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MPs will converge on Brisbane next week for the first parliamentary sittings of 2025.

Queensland politicians granted up to $6500 for home security upgrades

After years of political debate over Queensland law and order policies, MPs will be given a special allowance to better secure their own homes.

  • Sean Parnell

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Flight upgrades for work OK, but voters frown on MPs getting holiday perks

The Resolve Political Monitor found voters were divided on upgrades, but Coalition MP Bridget McKenzie is still pushing for a Senate inquiry into the PM’s trips.

  • Paul Sakkal
ACT deputy opposition leader Alistair Coe.

Booze lobby calls in former ACT Liberal leader for help

Can ex-Canberra Liberal leader Alistair Coe help Alcohol Beverages Australia make a splash in the corridors of power? CBD is doubtful.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese denied that the court case brought by former staffer Sally Rugg against independent MP Monique Ryan led to the increased staffing for MPs that was announced in the budget.

Federal MPs get extra staff at cost of $159 million, but it’s nothing to do with Rugg v Ryan

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says giving every member of parliament an extra electorate staffer will help them deal with social media and growing constituencies.

  • James Massola
Barnaby Joyce in his Toyota Landcruiser. The vehicle is the single most popular choice among Australian politicians,

EV revolution lost on Australia’s politicians as they cling to petrol cars

Just three of Australia’s 227 federal MPs have chosen fully electric vehicles as their taxpayer-funded cars.

  • Cameron Atfield
International travel is off the cards, with Queensland ministers also prevented from leaving on trade missions.

Grounded ministers to save taxpayers thousands as they stay home

International border closures due to COVID-19 are delivering a small silver lining to the Queensland budget.

  • Felicity Caldwell
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Barnaby Joyce on the campaign trail with candidate Trevor Hicks at the Royal Hotel in Adelong on Saturday night.

Parties, pubs and hiking: for once, politicians spend the weekend in Canberra

The Canberra experience for politicians is usually limited to hotels and COMCARs.

  • Michael Koziol
Flames rise from the Grenfell Tower building on fire in London where 72 people died.

Eight things the government knows but won't tell you

Surgery in the wrong place, elderly Australians assaulted in their homes, high-rise buildings wrapped in flammable cladding. All happening, all in secret.

  • Nick Bonyhady
MPs are charging taxpayers thousands of dollars for "personalised" bound copies of Hansard records available online for free.

Politicians spend thousands on 'personalised' copy of speeches

MPs are charging taxpayers thousands of dollars for bound and personalised editions of their parliamentary speeches despite speeches being free online.

  • Nigel Gladstone
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews.

MPs say stress from social media warranted their large pay rises

MPs who won pay rises of more than 6 per cent this year say their working lives are being made harder by constituents contacting them on Facebook and Twitter.

  • Noel Towell and Charlotte Grieve

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