Teal candidates were the surprise success at the last federal election. Now the people who backed them to win are targeting local government.
Sport Integrity Australia says it will assess allegations around controversial illicit drug tests in the AFL as the league admits it empowers doctors to remove players from matches if they are at risk of testing positive on match day.
The federal government is being urged to scrap income reporting requirements for access to childcare subsidies to help get more families more work.
The ambitious Liberal has spent months forming a strategy on how to win over the 12 per cent of voters who abandoned the party at the 2022 election and reclaim his old seat.
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.
Lawyer Stephanie Hunt says the community wants relatable candidates who understand cost-of-living pressures.
The former member for Goldstein is the only one of the six Liberals who lost to independents to so far confirm he will contest the next election.
The assistant minister said it would be a fitting tribute to colleague Peta Murphy if parliament enacted a ban and named it after her.
An ad ban was one of the key recommendations of a cross-party committee into online gambling harm,which was chaired by the late Labor MP,who died on Monday.
The City of Melbourne will commission and erect a statue of the first woman to run for parliament in Australia as the city pushes to redress its statue gender imbalance.
Independent MP Kylea Tink accused the government of rushing through the changes and trying to avoid scrutiny of the new laws.