Sophie Scamps
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We should be so proud of our voting system
As a former resident of the US, I can attest to the differences between the two nations. For starters, even in the hotly contested 2020 US presidential election, 33 per cent of the voters abstained from voting. Even worse, the crazy electoral system in the US enabled the popular vote loser to become president in two of the last six presidential elections (George W. Bush in 2000 and Donald Trump in 2016).
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Parliament House
Be more civil, you racist: Why insults should not be banned in parliament
The teals want to raise the tone of debate, but they get the lowest political Scrabble score with the word “racist”.
- by Parnell Palme McGuinness
Gina Rinehart receives Cambodia’s highest honour from country’s king
The billionaire mining magnate has won a new foreign admirer in the South-East Asian nation’s monarch, Norodom Sihamoni.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
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Australia votes
Independents fight for survival as Sydney’s election battlelines redrawn
The draft redistribution for NSW seats would scrap the seat of North Sydney in a blow to independent Kylea Tink, while radically changing several others.
- by David Crowe and Paul Sakkal
Teal transparency crusader Sophie Scamps fails to declare new company
The Mackellar independent MP is the sole director and shareholder of a new company created in January. She still has not declared it on her register of interests.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
Bronwyn Bishop apologises to teal MP over ‘antisemitism’ remark
The apology followed a week of dispute over comments which independent MPs said accused them of betraying their electorates.
- by David Crowe
Democracy sinks under a series of low blows
Perhaps it’s time for the PM to take the initiative and continue to raise the tone of the national conversation.
Teal MPs want tax reform on the agenda as they float support for new cuts
Teals Kate Chaney and Monique Ryan said they would support Labor’s changes but warned wider reform must be on the agenda to tackle problems such as bracket creep.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
‘Lizard Rock’ housing development renamed, still fails to win over locals
An Aboriginal land council’s “unpopular” plans to build 450 homes on Sydney’s northern beaches may have influenced the area’s Voice result, the local member alleged.
- by Mary Ward
Labor accused of propping up gas projects with carbon pollution permits
The government says its bill is needed to regulate international trade and storage of carbon pollution, while the Greens say it throws a lifeline to gas projects.
- by Mike Foley
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