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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese with independent MPs Monique Ryan, Allegra Spender, Kate Chaney and Zoe Daniel in discussion after a division in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra last year.

As teals attended drinks with Albanese, Dutton and Labor struck election overhaul

Independent MPs have argued the proposed changes to cap donations will entrench the major parties’ political dominance. So a deal was done without them.

  • Paul Sakkal

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Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles and Minister for Home Affairs Tony Burke react after the Coalition’s attempt to silence Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus.

Dreyfus blasts ‘disgusting’ opposition attempt to gag him on antisemitism

Dreyfus, the son and grandson of Holocaust survivors, said: “I do not need the leader of the opposition or any of those opposite to tell me what antisemitism is, or how seriously I should take it.”

  • Matthew Knott and Lachlan Abbott
Teal MP Sophie Scamps.

‘Serious policy on the table’: Teal MP names her terms for support in a hung parliament

The Sydney doctor turned MP says she will support the party that avoids “sugar-hit” policies, even as she faces a battle with the Liberals to retain her seat.

  • David Crowe
Labor shuts down hearing as the Greens demand answers on the AFP's briefing to the PM on caravan discovery.
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Greens demand answers on AFP's caravan briefing to PM

Labor shuts down hearing as the Greens demand answers on the AFP's briefing to the PM on caravan discovery.

Displaying Nazi symbols will be punished with mandatory minimum sentences of a year. These swastikas were graffitied on a Sydney synagogue.

Albanese defends backflip on mandatory minimum sentences for antisemitism offences

A communications breakdown between state and federal police kept Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in the dark over the discovery of a caravan full of explosive, inflaming debate on antisemitism.

  • Paul Sakkal
Senator Jacqui Lambie said her office has been psychologically scarred by the unfair dismissal case.

Lambie hit with unfair dismissal case from staff member reprimanded over nail painting

Lambie told the Senate a member of her staff regularly turned up late, and once painted their nails at work, then resigned and sued.

  • Olivia Ireland
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Independent Allegra Spender is seeking support for her amendment from both the government and opposition.

‘Stop it at its source’: Hate-speech laws back on table after unanimous vote

Parliament will be asked to toughen laws against hate speech this week after a unanimous vote to condemn antisemitism.

  • David Crowe
Musicians from the Australian National Academy of Music played music and delivered an open letter to Arts Minister Tony Burke, urging the government to provide more than $12m to finish building a new facility.
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Musicians take their plea to Parliament House

Musicians from the Australian National Academy of Music played music and delivered an open letter to Arts Minister Tony Burke, urging the government to provide more than $12m to finish building a new facility.

Senator Jacqui Lambie and Senator David Pocock said the proposed laws heavily favour the major parties.

Getting elected to parliament for less than $800,000? ‘Rubbish’, Lambie says

Independent senators Jacqui Lambie and David Pocock are crucial votes on Labor’s electoral donations bill. They’re not happy with it at the moment.

  • Olivia Ireland
The winner’s circle: Liberal moderates were a powerhouse during the Turnbull government.

Liberal moderates were in the ‘winner’s circle’ under Turnbull. It’s a different story now

In 2019, there were about 22 members in the group that champions socially progressive causes. Now there are just 12 committed to staying on past the next election.

  • James Massola

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