Greens

Bondi Beach massacreNation

Stamp out the left’s demeaning behaviour

Josh Burns – one of Labor’s most respected Jewish MPs – says people had been allowed to “dehumanise one another in the context of political debate’ over the past two years.

Sarah Ison and Noah Yim

CommentaryCommentary

You built this, brick by rhetorical intifada brick. So spare us your shock and save your prayers

We saw this coming. We warned that anti-Jewish rhetoric, disguised as war criticism, would pave the way for violence. Now, as the Intifada you globalised arrives, spare us your feigned surprise and condolences.

Yoni Bashan

RecipeDiet

A festive camembert pastry treat with ‘little jewels’

With its greens and shiny reds, this recipe is a little Christmas treat that shows cooking for two can still be spectacular.

Rick Stein

EditorialEditorials

Reality check for entitled politicians long overdue

The political expenses debacle in Canberra is the tip of an iceberg that represents how out of touch the ruling class has become.

Editorial

ExclusiveNation

Forests fix fury: claims of a double cross

Conservationists have accused Murray Watt of orchestrating a ‘forests double cross’ after he proposed bilateral deals that could undermine native logging restrictions agreed with the Greens.

Matthew Denholm

Entitlements sagaPolitics

‘Genuine concern’: Albanese warns on Hanson-Young’s expense claims

While the Prime Minister has weighed into Sarah Hanson-Young’s use of taxpayer-funded entitlements, Larissa Waters declined to say whether the Greens senator should refund taxpayers.

Jack Quail and Noah Yim

EXCLUSIVEBreaking News

‘Handbrake’: Aid plea over terror laws

Tough laws targeting terrorist regimes are putting a “handbrake effect” on humanitarian aid despite bipartisan support for urgent reform, a leading NGO has warned.

Nathan Schmidt

EditorialEditorials

Taxpayer-funded family junkets are a step too far

Parliamentary expenses rorts are nothing new, but the latest scandal is notable for the way in which the family members of MPs and senators have found their way on to the gravy train.

Editorial

LettersLetters

Pub test on ‘within rules’ expenses may give ‘greedy’ verdict

When a right such as family togetherness morphs into luxury holidays, entertainment extravaganzas and costly travel by plane or limo at the expense of the public purse, it’s just plain wrong.

EXCLUSIVEPolitics

Farrell family flies almost halfway to moon on taxpayers … within rules

Fresh scrutiny of MPs’ travel entitlements reveals Don Farrell’s extensive use of taxpayer-funded family flights and Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young’s 78 publicly funded trips for her lobbyist husband.

Noah Yim and Jack Quail

COMMENTARYPolitics

PM digs in with ‘nothing to see here’ defence strategy

Anthony Albanese’s defence of Anika Wells’s family travel expenses creates a stalemate where politicians accessing generous entitlements attack other politicians doing the same thing.

Geoff Chambers

EXCLUSIVEPolitics

Greens senator charged taxpayers $50K to ferry lobbyist husband to and from Canberra

Sarah Hanson-Young’s husband Ben Oquist works for a political lobbying firm that counts Ausgrid, Rio Tinto, Salesforce, Spotify, Uber and Wesfarmers among its clients.

Noah Yim and Jack Quail

EXCLUSIVENation

Wells unrepentant as Greens catch family frequent flight fever

WATCH | As Anika Wells refers her family’s travel to the expenses watchdog, Greens senators and Anthony Albanese himself face scrutiny over similar entitlements used for sports, music festivals, and protests.

Noah Yim, Jack Quail and Liam Mendes

GolfNewsWire

McIlroy rues putting woes after tough opening round

Reigning Masters champion Rory McIlroy found himself battling ‘tricky’ Royal Melbourne greens in the opening round of the Australian Open.

Marco Monteverde

POLITICSNewsWire

‘Judge, jury, executioner’: Wild call on Aus ally

The US has admitted to a controversial war tactic that has pushed a Greens senator to demand condemnation from Australia’s top diplomats.

Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer

POLITICSNewsWire

‘Failure’: Brutal call on aged-care crisis

A Greens senator has accused the health department of a “failure of policy” after states and territories flagged concerns of a devastating aged-care crisis.

Ria Pandey

LAST POSTLetters

Libs need to take a strong position on issues

If the Liberal Party is too weak to support Linda Reynolds and Fiona Brown, how does anyone think they will be strong enough to stand up for the rest of us?

Tax ScandalFinancial Services

Ex-PwC boss dodges big penalty in tax scandal

Former PwC Australia boss Tom Seymour has been fined just $24,757 and banned from accounting for four years over his role in the firm’s tax information scandal.

David Ross

POLITICSNewsWire

Baffling ‘anti-Semitism’ claim sparks fury

A Greens senator has been criticised after making a wild claim against the woman shaping Australia’s response to rising anti-Semitism.

Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer

‘extraordinary waste’Politics

Gutted Greens’ $1.6m partyroom reno: 15 leather chairs for 11 members

The Greens may have been decimated at the last election, but they’ve managed to wrangle an eye-watering amount for their newly upgraded partyroom – which includes a photograph of co-founder Bob Brown.

Thomas Henry

EnergyMining & Energy

Greens vow to block Labor’s gas crisis plan, demand levy

The Greens have threatened to oppose Labor’s gas reservation scheme and are demanding a 25 per cent levy on exporters instead, as political divisions deepen over Australia’s energy crisis.

Colin Packham

CommentaryCommentary

Note to Barnaby: Hanson’s theatrics will lead to political oblivion

Hanson’s popular appeal remains the party’s greatest strength and greatest weakness. But with her as leader the party will remain a mirror image of the Greens.

Nick Cater

INQUIRERInquirer

Greens and teals show mean girl colours as PM runs for cover

Forget Brittany Higgins – this scandal is way beyond that. The big story now is about how Labor used blatantly false claims about two Liberal women for political gain.

Janet Albrechtsen

politicsNewsWire

‘Sensible’: Wild bid to change WFH laws

An inquiry into a bid to change Australia’s workplace laws will examine whether workers should have the legal right to flexible work.

Ria Pandey

Politics NowNation

Dumped A-G Dreyfus lands human rights role; Ley goes nuclear on gas threat

Mark Dreyfus was kicked out of the frontbench in May due to Labor’s factional deals; Sussan Ley warns that caving in to the Greens on environmental reform will lead to delays on vital gas projects.

Sarah Ison and Thomas Henry

UpdatedBreaking News

‘This is nuts’: Bold claim about new Aussie laws

Labor was only paying ‘lip service’ to the Coalition over controversial new laws before cutting a deal with the Greens, an opposition MP says.

Nathan Schmidt

NewsBreaking News

‘Landmark’ moment for state’s brumbies

Parliamentarians have voted minutes to midnight on a “landmark” Bill to end protections for the Snowy Mountains’ wild brumbies.

Nathan Schmidt

commentaryCommentary

Annus horribilis ends with whimper as Ley faces hot summer

Sussan Ley’s leadership hangs by a thread after the Coalition spectacularly botched negotiations and handed Labor-Greens a historic environmental victory.

Geoff Chambers

Environment LawsPolitics

‘Frankenstein’s monster’: business slams EPA

Business leaders have slammed Labor’s new environmental agency as having ‘excessive powers’ after Anthony Albanese struck a deal with the Greens to revolutionise Australia’s nature laws.

Jack Quail

‘Retrograde deal’Nation

Crisafulli slams energy deal as ‘disastrous’

Queensland Premier David Crisafulli has slammed federal Labor-Greens environmental reforms as ‘disastrous’, saying they will undermine the state’s resources industry and future prosperity.

Mackenzie Scott

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