Queensland is at the centre of two crucial elections in the coming months, and the personable Murray Watt might be the bridge ...

Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s 10th president on Monday after an election that saw voters reject an old guard accused of leading the country into economic crisis.

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Dissanayake has vowed to reopen negotiations with the IMF over its $3 billion bailout, which comes with spending cuts and tax hikes that proved deeply unpopular with voters ...

Dissanayake’s victory represents a significant political shift in Sri Lanka which is still grappling with an economic fallout ...

Former Australian Council of Trade Unions secretary Bill Kelty has reappeared on the public stage amid a developing political ...

The 55-year-old pro-working class leader has said he will renegotiate the IMF deal to make austerity measures more bearable ...

David Littleproud faces a backlash from senior Liberals over the National Party leader's "freelancing" pledge to consider ...

Long-delayed reforms to the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) faced a fresh setback on Monday as Greens lawmakers demanded the ...

Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won Sri Lanka’s presidential election as voters rejected the old political ...

Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won Sri Lanka’s presidential election as voters rejected the old political ...