A helicopter special delivery meant the going wasn’t all tough for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his PNG counterpart as they walked the Kokoda Track.
Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall,long seen as a replacement for Barnaby Joyce,is quitting state parliament.
The possibility that federal politicians could be docked up to 5 per cent of their salary for misbehaviour is a welcome and long-overdue reform.
As a model,think of Kosciuszko National Park as the world,and the horses as humans. For the horses to continue to survive,the park has to be destroyed.
The former deputy prime minister has sold his unit in the Canberra neighbourhood where he had a late-night encounter with a planter box.
Daniel Andrews’ former aides open a strategic advisory firm,while Barnaby Joyce sells out of the Canberra neighbourhood where he had a late-night encounter with a planter box.
After a month of unseemly headlines about politicians and alcohol,Parliamentary Friends of Brewing are holding an event in the corridors of power.
Only 4 per cent of voters in the Resolve Political Monitor said it was “fine” for politicians to drink at work,while 68 per cent said they should not drink at all when working.
Joyce has confirmed that he received upsetting news about the health of a family member around the time of the incident,which he blamed on mixing alcohol and prescription medication.
A report was released in November 2021 which was supposed to draw a line under the boozy culture on the hill. Some MPs are dragging their heels.
Perin Davey,who was caught on camera slurring her words at Senate estimates last week,is a key member of the group tasked with writing federal parliament’s tough new alcohol and drugs policy.