Embattled Labor MP Susan Lamb has hit back at government pressure for her to quit parliament over her dual citizenship.
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The High Court has ruled that Steve Martin is eligible to enter the Senate to replace the disqualified Jacqui Lambie.
The now-infamous section 44 of the Australian Constitution was a last-minute change by the authors, drafted in private and accepted out of weariness.
Que nous savons de l’efficacité des mal nommés « loups solitaires », leurs motivations et comportements ? Compte-rendu, en bande dessinée, d’un travail de recherche sur ce sujet de sécurité majeur.
The Coalition now trails 48-52% on the two-party vote – the best result for it since April last year.
We need to balance a legitimate desire for transparency in politics with the need for free and thoughtful debate.
Labor MP David Feeney has quit parliament and triggered a byelection in the Victorian seat of Batman.
Malcolm Turnbull’s pitch will be that dividends will start to flow from government policy.
Bill Shorten said a proposed National Integrity Commission would operate ‘as a standing royal commission into serious and systematic corruption’.
Malcolm Turnbull says people won’t be casting a national vote until the due time of 2019 – although Labor is working on contingency plans for this year in case he changes his mind or is foxing.
The current choice of date for Australia Day is symbolic of the country we used to be – not the one we hope to become.
To finally succeed, the idea of an Indigenous voice to parliament must be argued as one that is fundamentally democratic.
2017 has felt like a chaotic year in Australian politics, and one in which policy progress has been swamped by other distractions. We can only hope that 2018 is calmer and more productive.
Malcolm Turnbull’s reshuffled cabinet has five new faces, but one of the Nationals’ best performers has been unceremoniously dumped by his party leader.
George Brandis will become Australia’s high commissioner to London in a reshuffle set to be announced on Tuesday.
The win in Saturday’s byelection was a crucial fillip for Malcolm Turnbull, who has finished a rocky year on a relative high – one he will hope continues into the new year.
John Alexander won the seat of Bennelong after a fiercely contested byelection, and declared it ‘the renaissance’ of Malcolm Turnbull’s leadership.
Official Chinese editorials give an insight into Beijing’s reaction to the stories swirling around about Chinese influence – and it’s not good news.
Sam Dastyari has given in to pressure from within his party and resigned from parliament, saying he had always acted with integrity.
Sam Dastyari is again in hot water after allegations he pressed Tanya Plibersek not to meet an advocate for Chinese democracy in 2015.
The first same-sex weddings will be celebrated early in the new year after the historic change to the marriage law passed the House of Representatives with only four MPs voting against.
This is the second consecutive time the Nationals have chosen a female senator as deputy leader.
The opposition failed in an attempt to get a ‘job lot’ of MPs referred to the High Court.
If David Feeney was found to be ineligible, Labor would be at high risk of losing his Melbourne seat of Batman to the Greens.
Katy Gallagher is one of several Labor MPs likely to be referred to the High Court as the citizenship crisis turns on the opposition.