Clive Palmer applies to trademark ‘teal’ and ‘Clive and Pauline Party’

Clive Palmer applies to trademark ‘teal’ and ‘Clive and Pauline Party’

A spokesperson for the billionaire declined to comment on why the applications had been made,and Pauline Hanson’s One Nation denied there would be a merger.

  • byOlivia Ireland

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Peter Dutton’s Indigenous flag ban is disgusting politics with dangerous consequences
Editorial
Indigenous

Peter Dutton’s Indigenous flag ban is disgusting politics with dangerous consequences

Even if you accept some people don’t like the idea of three flags,Dutton has shown callous disregard for community harmony by weaponising such unease.

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It looks like the latest form of protest,and Lidia Thorpe is its master
Opinion
Protests

It looks like the latest form of protest,and Lidia Thorpe is its master

There will always be a place for protest,but people listen most when respect is on board.

  • byJacqueline Maley
The strange events at Parliament House in Canberra this week point to a larger problem

The strange events at Parliament House in Canberra this week point to a larger problem

If our leaders lack the ambition to make their case to the nation,our democracy will become less fit for purpose.

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Power out for Birmingham as he turns out the lights

Power out for Birmingham as he turns out the lights

The resignation of the last leading Liberal moderate,Simon Birmingham,means that it is definitely a case of asking Simon to turn off the lights in the house when he leaves.

PM has put his re-election ahead of environmental progress

PM has put his re-election ahead of environmental progress

Australians should expect their political leaders to stand up to vested interests and take the heat for bold policies.

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The Senate is a circus and this senator is its clowning glory

The Senate is a circus and this senator is its clowning glory

The nation’s upper house is making governing impossible. Take a bow,Lidia Thorpe.

  • byDavid Crowe
Lidia Thorpe grandstands from press gallery after Senate suspension

Lidia Thorpe grandstands from press gallery after Senate suspension

Thorpe is suspended from the Senate chamber on Thursday,but is at Parliament House and her behaviour has prompted a large security response.

  • byOlivia Ireland andJames Massola
Senate votes to suspend Thorpe for a day over her paper-throwing rant

Senate votes to suspend Thorpe for a day over her paper-throwing rant

The firebrand senator threw papers at Pauline Hanson after fellow independent Fatima Payman launched a furious attack on the One Nation leader,calling her racist.

  • byDavid Crowe
A US porn star and a former Australian PM walk into a TV studio
Opinion
CBD

A US porn star and a former Australian PM walk into a TV studio

A British TV station’s coverage of the US election featured the unlikely combination of Stormy Daniels and Malcolm Turnbull.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andStephen Brook
Pauline Hanson racially vilified Mehreen Faruqi,court rules
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Courts

Pauline Hanson racially vilified Mehreen Faruqi,court rules

A Federal Court judge found a tweet by the One Nation leader was a variant of “go back to where you came from”,which was a “racist trope with a long history”.

  • byMichaela Whitbourn andSarah McPhee