Amanda Stoker
Cautious Crisafulli in day-two rethink of LNP’s plan for schoolies
The new Queensland Premier will now “take some advice” about the LNP’s previous vow to scrap pill-testing services at schoolies amid concerns from doctors.
- by Matt Dennien
Latest
Former right-wing senator, Sky News host may get cabinet role if LNP wins power, MP suggests
Although denied by leader David Crisafulli, speculation has been rife that former conservative senator Amanda Stoker could be parachuted into an LNP cabinet.
- by Matt Dennien
Exclusive
Workplace safety
‘Senator sixpack’ David Van used official Instagram to chat up women
Ex-Liberal senator David Van’s use of his official social media accounts to message women – using terms like “babe” and “hon” – raised alarm in Scott Morrison’s office in 2021.
- by Paul Sakkal and Sam Cucchiara
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Workplace safety
The former Victorian MP Dutton wants in the Senate but Pesutto can’t abide
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is facing off against Victorian counterpart John Pesutto as they back opposing candidates to replace senator David Van.
- by Paul Sakkal and Broede Carmody
Opinion
Gender equality
When will things improve for women in parliament? They already have
Parliament still has a poisonous legacy for women, but enduring change is now locked in. There is no going back.
- by Licia Heath
Senator David Van resigns from Liberal Party
Writing to Victorian Liberal Party president Greg Mirabella to resign, Van said he was deeply distressed he had not been afforded procedural fairness over misconduct claims.
- by Anthony Galloway
Updated
Workplace culture
Dutton leads Liberal pressure for David Van to quit parliament
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton confirmed he had been made aware of a third allegation of sexual harassment against the embattled Liberal senator, a day after booting him from the Liberal party room.
- by James Massola, Angus Thompson and Caroline Schelle
Analysis
Workplace culture
The lesson of the week? Handle dangerous material with care
Anthony Albanese and the Labor leadership could turn the blowtorch on Dutton next week, but the more important point is that Australians were badly served by the Coalition’s determination to reopen old wounds.
- by David Crowe
Former senator Amanda Stoker accuses Van of sexual harassment
Senator David Van has denied a claim by Amanda Stoker that he inappropriately touched her at a function at Parliament House three years ago.
- by James Massola, Angus Thompson and Alex Crowe
Amanda Stoker to headline conservative Voice to parliament conference
The former Queensland LNP senator joins ex-charities commissioner Gary Johns at the Samuel Griffith Society’s Voice to parliament Symposium next month.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and David Estcourt
Morrison doesn’t want ‘divisive’ abortion rights debate in Australia
Prime Minister Scott Morrison doesn’t want the national debate over abortion rights occurring in the US to take place in Australia, saying it was an issue that could “deeply divide this country.”
- by Angus Thompson
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