judge Jeanine Pirro as top federal prosecutor in DC

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Federal election
Sarah Witty v Adam Bandt: how an unlikely Labor champion took down a Greens giant

Labor party
From a new-look frontbench to wedding bells: here’s what’s on Anthony Albanese’s second term to-do list

The Crunch
The red wave: see how every booth changed in this detailed map of the 2025 Australian election

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In focus

Population
‘Hollowing out’: New Zealand grapples with an uncertain future as record numbers leave

Surge of departures – mostly fleeing a weak economy - fuels concern over the longer-term impact on the country as some small towns scramble for survival

Environment
‘Astonishing journeys’: online tool tracking migratory animals highlights challenge of protecting them

Full Story podcast
Newsroom edition: the Trump effect, the Coalition’s bad campaign, and are we over-interpreting the election results?

Sport

AFL invite backlash as they make it up as they go with Willie Rioli case

Jonathan Horn

Football
Europa League final victory would be ‘massive’, says Postecoglou

Rugby union
Farrell unveils 38-man Lions squad with ‘wiggle room’ to add son Owen

Culture

Australian book reviews
Always Home, Always Homesick by Hannah Kent review – absorbing memoir brings Iceland to life

Australian theatre
The Wrong Gods review – absorbing drama tackles dark chapter in India’s history

Opinion

Australia’s clean energy industry has just survived a near-death experience. Where to from here?

Kane Thornton

Having a child has been the most transformative and the most mundane experience of my life

Rebecca Varcoe

Lifestyle

Fashion
‘They’re not selling fashion – they’re selling a dream’: the latest celebrity clan in clothes