Yes, Labor has won a huge majority. But it will still need to work constructively with the crossbench in both the House and the Senate.
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The surge of successful independent MPs at the 2022 election shows no sign of changing – and in fact may grow more powerful still.
Independent Senator David Pocock will seek to remove the discretion of the prime minister to decide the number of extra staff crossbenchers receive.
While it was clear the Liberals were set to govern in minority weeks ago, the end of the vote count leaves the party with one less seat than expected, making forming government harder.
After frontbench resignations, MPs going rogue and months of speculation, the Apple Isle is headed to the polls. What can we expect?
Communication and compromise should be the order of the day in minority government. It may be a wild ride, but democracy is the potential beneficiary.
Her departure, while a blow for the Greens, is not all bad news for them
Albanese & Dutton see common ground regarding the National Anti-Corruption Commission legislation introduced to parliament earlier this week.
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Crossbencher Helen Haines on Morrison and integrity
Michelle Grattan speaks with Independent MP Helen Haines about a national integrity commission and Scott Morrison's secret appointment to five different ministries
Michelle Grattan speaks with newly-elected senator David Pocock who has already made history by becoming the first independent to hold a senate seat for the ACT.
Michelle Grattan discusses the political week that was with Emma La Rouche from the University of Canberra’s Media and Communications team.
David Pocock, the progressive independent who broke the Liberals’ stranglehold on one of the two ACT Senate seats, wouldn’t have expected to find himself allied with Pauline Hanson before even being sworn in
Word from The Hill: Parliamentary ‘newbies’ inspect their workplace, with some complaints
Michelle Grattan discusses politics with Peter Browne from the politics + society team
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tony Burke advocates on wages and arts
Michelle Grattan speaks with Tony Burke the minister for employment and workplace relations and minister for the arts, as well as the leader of the House of Representatives.
Michelle Grattan speaks with Independent MP Andrew Wilkie about how he would approach the situation if the election produces no clear winner. No deals. But maybe a letter on giving confidence and supply
In 1922-23, Billy Hughes’ Nationalist Party brokered a deal with the Country Party to form government - but only on condition Hughes was no longer prime minister. It’s possible this could play out again.
I’d hoped to keep my absence nice and private, especially from those quiet Australians fighting fires. Regrettably, despite best efforts, my press office wasn’t able to keep a lid on the story.
Grattan and Martin on the year that was, in politics and economics
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Michelle Grattan sits down with The Conversation's economic editor Peter Martin for a chat about the year that was, and to answer readers' questions.
After securing a condition which she cannot disclose “due to national security concerns”, Jacqui Lambie has voted with the government on the repeal of the medevac laws.
Centre Alliance’s Stirling Griff on Newstart
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Centre Alliance Senator Stirling Griff tells Michelle Grattan that his party will pressure the government to raise Newstart.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Lecturer in Australian Political Studies, University of Canberra
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Director, Vice-Chancellor's Centre of Public Ideas (CoPI) and Donald Horne Professor of History and Public Ideas, University of Canberra
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Professor of Political Science; Director, Tasmanian Policy Exchange, University of Tasmania
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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Associate, Government and International Relations, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of History, UNSW
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Deputy Director, Tasmanian Policy Exchange, University of Tasmania