The Saturday Paper

Exclusive: "We are preparing for the fight of our lives.” Andrew Hastie’s backers are taking inspiration from Winston Churchill in their plan to install him as the leader of the Liberal Party. trib.al/Ttm7k0v

Exclusive: Andrew Hastie is winning the trust of the Liberal Party’s moderates, who are increasingly warming to him as the only credible alternative to Angus Taylor. trib.al/4B2bZGY

What Labor will need in 2028 alongside the prime minister is a country champion, a Labor strategist tells Karen Barlow. "Country people read bullshit like kids read bullshit." trib.al/GSkznqF

Late on Monday, June 22, 2026, plaintiff law firms representing victims of institutional child sex crimes were invited to an urgent online meeting... Judy Courtin on the Christian Brothers’ so-called ‘bankruptcy‘: trib.al/qf18JkG

With a recent, grave and potentially dangerous leak of highly sensitive information, the fear of corrupt insiders within the CFMEU undermining the administration’s work and endangering those it perceives as enemies has flourished once again. trib.al/GduCSl3

Much like a cockroach, India's Cockroach Janta Party heralds a new political language that might be hard to exterminate, writes Megha Kapoor. trib.al/8ajh3nj

India's Cockroach Janta Party is fuelled by the anger of the country's youth. Not yet two months old, it has already amassed more than 20 million followers. trib.al/of2VjSj

Anti-gambling advocates, including within Labor’s own ranks, see the $5.3 billion NRL licensing deal as a sign of how weak Albanese's reforms are. They modestly tighten the rules for free-to-air TV while opening up streaming for even more gambling ads. trib.al/yRQ18Fp

"Saying one thing publicly while considering something entirely different is, sadly, becoming standard operating procedure for the Albanese government. They came to power on a promise of transparency, but the prime minister has proven to be secretive." trib.al/nHHbxKr

“You need to have someone like Kristy [McBain] demonstrating that the Labor brand is as relevant to those country seats as the artificial One Nation.” trib.al/zx3oURV

Behind the Christian Brothers’ so-called ‘bankruptcy’ is a complex web of legal entities and trusts that leaves victim-survivors unable to claim proper compensation, writes Judy Courtin. trib.al/X9VA0qQ

The battlelines have been set. Albanese, the streamers and the sporting codes on one side; the majority of the federal parliament, the Labor rank and file and the public on the other. Big money versus the good of the community. trib.al/TVXCgfD

When the chief justice of the Supreme Court of India likened unemployed young people engaged in social media and activism to “cockroaches”, he inadvertently started a revolution. trib.al/oyVSVtb

A dangerous leak from inside the CFMEU raises new questions about Setka loyalists working within the union’s administration. Martin McKenzie-Murray reports. trib.al/Qjj321j

Exclusive: Andrew Hastie’s backers say they have six to eight months to make their case before the window closes and the Liberal Party is stuck with Angus Taylor for the next federal election. trib.al/bDFUa5e

“Setka told me that if they ever come after him, ‘I’ll give ’em a fight they’ll never forget.’ I thought he meant industrial action at the time. Now I think it means that he’s got shit on a lot of politicians.” trib.al/w2Nsf2d

In India, political protesters can face years in jail awaiting trial. A new political movement, the Cockroach Janta Party, shows the bravery and desperation of young Indians. trib.al/UVMXo8z

For how long did the Christian Brothers know they were “going broke” whilst continuing to settle claims in “good faith”? trib.al/w0FimgX

It is the disadvantaged people the Labor Party is supposed to represent who suffer the most from gambling addiction, and yet it is Labor that has historically done most to further gambling interests, says Tim Costello. trib.al/X1NmVsV

Kristy McBain has four ministerial titles and a particular quality prized by Labor’s leadership: she has a knack for countering One Nation. trib.al/SXnaGpH