MPs left hanging as Qantas charm offensive fails to launch

MPs left hanging as Qantas charm offensive fails to launch

Qantas ticked off federal MPs again after a flight out of Canberra was delayed.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andMadeleine Heffernan

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MPs left hanging as Qantas charm offensive fails to launch

MPs left hanging as Qantas charm offensive fails to launch

Try as it might,Qantas can’t seem to avoid annoying members of federal parliament.

  • byMadeleine Heffernan andKishor Napier-Raman
Controversial comedian Chris Lilley returns on News Corp-backed Binge

Controversial comedian Chris Lilley returns on News Corp-backed Binge

The comedian’s shows were removed from Netflix’s library three years ago during criticism of his use of blackface.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andNoel Towell
‘Deaths will be on you’:Truckie turned to meth to meet demands

‘Deaths will be on you’:Truckie turned to meth to meet demands

Robert Ireland told politicians more deaths would be on their heads if they blocked legislation to give minimum standards to road transport workers.

  • byAngus Thompson
Dutton challenges Albanese to cancel referendum as opening for postal votes nears

Dutton challenges Albanese to cancel referendum as opening for postal votes nears

Australians have until September 18 to enrol to vote in time for the Voice referendum after the PM rebuffed the eleventh-hour proposal to cancel the October 14 vote.

  • byDavid Crowe
Kingmaker Pocock wooed over fresh industrial reforms

Kingmaker Pocock wooed over fresh industrial reforms

Independent senator David Pocock will hold a roundtable on Wednesday to hear arguments for and against changes to labour hire laws,the gig economy and casual work.

  • byAngus Thompson
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‘Culture of cover-up’:Lambie refers ADF commanders to The Hague

‘Culture of cover-up’:Lambie refers ADF commanders to The Hague

Senator Jacqui Lambie has referred senior Defence Force officers to the International Criminal Court over alleged war crimes in Afghanistan.

  • byMatthew Knott
‘He didn’t try hard enough’:Lambie calls for Defence chief to hand back medal

‘He didn’t try hard enough’:Lambie calls for Defence chief to hand back medal

Military experts say it would have been easier to remove honours from more junior officers if the nation’s most senior military leader handed back his own.

  • byMatthew Knott
‘Feeding frenzy’:Defence Force chief in stand-off with Lambie over military medals

‘Feeding frenzy’:Defence Force chief in stand-off with Lambie over military medals

Angus Campbell defended his efforts to strip military awards and accused Jacqui Lambie and other critics of behaving like sharks in a feeding frenzy.

  • byMatthew Knott
Explosive debate over housing in the Senate
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Explosive debate over housing in the Senate

Insults flew and emotions were high during debate over the government's housing bill.

‘They didn’t join the army to mop up’:Natural disasters strain Defence Force

‘They didn’t join the army to mop up’:Natural disasters strain Defence Force

Australian soldiers are now responding to natural disasters so often that an entirely new branch of the Defence Force may be needed,Senator Jacqui Lambie says.

  • byMatthew Knott