"I am incredibly honoured and humbled to be the first Australian Minister, state or federally, to take my oath of allegiance on the Bhagavad Gita."

The Australian mainland, with its five states and two territories, is now “red”.

Indian origin Daniel Mookhey likely to be the new Treasurer of NSW.

NSW goes to polls today. Elections for all 93 seats in the Legislative Assembly and 21 seats for the Legislative Council will take place.

With roughly one-third of the total votes cast at the election to be lodged in Sydney’s west, there is no path to victory for the Coalition or Labor without the region’s support.

While the Coalition only gained one point on two-party vote, the change in primary votes implies that the Coalition’s gains were greater, and that rounding saved Labor from a 53-47 Newspoll.

The Victorian state elections will have a record 740 candidates contesting the 88 Legislative Assembly seats and 454 candidates in the Legislative Council seats. 

While the national plan aims for an Australia free of “gender-based violence” – much of the plan actually focuses on domestic, family and sexual violence.

The Victorian election will be held on November 26.

Dr Marisa Paterson was director of Australian National University's (ANU) Centre for Gambling Research in 2020 when she publicly accused a high-profile academic of stalking and harassing her.