As parliament returns, Opposition Leader Sussan Ley and other senior Liberals may have to leave the first sitting day early to attend a party fundraiser sponsored by global beer giant Lion.

The era of predictable elections is over, though Prime Minister Ishiba vows to remain in office. Mr. Kirk, based in Seoul and Washington, has been covering Asia for decades for newspapers and magazines and is the author of books on Korea, the Vietnam War and the Philippines.

Sanseito, a Japanese populist party that draws inspiration from Donald Trump's politics, is gaining support ahead of Sunday's upper house elections, suggesting a notable shift in the country's traditionally centrist landscape.

Sky News host Danica De Giorgio says the Liberal Party must figure out “who they are and what they stand for”.

The return of the new parliament will highlight the disaster that was the May 3 election for the Coalition. But it also will focus voters’ minds on Labor.

Newfoundland and Labrador's Liberal Party is losing seven of its veteran politicians as they opt not to seek re-election in the upcoming provincial election.

Despite a seemingly tenuous grip on numbers inside the party room, Ley’s colleagues insist she must be given a chance to assert herself as leader.