February
- Opinion
- Defence
Why is Defence so little involved in the great defence debate?
In times of global tension, the public needs to understand the purpose of defence, and its costs. But that is hampered by a habit of public risk aversion among the defence leadership.
- Jennifer Parker
July 2022
Labor moves to lift assisted dying ban in territories
Labor backbenchers Luke Gosling and Alicia Payne will move private member’s legislation to permit euthanasia laws in the ACT and NT.
- Tom McIlroy
June 2022
Wallabies great David Pocock wins ACT Senate seat
Pocock defeated Liberal Zed Seselja in an historic victory, ending the major party stranglehold on ACT Senate representation.
- Tom McIlroy
April 2022
Ousted parliamentary fathers consoled by pension scheme
Labor’s Kim Carr and the Liberals’ Kevin Andrews have one thing factional machinations can never take away from them: their vintage parliamentary pensions.
- Myriam Robin
February 2021
- Exclusive
- Liberal Party
Liberals’ new star was shaped by an endless war
Commando and lawyer Keith Wolahan’s military experience could make him an influential figure over defence policy and international affairs after he enters Parliament.
- Aaron Patrick
- Opinion
- Rear Window
Kevin Andrews, ready-made diplomat?
Lest we forget Kevin Andrews, a sentient trope for everything cold, retrograde and frankly embarrassing about conservatism.
- Joe Aston
- Analysis
- Political leadership
Commando’s victory is a defining moment for the Liberal Party
The party’s left faction defied Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and replaced a 30-year veteran with limited appeal in a state proud of its social liberalism.
- Aaron Patrick
January 2021
Blow for Lib conservatives as Andrews loses preselection
Federal Parliament’s longest-serving member, Kevin Andrews, has been thrashed in a preselection ballot for his safe Melbourne seat of Menzies.
- Phillip Coorey
‘Father of the House’ fights for one more term
Federal Parliament’s longest serving member, Kevin Andrews, is likely to survive a preselection challenge this weekend, his backers say.
- Phillip Coorey
August 2020
- Analysis
- Liberal Party
Why won't Frydenberg save the Victorian Liberals?
No one is in charge of the Victorian Liberal Party, which is why it isn't taken seriously in the exhausted, recessed state.
- Aaron Patrick
Labor demands PM stand down Sukkar over branch-stacking scandal
Assistant Treasurer Michael Sukkar has denied any wrongdoing as government figures defend the factional powerbroker.
- Andrew Tillett
March 2020
Please explain: lawyers fume at One Nation over derogatory comments
The Law Council wants the family law inquiry to be halted after women appearing before the committee were derided in comments posted on One Nation's Facebook pages.
- Michael Pelly
October 2019
NDIS termination payments AWOL in Senate estimates
What the NDIA told Senate Estimates about executive termination payments contradicts the contents of its own recent annual report.
- Joe Aston
September 2019
Albanese questions Hanson's role in family law inquiry 'deal'
Labor is angry at being left out of consultations into the family law and child support inquiry and questioned Pauline Hanson's role as deputy chairman.
- Updated
- Tom McIlroy
June 2019
Time for 'civil debate' on religious protections
Former minister Kevin Andrews says new religious freedom laws should follow the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and balance the rights of believers with the wider Australian community.
- Tom McIlroy