The UK’s proposed changes are designed to boost participation and trust in the electoral system,but opinion is split over whether under 18s should – or would – cast ballots.
For the first time in 33 years,Saffron’s evidence before an in-camera parliamentary inquiry can be revealed.
July 4 was for many years a day for celebrating American style at the US embassy in Canberra. Not this year. There’s no ambassador,for starters.
The federal opposition has had its staffing allocation slashed by the Albanese government,in a move labelled “vindictive and nasty”.
The $2.4 million settlement between the Commonwealth and Brittany Higgins was investigated after a complaint by Senator Linda Reynolds,who now alleges the former attorney-general exceeded his powers.
Political defections are in the news – Jacinta Price and Dorinda Cox the most recent examples – but the recent crop pale in comparison to the grand champions of political absconding.
Analysis of parliamentary sitting calendars from 2004 to the draft 2025 calendar reveals MPs in the lower house will spend 40 days passing laws.
Payman – who is Muslim and does not drink alcohol – alleged a male colleague was intoxicated at a social function and pressed her to drink alcohol.
The electoral commission has called the Tasmanian Senate race after two of the six spots were in doubt for several weeks.
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