Brett is a senior digital political correspondent with ABC News. He started his career in newspapers before joining the ABC as a rural reporter. Brett presented the South Australian Country Hour and was the ABC's Parliament House national rural reporter. His claims to fame are growing a backyard wheat crop as the western Victorian rural reporter and later baking scones with the CWA live on the radio.
With Joe Biden about to step off the world stage, the jockeying for position has begun, with China's Xi Jinping taking an early lead.
As US President Joe Biden eyes an exit to the world stage, China's Xi Jinping made full use of the G20 to barnstorm his way through meetings with world leaders to stitch together relationships in anticipation of Donald Trump's return.
G20 summit calls for peace in the Ukraine-Russia and Middle East war, just before Russia claimed Ukraine had begun launching American-made long-range missiles into its territory.
The Chinese president has spoken of the "twists and turns" in recent relations with Australia during talks with Anthony Albanese on the sidelines of the G20 summit.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese refuses to commit to announcing a 2035 target ahead of the election, only promising to do it "sometime next year".
The Chinese president insists he wants to "maintain communication, expand cooperation and manage differences" with the US despite already-strained relations between the countries.
It remains unclear why the Chinese president has failed to attend talks with Pacific-rim leaders in Peru a day after opening a new megaport north of Lima.
Donald Trump's threat to ignite global trade wars has China seeking to capitalise, particularly in nations that might have previously looked north to the United States for economic support.
The prime minister will use a week-long trip to South America to pitch Australia as a safe and reliable country to invest in, especially if the incoming US president follows through on his climate threats.
Anthony Albanese will fly in the face of Donald Trump's rhetoric, urging business and governments to work closer together. He's using a trip to South America to pitch Australia's case as a reliable trading partner.
Kevin Rudd deleting old tweets in the wake of Donald Trump's victory has given politicians a pertinent reminder: Making sharp comments can often feel good in the moment, but they don't come without consequences.
ABC News boss Justin Stevens has issued apologies to audiences, commandos and a former US drug enforcement official after receiving the interim findings from an investigation into the 2022 Line of Fire reports. While the review found errors weren't a deliberate effort, it identified the use of additional gunshots and the potentially misleading use of a quote.
The acting boss of the Department of Parliamentary Services says she is unable to say when the secretary, who is currently on extended paid leave, would return to work.
From flipping the bird at a journalist to scooping up a clifftop abode before an election, "leaders who made decisions that felt good in the moment but have brought with them distracting headaches" has been a theme in politics this week.
It's not that long ago that reports of Peter Dutton's premature death as opposition leader were being greatly exaggerated. Now he's suddenly found himself leading Labor for the first time.
Under pressure and reverting to his worst instincts, Anthony Albanese used Tourette syndrome as an insult in parliament. You just had to look at two of his ministers' faces to see how far he'd fouled.
After the federal government announced another budget surplus, Jacqui Lambie had a blunt assessment: "Nobody gives a stuff." It shows how far the political discourse has moved in recent years.
With less than a year until the next election, the words of party elder Gough Whitlam could be ringing in Anthony Albanese's ears.
A political stunt over housing policy meant Labor was this week reminded that while it might be in government, it doesn't have control of the Senate.
You could be forgiven for thinking the federal government had no option but to work with the opposition to pass its agenda — but seemingly forgotten is a Senate crossbench that has been more than willing to negotiate.
The ADF has long insisted there wasn't a greater risk of suicide for those in its ranks. With the release of findings from the royal commission into veterans' suicide, it's an argument that no longer stacks up.
Questions on both sexual orientation and gender will feature in Australia's next census, as the federal government seeks to repair the fallout from earlier efforts to abandon questions about LGBTIQ+ identity.
The Coalition scare campaign says the next election will deliver a Labor minority government — propped up by an unholy alliance of Greens and teal independents — and that it will be chaos. But does that stack up?
It's been no secret that Australia's parliament has cultural problems; stories of bullying and intimidation in the house on the hill are the thing of legends. But there are signs of change.
The OG teal independent has always had an ability to get under the skin of the blokes in the Coalition, but Thursday seemed different, with Steggall at times having to shout to get over the wall of words.