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Nick Xenophon in 2018.

Back with the X: Nick Xenophon running for Senate again

Former South Australian senator Nick Xenophon is running for the Senate again, more than four years after he left federal politics.

  • Angus Livingston

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Labor leader Anthony Albanese has called an urgent meeting of MPs to discuss religious discrimination.

Labor demands changes to government’s contentious religious discrimination bill

Liberal MP Trent Zimmerman will cross the floor over the draft law as the opposition demands gay and transgender students be protected immediately.

  • Lisa Visentin
The government needs to win over crossbench senators Jacqui Lambie, Stirling Griff and Pauline Hanson to pass its voter ID laws.

Government wants voter ID laws passed now but must win back Hanson

A bill to make voters show some form of identification before casting their ballot will fail if Pauline Hanson maintains One Nation’s boycott on government legislation.

  • Katina Curtis
Greens Senator Nick McKim.

‘Creating massive uncertainty’: Government told to act on responsible lending laws

Greens senator Nick McKim will move a motion on Monday to get the federal government’s planned changes to lending laws knocked off the notice paper unless it is taken to a vote by the end of the week.

  • Jennifer Duke
Nationals MPs George Christensen and Barnaby Joyce wavered in their support for the government’s superannuation changes.

‘Holding their feet to the fire’: Nationals signal unease with late defiance

Two Nationals MPs almost voted against the government’s superannuation laws, showing they are prepared to flex some muscle in a tight Parliament.

  • David Crowe
Superannuation Minister Jane Hume helped win the support of Pauline Hanson and other Senate cross benchers.

Superannuation overhaul to kick in after One Nation, Centre Alliance support

An overhaul of the $3.2 trillion superannuation system will begin in a fortnight after a messy passage through the Senate.

  • Jennifer Duke
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Acting industrial relations minister Michaelia Cash only changed the rules for casual employment with the support of Centre Alliance senator Stirling Griff.

Mostly abandoned: Senate passes remnants of Morrison’s IR overhaul

The Senate has passed just one section of the Morrison government’s industrial relations overhaul after it failed to win support for the reform package.

  • Nick Bonyhady
One Nation Senator Malcolm Roberts wants to force casuals to ask for conversion rights.

Government overcomes major hurdle to passing IR overhaul

One Nation has proposed a modest set of amendments, putting the government closer to a major win after being politically battered for a month.

  • Nick Bonyhady
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson is in the box seat on industrial relations.

Business warns crossbench of job losses if industrial bill dies

Lobbyists swarmed the corridors of Parliament on Tuesday, trying to convince three key crossbenchers to pick their side on industrial relations.

  • Nick Bonyhady
Senator Malcolm Roberts and Senator Pauline Hanson control two critical votes in the Senate.

ACTU ups pressure on crossbench amid negotiations over industrial bill

The Australian Council of Trade Unions has warned crossbenchers of political retribution if they back the government’s bill without modification.

  • Nick Bonyhady

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