Senior Coalition figures say the ICAC’s inquiry into branch-stacking and illegal donations overlooks the Reformers’ involvement in a bigger issue, lobbying for Catholic cemeteries.
In an interview with The Saturday Paper, the climate minister warns the Greens against teaming with the Coalition to kill a new offsets plan for forests.
As the ICAC hears evidence of a $2 million conspiracy to take over the NSW Liberal Party, federal MPs believe Tony Abbott’s involvement means he should resign as party president.
In an exclusive interview, the prime minister outlines his plans to fight One Nation, his views on Gina Rinehart and his faith in Labor as the only party that can govern in its own right.
Gina Rinehart’s friendship with Pauline Hanson is relatively new – possibly connected to luxury homes outside Noosa – but her links to One Nation go back at least a decade.
As Angus Taylor articulates his first clear challenge to One Nation, Liberals are hoping Pauline Hanson’s most paranoid senator will help reframe her party’s appeal.
Labor member for Eden-Monaro Kristy McBain has risen rapidly through party ranks and senior figures see her as the model of an effective foil in the regional seats most vulnerable to the far right.
Liberal insiders give eye-witness accounts of the far-right’s takeover of a key seat, in a move emblematic of the national shift, with members declaring One Nation values are Liberal values.
The Albanese government’s use of exceptionally broad non-disclosure agreements is at odds with a commitment to transparency and prevents consultation within organisations.
With just 11 days allowed for submissions and three for hearings, the disability community testified to deep concerns and a lack of clarity over the sweeping reforms that Labor aims to push through parliament by July 2.
As the government stalls on a response to key recommendations in the robodebt royal commission, it has legislated a huge expansion in the use of automated decision-making.
