Teal MPs want tax reform on the agenda as they float support for new cuts

Teal MPs want tax reform on the agenda as they float support for new cuts

Teals Kate Chaney and Monique Ryan said they would support Labor’s changes but warned wider reform must be on the agenda to tackle problems such as bracket creep.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos

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Rowdy House:Most-ejected MPs in parliament make no apology

Rowdy House:Most-ejected MPs in parliament make no apology

The data is revealed as frustration grows over delays to establishing a watchdog for policing more serious misconduct by MPs.

  • byOlivia Ireland andPaul Sakkal
Surge in tree vandalism shows penalties are not severe enough

Surge in tree vandalism shows penalties are not severe enough

Sydney’s holy grail of real estate,the des res with a view,appears to be driving unprecedented destruction of trees around the city but especially in the leafier suburbs.

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Teal MPs slam ‘perversion of democracy’ on immigration laws

Teal MPs slam ‘perversion of democracy’ on immigration laws

Independent MP Kylea Tink accused the government of rushing through the changes and trying to avoid scrutiny of the new laws.

  • byDavid Crowe
Peter Dutton has shown he is unfit to lead the nation

Peter Dutton has shown he is unfit to lead the nation

Whilst extremely ineffective in government,Dutton is proving to be far better in opposition. Therefore,with the greatest respect to his talents,it is recommended that Peter Dutton stays where he belongs;in opposition

Teal MPs Tink and Steggall face off over seat redistribution

Teal MPs Tink and Steggall face off over seat redistribution

Federal teal MPs Zali Steggall and Kylea Tink are putting their cases to the Australian Electoral Commission,as their seats face abolition in a redistribution.

  • byPaul Sakkal
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Liberals seek to pit teals against each other in electoral boundary shift

Liberals seek to pit teals against each other in electoral boundary shift

The major parties have cast their opinions over how to redraw Sydney’s electorates as the AEC looks to reduce the House of Representatives by one seat.

  • byShane Wright andAngus Thompson
Andrews’ neck-breathing claim prompts rebuke over pace of parliamentary reform

Andrews’ neck-breathing claim prompts rebuke over pace of parliamentary reform

New sex discrimination commissioner Anna Cody has described as “appalling” claims by former home affairs minister Karen Andrews that an MP breathed down her neck.

  • byAngus Thompson
Ben Roberts-Smith backer Ross Coulthart now a leading UFO truther

Ben Roberts-Smith backer Ross Coulthart now a leading UFO truther

The former investigative journalist who ran interference for war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith has gained a cult following among American UFO watchers.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andLiam Mannix
Plan to move SBS to western Sydney would ‘punish’ north shore,leaders say

Plan to move SBS to western Sydney would ‘punish’ north shore,leaders say

North shore politicians have criticised a feasibility study into relocating the multicultural broadcaster from Artarmon to western Sydney.

  • byAndrew Taylor
‘Not right’:HECS debt timing quirk under review

‘Not right’:HECS debt timing quirk under review

But Education Minister Jason Clare has hosed down what he described as misguided debate about HECS,saying scrapping indexation on student loans would cost $9 billion.

  • byPaul Sakkal