Politics

US Correspondent Caroline Overington takes a look at Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, and asks whether the former Secretary of State can take the top job.

Senator Penny Wong and her partner Sophie Allouache have welcomed their second daughter today with the Opposition Leader in the Senate announcing 'everyone is doing well' on Twitter this morning.

A meeting between political rivals ended with a prayer, so is the new game of politics love not war?

Despite three election victories and eight years as Prime Minister, Malcolm Fraser was a polarising figure in Australia’s public life, shadowed - some might say defined - by his role in the constitutional crisis and dismissal of the Whitlam government in 1975. But he was also a compassionate and highly vocal advocate for human rights, writes The Weekly's Michael Sheather.

In her first major interview, Margie Abbott has revealed to the April issue of the Australian Women's Weekly that she would not care if her husband lost his job tomorrow, admitting the role of Australia’s First Lady is one she has struggled with.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop confirmed she has asked Indonesia's attorney-general for a 'prisoner swap' in the 11th hour of Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan's looming executions.

Anne Summers has an in-depth chat with federal MP Julie Bishop for The Weekly and discovers what makes her tick.

Hugh Jackman says that the Foreign Minister is his new PR Manager as they light up New York's most iconic buildings.

US president Barack Obama has used his sixth State of the Union address to push for basic human rights for American women. In a move that surprised many commentators, President Barack Obama explained that American women were still fighting for the right to equal pay. He said America is also now the only advanced country […]

Ultra-conservative MP Fred Nile has sparked a furious debate by declaring surviving men taken hostage in the Martin Place siege should not be given bravery awards. “Usually men try to protect the women but it looks like the men were trying to protect their own skins,” he said on Channel 7‘s Sunrise program this morning. […]