Caps on how many firearms someone can own and only granting licences to Australian citizens are among the slated new laws.
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As the expenses affairs continues to roll through the Albanese government with Attorney-General Michelle Rowland needing to repay some of the money she billed taxpayers.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese appears to be starting to move towards some tightening of parliamentarians’ travel entitlements. After more than a week of controversy, Albanese on Friday said he had asked…
In a week when teenagers started trying to flout new online bans, politicians proved it’s not just the kids who are good at finding ways to get around things.
A new report shows 33 of the 113 deaths in custody in 2024–25 were Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people. It’s the highest number in 40 years.
The embattled communications minister’s $95,000 flights to New York, among other travel perks and expenses, will be investigated.
Wells is the latest in a long line of politicians to find themselves falling foul not of the official entitlement rules, but the crucial pub test.
The Greens’ senator says she’s worried kids will end up ‘in other online spaces that are even darker and more dangerous’ – and Australia should act on other options.
As widely expected, the former Nationals leader has joined a surging One Nation.
A new survey has shown that Australians see AI as a leading threat.
It’s near-universally agreed that opposition policy development under Peter Dutton was too thin and too late. Are the Liberals now being rushed prematurely?
The industry minister denied Australia’s adopting a ‘light-touch’ approach on AI – and says he’s working to make sure data centres are ‘not a drain on resources’.
An independent inquiry has strongly condemned the politicisation of appointments to government boards despite the government rejecting much of the plan.
The ships are currently in the Philippine Sea and it’s too early to tell where they might be headed.
The prime minister’s quiet wedding gave an insight into who is in his inner circle.
The ongoing litigation resulting from one fateful night at Parliament House has inconvenient truths for all involved – including members of the government.
Ley says the Opposition was negotiating on the environment laws with the government into early Thursday – just before Labor announced a deal with the Greens.
The government finally got through its environmental laws, doing the deal with the Greens, leaving the Liberals hung out to dry.
The sandwich-press steak dinner may yet work a charm, but the MP has quit the Nationals while not yet saying where he’s headed next.
As married couples know, no union is always smooth sailing, but the probable Barnaby Joyce and Pauline Hanson partnership may be testier than most.
Those around Sussan Ley seem confident her fragile leadership would survive into next year. But some in the party look to Andrew Hastie as the parties future.
Governments as of late have been vexed about what to do about neo-Nazi’s. While a response is justified, the solution may impact political freedoms.
After months of talks, the host of COP31 will be Turkey, but the Australian environment minister will be the conference’s President of Negotiations.
Former senator Hollie Hughes has gone on a verbal rampage to defend Opposition leader Sussan Ley.
The South Australian Liberal senator says he’s ‘dubious’ about being able to sell the Coalition’s new policy to voters – describing it as ‘carefree with emissions’.
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