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May 2020

NSW Transport Andrew Constance declares he will stand for the Eden-Monaro byelection on Tuesday. On Wednesday he said he wouldn't.

Bushfire-ravaged Eden-Monaro's candidates self-immolate

The Coalition appears to be doing its best to lose a byelection that could make political history.

  • Aaron Patrick

December 2019

Question time but not answer time.

Australians want better tone to question time

A survey by a parliamentary committee has found that Australians want question time to be answer time.

  • Rebecca Gredley

November 2019

Australia's oldest parliament is leading the way in consultative, evidence-based policy making.

How politics fails the evidence test

A 'business case' approach to public decision making is smart politics.

  • Percy Allan

June 2019

The inquiry will hand a report to the government later this year.

Federal election count finalised

Nationals candidate Anne Webster won the last seat to be finalised, Mallee in Victoria, on Liberal preferences. In all, only nine seats changed hands at the May 18 election.

  • Paul Osborne

May 2019

Members of the NSW Labor Party Chinese Youth Council, pictured with former premier Bob Carr.

As money dries, Chinese Australians organise

Amid a crackdown on foreign political donations, Chinese Australians are making their voices heard through organised political activism.

  • Bo Seo
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Nigel Ellul's faith in the major parties have left him turning to minor parties.

In Adani country voters have had a 'gutful'

Support for "straight-talking" Clive Palmer and Pauline Hanson runs deep in country Queensland, despite the scandals that have engulfed their parties.

  • Luke Housego
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has spent the first few days of the campaign in Sydney and on the NSW Central Coast.

'Sometimes it's all a bit surreal': on the campaign trail

To win the election, Bill Shorten and Scott Morrison follow calculated and stage managed road trips with the media following their every move.

  • Tom McIlroy
Bill Shorten reading "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" to kids

When policy is child's play

Bill Shorten's childcare subsidies are designed to please an industry rather than use economic incentives to get women into work.

  • Aaron Patrick

April 2019

Pauline Hanson has thrown Scott Morrison a political lifeline by putting Labor last on One Nation how-to-vote cards in four critical seats.

Hanson to put Labor last in four key seats

Pauline Hanson has significantly lifted the Liberals' chances of retaining four seats, including Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton's Queensland seat of Dickson.

  • Daniel McCulloch
Gladys Liu dubbed media reports quoting her on LGBTI issues as "fake news".

What Gladys Liu's misstep says about Chinese voters

A star candidate's allegedly homophobic remarks raise questions about the real and imagined voting preferences of Chinese-Australians.

  • Bo Seo

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