‘Do you want me to speak or not? I am the prime minister’:Albanese caught on film

‘Do you want me to speak or not? I am the prime minister’:Albanese caught on film

ABC footage shows the prime minister asking rally organiser Sarah Williams if she wanted him to speak just before his comments to the crowd prompted her furious outburst.

  • byOlivia Ireland

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Attorney-general rules out royal commission into domestic violence

Attorney-general rules out royal commission into domestic violence

Mark Dreyfus said actions that need to be taken to address domestic violence have already been identified.

  • byOlivia Ireland
Stabbed bishop takes swipe at those using attack ‘to serve political purposes’

Stabbed bishop takes swipe at those using attack ‘to serve political purposes’

Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel has uploaded an 11-minute statement to YouTube saying he is not opposed to the video of his stabbing remaining on social media.

  • byOlivia Ireland
‘A rape happened in this building’:What the Higgins finding could mean for body to punish politicians,staff

‘A rape happened in this building’:What the Higgins finding could mean for body to punish politicians,staff

Minister for Women Katy Gallagher says the much-delayed parliamentary standards commission could punish MPs,senators,staffers and others in the building for serious breaches such as sexual assault.

  • byOlivia Ireland
Musk v Albanese:How Sydney stabbing sparked a censorship debate

Musk v Albanese:How Sydney stabbing sparked a censorship debate

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has accused Elon Musk of choosing “ego and showing violence” over common sense as the X owner argues taking the videos down globally is censorship.

  • byOlivia Ireland
Docking rogue politicians’ pay ‘just a slap on the wrist’:Lidia Thorpe

Docking rogue politicians’ pay ‘just a slap on the wrist’:Lidia Thorpe

‘Whatever,let the purge begin’. Some Coalition MPs think a new parliamentary watchdog would be used to pursue vendettas,but Lidia Thorpe says it should be a lot tougher.

  • byOlivia Ireland
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Badly behaved politicians face docked pay,suspension under proposed new code

Badly behaved politicians face docked pay,suspension under proposed new code

Politicians who breach parliamentary workplace standards could be fined up to $10,853,according to a leaked draft of new laws.

  • byOlivia Ireland
Bowen defends use of two jets for one photo op with PM for renewables

Bowen defends use of two jets for one photo op with PM for renewables

The energy minister said the Royal Australian Air Force advised that the Hunter Valley airport couldn’t accommodate the PM’s usual plane.

  • byOlivia Ireland andMatthew Knott
Block of deportation bill humiliates government as weeks of political pain await

Block of deportation bill humiliates government as weeks of political pain await

Minister Clare O’Neil was twice pursued by cameras,was asked the same question seven times and the government’s rushed bill was blocked by the opposition and the crossbench on Wednesday.

  • byAngus Thompson andOlivia Ireland
‘Ultra-marathon in incompetence’:Political chaos as Labor rams through latest High Court fix

‘Ultra-marathon in incompetence’:Political chaos as Labor rams through latest High Court fix

People who refuse deportation because they fear persecution will be jailed for up to five years under Labor’s accelerated plans to head off legal challenges.

  • byAngus Thompson andOlivia Ireland
Not in my backyard:Liberals,Nationals go cold on nuclear

Not in my backyard:Liberals,Nationals go cold on nuclear

Coalition MPs are strongly in favour of nuclear energy – but they’re not so sure about where to put the power plants.

  • byJames Massola,Mike Foley andOlivia Ireland