Road safety groups and travellers say training for drivers towing large vehicles — and even a special licence — should be implemented across Australia.

Less than a month after the NSW Liberals bungled her local government campaign, Georgia Ryburn has won preselection to run for the seat of Pittwater for the party in next month's state by-election.

A remote Queensland council is enticing people to move from interstate with the promise of a guaranteed rental and lucrative mining jobs.

Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles was asked why the government rejected a request for a 12-month extension while giving evidence at the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide.

New South Wales opposition leader Mark Speakman believes the honeymoon is ending for Premier Chris Minns but admits it's a struggle to "cut through" with the next election three years away.

A NSW review into the Liberal party's March election loss has found the former PM played a hand in the defeat, but the number one reason was the feeling it was time for a change.

Aspiring female politicians are worried about representation amid an overhaul of local government structures as stakeholders warn single-councillor wards tend to favour major political groupings.

The NSW Nationals asked for and received $20,000 from its youth wing to spend on negative campaign ads in target seats in the recent 2023 state election, according to internal party documents.

More than 3 million Australians watched King Charles's coronation, with Parliament House among the many significant buildings across the country lit up, but those in Sydney remained in the dark.

The New South Wales Nationals have replaced their leader Paul Toole just weeks after reinstating him over claims he misled the party.