Sarah Ison

Sarah IsonPolitical Reporter

Sarah Ison is a political reporter in The Australian’s Canberra press gallery bureau, where she covers a range of rounds from higher education to social affairs. Sarah was a federal political reporter with The West Australian’s Canberra team between 2019 and 2021, before which she worked in the masthead’s Perth newsroom. Sarah made her start in regional journalism at the Busselton-Dunsborough Times in 2017.

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TGA checks need for another vax booster

Australia is looking at whether to offer a fourth Covid dose ahead of the flu season and the anticipated next wave of Omicron.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA NewsWire Photos FEBRUARY, 07 2022: Prime Minister Scott Morrison spoke to media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra. Greg Hunt attended the presser with the PM.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gary Ramage

Roundtable to address children’s vaccine rates

Health Minister Greg Hunt has called a roundtable with experts and state representatives in an effort to boost Covid vaccination rates among children.

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‘champion for women’Nation

PM backs ban on female trans athletes

Scott Morrison has endorsed a ‘terrific’ bill that would exclude trans-women from playing single sex sports.

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Breaks ranksPolitics

Bridget Archer MP at the Liberal State Conference in Devonport. PICTURE CHRIS KIDD

Second Lib demands integrity commission

Scott Morrison is facing increasing pressure from within his own party to legislate an integrity commission, with a second Liberal MP calling for an end to ‘political-point’ scoring.

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Politics

08/10/2019: Australia's e-safety commissioner Julie Inman Grant, in Melbourne. Stuart McEvoy/The Australian.

European pollies to study our eSafety

Members of the European parliament are flying to Australia next week for five days of high-level talks with government and the eSafety Commissioner.

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farewell speechPolitics

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA NewsWire Photos FEBRUARY 17, 2022:Question Time in the House of Representatives in Parliament House in Canberra. Anthony Albanese with his old mate Joel Fitzgibbon during Question Time.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gary Ramage

Last word: let MPs speak their minds

Outgoing Labor MP Joel Fitzgibbon has urged the ALP to allow members greater freedom in speaking their minds and for question time to be overhauled.

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Politics

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA NewsWire Photos FEBRUARY, 10 2022: David Littleproud in the House of Representatives in Parliament House in Canberra.Picture: NCA Newswire/Gary Ramage

Covid outbreak hits Coalition, Labor

Parliament is facing a Covid-19 outbreak, with numerous MPs testing positive and all of Labor’s caucus ordered to get a PCR test on Wednesday night.

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Politics

‘Dangerous’ Tudge move splits Liberals

The Liberal Party is split over the future of stood-down education minister Alan Tudge, as Scott Morrison says he is taking the abuse allegations ‘extremely seriously’.

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Senate EstimatesNation

Aged-care providers flag sector collapse

Aged-care homes are closing down across the country as the sector faces ‘collapse’, Labor says.

Sarah Ison and Stephen Lunn

final speechPolitics

Liberal member for Boothby Nicolle Flint makes her valedictory speech in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Wednesday, February 16, 2022. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

‘Sickening, dangerous’: Flint goes out, guns blazing

Liberal MP Nicolle Flint retires from parliament with a scathing valedictory speech about her experience in politics.

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