The retiring Labor MP is Stephen Jones. He was first elected as Member for Throsby in 2010, the seat re-named Whitlam in 2016. Jones is Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services.

Since Australia became a federation in 1901, 31 Prime Ministers have taken office. Among them, only a handful have either served consecutive or non-consecutive terms, even though there is no ...

One of the closest, but also most loyal, friend to former Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam was a Greek wrestler. George Gouliova arrived in Australia in 1974 and until 1981 was crowned ...

Whitlam is the new name for the abolished seat of Throsby, held by Labor's Stephen Jones since 2010. The most important change wrought by the redistribution has been the change in name from ...

Gough Whitlam's abolition ... On taking office, Whitlam created a department of Aboriginal affairs and appointed the first full-time minister for indigenous affairs. His government funded legal ...

Previously a safe Labor seat, the Coalition is optimistic about its chances in Whitlam after growing pushback from the community over plans for an offshore wind farm. The Prime Minister ...

An extraordinary story of the hard-fought rise and dramatic fall of a visionary Australian prime minister during one of the country's most turbulent eras. Heroic to some, flawed to others, his changes ...