POLITICS

Liberals pledge tougher laws on police pursuits as Victoria crime rates surge

Victoria’s Opposition has unveiled a major law-and-order policy targeting dangerous police pursuits, pledging tougher penalties for offenders and stronger legal protections for police officers. Opposition Leader Jess Wilson announced the proposal as part of the Liberals and Nationals’ election platform, warning that…

8 April, 2026

POLITICS·VICTORIA

One Nation edges ahead of Labor in Victoria nine months before state election, polling shows

One Nation has taken a narrow lead over Victoria’s governing Labor Party in new polling conducted nine months before the next state election. The Roy Morgan survey places One Nation at 26.5 per cent of the primary vote, one percentage point ahead…

20 February, 2026

GREECE·POLITICS

PASOK reduced to 32 MPs after Paraskevaidis’ expulsion as independents reach record 27

PASOK has been reduced to 32 Members of Parliament following the expulsion of Panagiotis Paraskevaidis from its parliamentary group, a development that simultaneously brings the number of independent MPs in the Hellenic Parliament to a record 27. The decision was formally communicated…

17 February, 2026

POLITICS·VICTORIA

Jeff Kennett urges Victorian Coalition to consider One Nation preference deal to remove Labor government

Former Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett has called on the Victorian Coalition to consider forming a preference arrangement with Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party if that is what it takes to remove the Labor government at the November state election. Speaking amid heightened…

16 February, 2026

AUSTRALIA·POLITICS

Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill: Angus Taylor elected new leader in decisive party-room vote

The Liberal Party of Australia has entered a new and turbulent chapter after Angus Taylor was elected the party’s 17th federal leader, defeating Sussan Ley in a decisive party-room ballot in Canberra on Friday. Taylor secured 34 votes to Ley’s 17, marking…

13 February, 2026

AUSTRALIA·POLITICS

Liberal Party leadership crisis as Angus Taylor challenges Sussan Ley

The Liberal parliamentary party is set to meet at 9am on Friday to vote on its leader, after a letter calling for an urgent leadership spill was delivered to Ley on Thursday morning. The challenge comes less than a year after the…

12 February, 2026

AUSTRALIA·POLITICS

First resignation triggers Liberal leadership crisis as support for Angus Taylor grows

The Liberal Party’s leadership crisis escalated on Thursday morning with the resignation of senior frontbencher Claire Chandler, triggering what party insiders expect will be a wave of further departures in support of Angus Taylor. News.com.au confirmed the Tasmanian senator handed in her…

12 February, 2026

OPINION·POLITICS

Capital Gains Tax reform risks punishing the wrong Australians

The renewed debate over Australia’s capital gains tax discount is being framed by the government as a question of “inter-generational equity”. But behind the rhetoric lies a far more complicated and politically risky reality: any blunt reduction of the CGT discount risks…

11 February, 2026

AUSTRALIA·POLITICS

Coalition chaos deepens as Jane Hume attacks Sussan Ley amid polling collapse and leadership unrest

The federal Coalition has plunged deeper into crisis as dumped frontbencher Jane Hume delivered a blistering assessment of Opposition Leader Sussan Ley, declaring the party was “running out of time” as catastrophic polling and internal unrest fuel renewed leadership speculation. The attack…

9 February, 2026

AUSTRALIA·POLITICS

Nationals heavyweight rules out leadership tilt as Littleproud faces challenge

A senior figure within the Nationals has ruled out mounting a leadership challenge against David Littleproud, as internal pressure continues to build on the party leader ahead of parliament’s return. Nationals senator Matt Canavan has confirmed he will not seek the party’s…

1 February, 2026

OPINION·POLITICS

At last! Diaspora Greeks to be represented!

For decades, the Greek diaspora has lived with a profound contradiction. On the one hand, Greece celebrates Greeks abroad as ambassadors of the nation, as living proof of Hellenism’s resilience and continuity. On the other hand, when democracy comes into play, the…

28 January, 2026

GREECE·POLITICS

The Karystianou political bet and the opposition’s uneasy response

Greece’s opposition landscape appears to be entering a period of significant recalibration, as the prospect of a new political party led by Maria Karystianou sends tremors across the political spectrum. Figures and parties that only recently aligned themselves publicly with the former…

26 January, 2026

AUSTRALIA·POLITICS

Littleproud stops short of denying call for Ley to resign as Coalition split deepens

Nationals Leader David Littleproud has declined to deny reports that he urged Opposition Leader Sussan Ley to resign during a heated phone call, as leadership tensions intensify following the Coalition’s second rupture in just a few months. Under sustained questioning, Mr Littleproud…

25 January, 2026

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