Parliament House
‘Albo needs to turn the ship around’: Inside the government’s flagging fortunes
Over the past two weeks, 17 federal Labor MPs in the cabinet, outer ministry and backbench have spoken frankly about the government. Their comments show anxiety is growing.
- by James Massola
Latest
Bill Shorten bows out of politics, praised by man who kept him from The Lodge
The former Labor leader called time on his parliamentary career on Thursday, earning plaudits from both political friends and foes.
- by Paul Sakkal and Natassia Chrysanthos
Opinion
Opinion
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
Opinion
Opinion
Is ‘rip him a new one!’ really necessary for robust democratic debate?
The teals are inviting us to see the cacophony as something else – stupid, harmful to social civility and, above all, unnecessary.
- by Jacqueline Maley
‘Unlike any workplace I’ve ever been in’: The push to punish MPs for bad behaviour
Kylea Tink said she will explore the possibility of making a complaint about Coalition MPs sending out electronic direct mail that she said is “inflammatory”.
- by Olivia Ireland
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Political leadership
Docked pay, red cards for badly behaved politicians
Five years after Brittany Higgins revealed she was raped in a ministerial office, the new laws aim to hold MPs and staffers to account for their actions.
- by Olivia Ireland
Political Sketch
Opinion
The sooks of parliament revive an old playground sneer
The would-be bruisers of federal parliament turn to that old taunt of schoolkids: “sook”. And manage to consign it to the unparliamentary language bin.
- by Tony Wright
The insult being hurled in Parliament
It started with Barnaby Joyce calling the PM a sook and was followed by other MPs during heated sessions of Parliament.
The path to parliament runs through councils. Here’s why the Liberal blunder matters
The local government nomination debacle has possibly derailed what could have been the next generation of NSW parliamentarians for at least four years.
- by Kayla Olaya
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Political leadership
To vote or not: Fatima Payman warns Labor she needs more staff to do her job
In her first week as an independent senator, Payman says she will have to abstain from voting if she feels insufficiently briefed. It’s not an idle warning.
- by Matthew Knott
‘Stop being racist’: Row erupts in parliament over Dutton’s stance on Gaza visas
Peter Dutton dismissed independent MP Zali Steggall as a “Green with extreme views”, but faced a backlash over his call on Wednesday to reject migrants from Gaza.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
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