Keith Pitt
Dutton to revamp his election-year frontbench as MPs head for exits
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton will unveil a revamped frontbench as soon as this weekend, in a shake-up to replace two shadow ministers and promote younger MPs.
- Nick Bonyhady and James Massola
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Jordan Peterson talkfest or her own case? Moira Deeming makes a call
The ousted Victorian Liberal MP was in the audience at a conference in Sydney held by Peterson’s conservative think tank.
- Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Parliamentary code of conduct should attract good people, not deter them
Keith Pitt’s concern that an enforceable code of conduct would deter good people from entering politics is mystifying. It would appear that we have a different understanding of the term “quality”.
Docking rogue politicians’ pay ‘just a slap on the wrist’: Lidia Thorpe
‘Whatever, let the purge begin’. Some Coalition MPs think a new parliamentary watchdog would be used to pursue vendettas, but Lidia Thorpe says it should be a lot tougher.
- Olivia Ireland
‘Comfortable in my own skin’: Littleproud shoots down leadership speculation
Nationals leader David Littleproud has declared he has the confidence of the party room amid rumblings of a challenge from the camp of Barnaby Joyce.
- Mike Foley
- Exclusive
- Gas
Rough seas ahead for offshore energy despite demand boom
Australia’s offshore oil and gas industry is waking up to a new reality beset with higher regulatory hurdles and plunging political and community support.
- Peter Milne
Morrison government warned of legal risk in halting offshore NSW gas field
The former government denied the extension of a gas permit and is now being sued in the Federal Court by private company Asset Energy.
- Anne Hyland
Barnaby Joyce reveals why he didn’t push back on Morrison’s power grab
Joyce said the Nationals risked losing its extra cabinet minister and staff they “weren’t entitled to” if he pushed back on Scott Morrison’s encroachment into the resources portfolio.
- Lisa Visentin and Shane Wright
What do we know about Morrison’s secret ministries?
Many questions have been raised about former prime minister Scott Morrison’s move to secretly have himself appointed to several other ministries.
- Katina Curtis
- Analysis
- Morrison portfolio saga
No obstacle for Morrison in a Constitution that doesn’t recognise a PM
It is extraordinary, but not unknown, for prime ministers to inhabit multiple ministerial roles.
- Tony Wright
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