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G-20 push for more multinational tax

It's time to make Google, Apple and other multinational companies pay more taxes, say G20 leaders.

Key aims for a quick trip across Tasman for talks

Prime Minister John Key may make a fast visit to Australia within a fortnight for early talks with new Prime Minister Tony Abbott.

Now to find out who Tony Abbott is

The reality is that Abbott will be influenced by his Catholicism in the same way as Gillard was influenced by her womanhood, writes Greg Craven.

New Labor generation tasked with rebuilding from election ashes as old warhorses head out to pasture

Shattered by its worst vote in almost 80 years, the Australian Labor Party is set to start with a new generation tasked with shaking free of past demons.

Greg Ansley: Stability will be top of Abbott's to-do list

By the time Tony Abbott arrived to lodge his vote at Sydney's Freshwater Surf Lifesaving Club yesterday morning - minus his infamous red budgie-smugglers - the die was cast.

New PM will have Kiwi at his side

It's a cliche that behind every successful man stands a woman, and Australia's new First Lady, Kiwi-born Margie Abbott, is having none of it.

Editorial: How will Abbott affect NZ

When Australia changes horses, New Zealand needs to take stock. What do Tony Abbott and his likely ministers know of this country?

Pragmatism of the pastor's daughter

Australia goes to the polls

The Prime Minister went into this campaign believing he could win. After seizing back the leadership against the odds, he thought he could defy those odds once again and crush Tony Abbott. Tonight's election will show what the Australian people make of it all.