George Christensen caused the government a heap of trouble while he was in the Nationals, and is set to be a pest now he’s jumped ship.
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Scott Morrison has again had his integrity questioned over his decision to provide loose-with-the-truth answers during question time
Political biographies show us who is ‘worthy’ of being written about … and who is overlooked in history.
From Enid Lyons, to Julia Gillard and Kate Ellis, memoirs have become a critical way to highlight the ongoing problems faced by women in politics.
Critical race theory highlights the systemic and institutional nature of racism. A campaign to misrepresent the theory is being waged by right-wing actors in the US, and some at home.
Pauline Hanson has told the government it will need to drop its proposed watering down of the BOOT if it wants One Nation support.
Australia has its own populist tradition. Unlike the US, it is about protecting Australians from the outside world, not asserting their liberties.
In the Howard government, there was near-consensus in Cabinet that an ETS was eventually likely. A spike in asylum-seeker arrivals stimulated the hard “deterrent’ strategy” that would morph into the “Pacific Solution” in 2001.
As Labor’s Annastacia Palaszczuk and the LNP’s Deb Frecklington vie for Queenslanders’ votes, leadership, COVID and economic recovery are set to dominate debate.
When the One Nation leader sent ‘gifts’ to public housing residents, Australia Post stepped in to make sure they arrived.
Allowing the senator to appear on the show spouting ill-informed, racist arguments might make for good ratings, but it damages us all.
Hanson has been largely unsuccessful in seeing her signature policies realised. But she has helped normalise xenophobia and racism and thus had a disproportionate influence on the national debate.
An attempt to hobble Mathias Cormann in retaliation for the government’s refusal to produce the Gaetjens Report on Bridget McKenzie failed after Pauline Hanson withdrew her support.
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.
The government was caught completely unawares when Hanson and her colleague Malcolm Roberts lined up against the bill, which was lost in a tie.
University of Canberra Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Leigh Sullivan and Michelle Grattan discuss this week in politics, and talk about what to expect in the year’s final parliamentary sitting week.
Pressure is mounting on Australia’s dairy farmers, from farm gate prices to animal welfare concerns, and technology that could produce milk without cows.
The consequences of the parental alienation theory can lead to children getting a court order to visit or live with an abusive parent.
There have already been two recent inquires into family court, but none of their recommendations have been rolled out.
Michelle Grattan discusses this week in politics with University of Canberra Assistant Professor Caroline Fisher.
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