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Fiona Brown, the former chief of staff to then defence industry minister Linda Reynolds, outside the Federal Court in Sydney.

Brittany Higgins’ former boss takes legal action against the Commonwealth

Former chief-of-staff Fiona Brown, who was a key witness in the Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial, is suing the Commonwealth in the latest lawsuit to come from the case.

  • Olivia Ireland

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Lawyer Zali Burrows and her client Bruce Lehrmann.

‘Horror movie’: Bruce Lehrmann’s bid to overturn rape finding

Bruce Lehrmann’s lawyer has challenged Federal Court Judge Michael Lee’s findings about the alleged assault in Parliament House.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

Political dirt units are meant to stay in the shadows. This week, they came out

Politicians are not supposed to disclose their dirt units, but one Labor MP said the quiet part out loud after days of critical attention on Peter Dutton.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos and James Massola
Pauline Hanson says she and Barnaby Joyce are “on the same page”.

‘I like what he stands for’: Hanson says she did try to woo Joyce for One Nation

The One Nation leader says asked the former Nationals leader to join her party after he was filmed mumbling obscenities while lying on a Canberra street.

  • Paul Sakkal
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Watch: Teal MP, Labor minister in furious standoff over donation law to reduce campaign spending

A heated confrontation in the corridors of Parliament House has ramped up the dispute between the Albanese government and the teal independents.

  • Olivia Ireland
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Independent MP Zali Steggall interjected as Labor minister Don Farrell spoke to media at Parliament House on Thursday.
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Zali Steggall hijacks Don Farrell's press conference

Independent MP Zali Steggall interjected as Labor minister Don Farrell spoke to media at Parliament House on Thursday.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese with independent MPs Monique Ryan, Allegra Spender, Kate Chaney and Zoe Daniel in discussion after a division in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra last year.

As teals attended drinks with Albanese, Dutton and Labor struck election overhaul

Big money in politics will become an election issue after furious independent MPs argued the proposed changes to cap donations will entrench the major parties’ dominance.

  • Paul Sakkal
Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles and Minister for Home Affairs Tony Burke react after the Coalition’s attempt to silence Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus.

Dreyfus blasts ‘disgusting’ opposition attempt to gag him on antisemitism

Dreyfus, the son and grandson of Holocaust survivors, said: “I do not need the leader of the opposition or any of those opposite to tell me what antisemitism is, or how seriously I should take it.”

  • Matthew Knott and Lachlan Abbott
Teal MP Sophie Scamps.

‘Serious policy on the table’: Teal MP names her terms for support in a hung parliament

The Sydney doctor turned MP says she will support the party that avoids “sugar-hit” policies, even as she faces a battle with the Liberals to retain her seat.

  • David Crowe

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