On her first day as an independent Thorpe said she was eager to meet with King Charles and challenged the government to put First Nations’ sovereignty into the Constitution.
An avowed radical,senator Lidia Thorpe joins the crossbench pledging to lead a black sovereignty movement in a move that creates a powerful bargaining position.
The Albanese government has broken the curse of a nation too timid to stand up to the might of industry. Can Perrottet follow suit with his push against pokies?
What the former PM told the royal commission on Wednesday was not remarkable. But the rambling delivery style was a reminder of how out of touch he can be with his surroundings and why he flopped in the nation’s top job.
Parliament is being recalled to vote on a price cap on gas but Labor is likely to combine its $1.5 billion compensation measure,daring the Coalition to reject the package.
Independent MP Allegra Spender has joined the criticism of the Albanese government’s industrial relations changes saying they are “the most far-reaching industrial relations reform since John Howard’s Work Choices”.
The government is intensifying pressure on Senate crossbenchers to pass the IR bill by December 1 to avoid a lengthy debate.
The government needs the vote of one more senator to pass the wide-scale changes.
Independent senator Jacqui Lambie says Labor has betrayed the very people it is meant to represent while they struggle to navigate a cost-of-living crisis.
Thirty-four years after Australia’s first state-based anti-corruption commission was legislated,we’re about to get a federal one.
The PM has told the industry chiefs he wants to increase public investment in mining as the government gained ground in negotiations to pass a new law to enforce emissions cuts.