With this week’s revelations about the extraordinary visit to the US gun lobby by One Nation’s James Ashby, and Steve Dickson, Morrison’s shilly-shallying became untenable.
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Scott Morrison has announced the Liberals will preference One Nation below Labor at the federal election. But that is unlikely to make a substantial difference to the make-up of the parliament.
Firearms policy is more complex than people often allow, and evidence about what works to reduce gun violence is also not clear-cut.
The extraordinary expose is a blow for the One Nation leader and complicates Scott Morrison’s struggle in handling what were already awkward questions about his attitude to preferencing One Nation.
The Al Jazeera report makes for powerful viewing. But from a journalistic point of view, is it ethical?
Deep Saini and Michelle Grattan talk about the week in politics.
One would think ministerial staff would be particularly alert to Hanson motions, and think very carefully before concluding she was doing something as unlikely as putting forward an anti-racist one.
The crowding of the centre-right is having profound consequences for Australian politics, not just Turnbull’s troubled time as prime minister.
Ahead of Saturday’s crucial byelections, senior Labor Party figures have described a vote for Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party as a vote for the Coalition. What do the records show?
On Saturday, five federal seats will have a byelection, with particular attention being paid to tight races in Longman and Braddon. And all have implications for the major parties and their leaders.
Incoming ALP President Wayne Swan has lashed out at Mark Latham as “someone who ratted on battlers” after the former Labor leader’s robo message to Longman voters, authorised by Pauline Hanson".
Clive Palmer believes he can recapture the magic that saw him elected to Parliament in 2013, but what his new party – and others on the right – need is more discipline.
While the Turnbull government’s ratings have improved, the focus on its tax policies and the Barnaby Joyce story may be holding back its vote.
Despite its dysfunction and often inconsistent policy positions, the party has cemented an influential place in the federal arena, albeit a status that’s on the verge of diminishing drastically.
It’s been another colourful week in federal politics, highlighted by Greg Hunt’s swearing, the Barnaby Joyce saga taking yet another turn, and One Nation falling apart at the seams.
As much as the Senate is unpredictable, this does look like the end of the government’s chances of getting its company tax package through parliament before the election.
Labor continues to hold a 51-49% two-party lead in the wake of last week’s budget.
Labor holds its two-party preferred lead over the Coalition, but recent momentum has been with the incumbent government.
Tony Abbott described Pauline Hanson as ‘a remarkable and a resilient presence in our public life for more than two decades’.
The seemingly disproportionate media attention given to One Nation is the result of a potent news-making brew.
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