Independents
‘Acting like a medieval king’: PM faces multiparty push on staffing
Parties across the political spectrum are planning to back a Coalition plan to make decisions on MP staffing allocations independent of politics.
- Brittany Busch
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Political enemies join parliament’s first-day love-in. Day two will be a different story
For just one day, love and homage to democracy were the central rituals as the 48th parliament opened.
- Tony Wright
The crossbench is as big as the opposition. How will parliament work?
Federal parliament’s crossbench could be larger than the Liberal Party after the Nationals walked away from a Coalition deal.
- Olivia Ireland
Surprise twist in Bradfield nail-biter vote count
While postal votes closed off on Friday, it could be another week before the winner of the battle for Bradfield is known.
- Matt Wade and Shane Wright
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- Australia votes
We spoke to Australians at the start and end of the campaign. Here’s what changed
We checked in again with 13 undecided voters we spoke to at the start of this year’s federal election campaign. Most have made up their minds.
- Penry Buckley, Hannah Hammoud, Nick Newling and Angus Delaney
Election watchdog opens probe into Monique Ryan volunteer video
The video shows two people in Ryan campaign T-shirts handing out the teal MP’s how-to-vote cards and saying they were directed to vote for her by groups with links to the Chinese Communist Party.
- Paul Sakkal
- Exclusive
- Australia votes
Watch: Group with historical CCP links ‘required’ Chinese Australians to vote for Ryan
In the video, volunteers in campaign T-shirts say they were required to vote for the teal MP by the Hubei Association.
- Paul Sakkal and Cindy Yin
Who is Duke Wong, the Qld independent campaigning out of his car?
“If I can get my message out to all Queenslanders, once they hear this, I will get 450,000 votes,” says the little-known Senate candidate.
- William Davis
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- Australia votes
Bandt retaliates against Labor by putting teals, Payman before government
Fatima Payman’s chances of gaining a Senate ally have been given a boost by the Greens, after the minor party was infuriated by Labor’s preferencing decision in a critical seat.
- Paul Sakkal
- Exclusive
- Australia votes
Teals called slanted polls ‘an affront to democracy’. Climate 200 uses them
Listen to a call obtained by this masthead that delivers praise of teal Zoe Daniel and tarnishes her opponents under the banner of a survey.
- Olivia Ireland
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