JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO @STARADVERTISER.COM Sen. Brandon Elefante, right, speaks with Sen. Chris Lee during a joint session at the state Capitol on Friday. 1 /3 JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO @STARADVERTISER.COM ...

In a dysfunctional end to conference committee, the most important reform measure is shot down with no explanation.

Conquest's conquest of Hinkler produced only a brief occupation, Hinkler falling to Labor's Brian Courtice at the 1987 election thanks to the backlash produced by the 'Joh for Canberra' campaign.

The second followed a 1995 by-election when Canberra was won by Liberal Brendan Smyth. On new boundaries, Canberra returned to the Labor fold in 1996. Former Labor members for Canberra include Kep ...

From photo ops with babies, beers and plenty of high vis, to protesters interrupting press conferences and the prime minister taking a stage-top tumble, it's been a busy federal election campaign.

The plot in this one, this election story, was simple. Everything was going one way, towards a conclusion that seemed inevitable: the ascension of Pierre Poilievre to the office of Prime Minister, and ...