Parliament House
Hostile environment: The changing climate within the Australian Greens
A party with vaulting ambitions for grabbing hold of the balance of power with a big picture agenda has discovered the script has been hijacked from within.
- by James Massola
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Parliamentary abuse investigations delayed
Independent senator Lidia Thorpe said a process quirk was re-traumatising alleged victims by forcing them through unnecessary hoops.
- by Olivia Ireland
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United Australia senator Ralph Babet posts racist, homophobic slurs
Greens leader Adam Bandt condemned Babet’s posts, arguing that President-elect Donald Trump’s victory had emboldened the hard right.
- by Olivia Ireland
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Thirty allegations of serious crimes – including sexual assault – lodged with parliament’s support service
The allegations prompted Brittany Higgins to ask if perpetrators working at the nation’s capital are being held to account.
- by Olivia Ireland
Mystery shrouds identity of Lehrmann’s barrister for defamation appeal
In an extraordinary hearing, the Federal Court heard the barrister feared trolling and harassment if his name was revealed.
- by Michaela Whitbourn
See the free flights our most senior MPs take
Who flew where, how and who paid are fast becoming the defining questions in politics.
- by Millie Muroi
How the Human Rights Commission went to war with itself
The Australian Human Rights Commission has been under siege from within and without as it struggles to take a neutral stance on the conflict in Gaza.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
Price was courageous to debate abortion issue, says pro-life Joyce
The former deputy prime minister pushed back against shadow cabinet colleagues who say abortion is a state rather than federal issue.
- by Paul Sakkal
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The chant of Jimmy Clements: I’ll do the honours on my ground, thanks
Jimmy Clements and John Noble walked for three days in bare feet to ensure Australia’s parliament house was opened properly. It was, after all, on their country.
- by Tony Wright
Solve decades of political ‘stuff-ups’ with hung parliament: Spender
Independent MP Allegra Spender says 20 years of policy inaction have left Australia with poor housing and tax systems, but sees a way to fixing them.
- by Shane Wright
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Dorinda Cox and Greens colleagues stymie party’s bullying investigation
Embattled Greens senator Dorinda Cox has threatened legal action against her own party, halting moves to start a formal censure motion over allegations the MP bullied staff in her office.
- by James Massola
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