Coalition refuses to condemn jeering pharmacy protesters despite Speaker’s rebuke

Coalition refuses to condemn jeering pharmacy protesters despite Speaker’s rebuke

Milton Dick has described the behaviour in parliament as unacceptable and issued a warning to MPs who might have invited them to the building.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos

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Voice debate now over to the Australian people:Albanese

Voice debate now over to the Australian people:Albanese

Albanese’s attempt to shift the debate came as Liberal deputy leader Sussan Ley said public polling had vindicated her party’s “principled” opposition to the Voice.

  • byAnthony Galloway andAmber Schultz
Don’t let ‘culture wars’ distract from Voice priorities:Linda Burney

Don’t let ‘culture wars’ distract from Voice priorities:Linda Burney

The Indigenous Australians minister batted away a third day of opposition attacks,declaring she is not interested in culture wars. “I am interested in closing the gap.”

  • byLisa Visentin
Finance Minister Katy Gallagher denies misleading parliament over Brittany Higgins’ rape allegation

Finance Minister Katy Gallagher denies misleading parliament over Brittany Higgins’ rape allegation

Senator Gallagher told reporters it was “never true” that she had known about Higgins’ allegations for weeks,or that Labor had decided to weaponise them.

  • byAnthony Galloway
Leeser quits opposition frontbench in blow to Dutton’s Voice referendum strategy

Leeser quits opposition frontbench in blow to Dutton’s Voice referendum strategy

Julian Leeser has moved to the backbench to campaign for the Voice in a move that could embolden more pro-Voice backbench Liberals to follow him.

  • byPaul Sakkal,Lisa Visentin,James Massola andAngus Thompson
‘The Canberra Voice’:Why on earth is Dutton arguing against his party’s own policy?

‘The Canberra Voice’:Why on earth is Dutton arguing against his party’s own policy?

Peter Dutton is wrong to rail against the ‘Canberra Voice’ when he could have made legitimate criticisms of Albanese’s proposal.

  • byWaleed Aly
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Albanese admits Dutton’s ‘resounding no’ a blow to Voice referendum

Albanese admits Dutton’s ‘resounding no’ a blow to Voice referendum

The prime minister slammed the Liberal Party’s decision,saying he was saddened the opposition leader had put politics above the lives of Indigenous people.

  • byJames Massola,Paul Sakkal andAngus Thompson
Liberals must shake off ‘nastiness’ to win back voters:Birmingham
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Liberals must shake off ‘nastiness’ to win back voters:Birmingham

The Liberal Party must ditch the culture wars and embrace action on climate change to stay relevant,one of its most senior figures says.

  • byDavid Crowe
Can Peter Dutton win over the prosecco mums of Australia?

Can Peter Dutton win over the prosecco mums of Australia?

Scott Morrison said the women who marched on Parliament House were lucky not to be shot. The opposition leader needs to take a markedly different approach.

  • byJacqueline Maley
‘I was elected unopposed’:Albanese reacts to Tanya Plibersek’s comments on 2019 leadership contest

‘I was elected unopposed’:Albanese reacts to Tanya Plibersek’s comments on 2019 leadership contest

Tanya Plibersek also took to social media on Saturday morning to reveal the trauma behind her decision to not contest the Labor Party leadership.

  • byAnthony Galloway,James Massola andBroede Carmody
Sussan Ley claims Labor using the Voice to wedge the opposition

Sussan Ley claims Labor using the Voice to wedge the opposition

Deputy Liberal leader Sussan Ley has described the referendum as a Labor “vanity project” and accused the prime minister of using it as a platform for an early election,in an escalation of the Coalition’s hostility towards the Voice.

  • byPaul Sakkal andJames Massola