November
The full list of bills to be passed tonight
The Senate has begun voting on a series of bills being rushed through in the final hours of parliamentary sittings for 2024. Follow live updates.
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- Timothy Moore and Lucy Slade
Lidia Thorpe taunts senators, stares down suspension
The suspended senator entered the press gallery on Thursday and called for a “free Palestine” as debate rumbled in the chamber below.
- Kat Wong
October
‘Not my king’: Thorpe condemned over royal protest
The former Greens senator disrupted a reception for King Charles and Queen Camilla at Parliament House on Monday.
- Tom McIlroy
Marles staffer complains she is being ‘bullied’ out of her job
Jo Tarnawsky, chief of staff to Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles, says she wants the minister and others to be held accountable.
- Andrew Tillett
‘Have you got Tourette’s?’: PM apologises for Taylor accusation
Anthony Albanese asked Angus Taylor if he had the syndrome during Question Time; Peter Dutton accused of fundraising for men’s only club. How the day unfolded.
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- Lucy Slade
August
'Fact free rhetoric' eroding public trust in our public institutions, says Comyn
CBA boss Matt Comyn says that there is a false narrative that businesses are gouging their costumers, and it's damaging trust in Australian brands.
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NZ PM asks enter exclusive AUKUS security pact
Anthony Albanese has acknowledged New Zealand’s interest in AUKUS; Amazon admits it can’t police deepfake AI images; Michele Bullock says interest rate rises are not driving up rents. Follow live updates.
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- Lucy Slade
Federal Police plan Parliament House walk-off amid pay dispute
The planned “extremely disruptive” industrial action is part of a pay dispute in which AFP personnel claim they are being lumped in with “desk job public servants”.
- Ronald Mizen
July
- Opinion
- Satire
The fashion statements line up on Canberra’s most famous red carpet
When a chance for sartorial display is on offer, Australia’s political tribes never hold back.
- Rowan Dean
March
EY staffers reject claims of ‘fake coal’ test collusion
A former mine employee has alleged that auditors knew of results manipulation.
- Liam Walsh
The restaurants where you will find Canberra’s top powerbrokers
No one in Canberra participates in the long, boozy affairs popular with deal makers in the state capitals. In the nation’s power hub, it’s all about dinner.
- Ronald Mizen
‘Radio silence, on hold for hours’: How insurers treat their watchdog
Justin Untersteiner helps run the Australian Financial Complaints Authority. But that didn’t stop him getting “radio silence for months” and being kept “generally on hold for 2½ hours” when he tried to claim.
- Liam Walsh
August 2023
Adamantem’s Koczkar says private equity investing should be easier
The private equity boss said super funds can be turned off by the way private equity fees have to be reported under financial disclosure rules.
- Aaron Weinman
Brittany Higgins sued by former minister over social media posts
The writ in the WA Supreme Court is the latest manoeuvre in a bitter fallout between Brittany Higgins and her former employer Senator Linda Reynolds.
- Ronald Mizen
July 2023
Parliamentary support service to get new CEO
Derwent will see to the hiring of a new CEO and advisory board members for a statutory support service, once it’s established.
- Myriam Robin
June 2023
- Opinion
- Political leadership
They didn’t care about Higgins or Thorpe, only the politics
The way that complaints by Brittany Higgins and Lidia Thorpe erupted reflect their lack of belief that the political system would take them seriously.
- Laura Tingle
ABC sought to prejudice rape trial: Lehrmann
Former political staffer Bruce Lehrmann has told the Federal Court the broadcast of a live speech by Brittany Higgins was unfair to his defence.
- Tom McIlroy
March 2023
Peter van Onselen returning to academia
It’s been a poorly kept secret through the press gallery.
- Myriam Robin
February 2023
Can ChatGPT write speeches better than politicians? These MPs tried
Two politicians recruited ChatGPT to write parts of their parliamentary speeches to highlight the challenges and risks posed by AI.
- Georgie Moore
January 2023
Teal MP Monique Ryan sued over sacking for ‘unreasonable hours’
Sally Rugg is suing both the Commonwealth and the teal independent for trying to fire her, which she alleges contravenes the Fair Work Act.
- Ronald Mizen and Michael Roddan