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PoliticsNet zero payout slammed

Claims that the Nationals will be paid out with $250 billion by the government for agreeing to net zero have been slammed.

Helena Burke

PoliticsOutrage at PM keeping documents ‘secret’

The Morrison government has been accused of being “addicted to secrecy” after it failed to publicly release an important document this morning.

Helena Burke

Transport‘Huge step’: Massive change to buses

A new bus fleet will hit Sydney streets next month, but the vehicles will be very different from what Australians are used to.

Helena Burke

politicsPremium‘Gaslighting’: Turnbull takes aim at Porter

Christian Porter’s use of anonymous donations to fund his defamation action has triggered an outburst from Malcolm Turnbull.

Ellen Ransley

‘Don’t cook our kids’CommentsPremiumClimate change ‘pram parade’ converges on Parliament

Extinction Rebellion protesters have held a dramatic ‘pram parade’ climate change protest in front of Parliament House in Canberra to ‘mourn the future of our children’.

Kimberley Caines

Politics‘Embarrassment’: Lambie’s fury over Barnaby

Outspoken politician Jacqui Lambie claims Barnaby Joyce has embarrassed Australians.

Helena Burke

Get movingVideoCommentsPremiumScoMo plea for WA to up vax rate and open up

Scott Morrison is urging States such as WA to ‘get their vaccination rates up’ as other jurisdictions hit the 70 per cent double jab mark.

Sarah Ison

breaking‘Weird’: Scomo’s latest dig at WA

As two more states hit a major vaccine milestone, the PM has taken a swipe at Mark McGowan.

Ellen Ransley

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
Civil warCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Grylls in play for Nats as they look to target WA MP

The Nationals are poised to run a targeted campaign against Liberal Melissa Price at the next election - and it’s understood Brendon Grylls is in the frame to run against her in WA.

Lanai Scarr

Outrage dismissedMorrison defends blocking Christian Porter inquiry

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says a broader inquiry into MPs receiving crowdfunding for legal bills avoids the need for a specific probe into Christian Porter.

Matt Coughlan

PoliticsPorter probe triggers extraordinary vote

Christian Porter’s use of anonymous donations to fund his defamation action has triggered stunning scenes in parliament.

Catie McLeod

Anonymous donorsVideoPremiumGovernment blocks investigation into Porter donations

The Federal Government has voted down a motion to refer former Attorney-General Christian Porter to the powerful privileges committee which could have investigated anonymous donations.

Sarah Ison

PoliticsCouncillor slammed for naked Zoom call

A man has been scolded by a mayor after showing up to a Zoom council meeting ‘unclothed’.

Helena Burke

Character testCommentsPremiumTough new migration powers defeated in the Senate

Immigration Minister Alex Hawke’s bid for greater powers to cancel or refuse visas of criminals has fallen over in the Senate, with the opposition firing a shot over a last-minute ‘back-pedal’.

Sarah Ison

Politics‘Not acceptable’: Health chief breaks down

Australia’s health minister has wiped away tears after he made a candid admission about the safety of his children.

Courtney Gould

courtsAnti-vaxxer’s bizarre demand for PM

A prominent anti-vaxxer is involved in a national class action that wants Scott Morrison and state and territory leaders to do one strange thing.

Ellen Ransley

Vaccine driveVideoCommentsPremiumRelief as elderly to get booster shots from early Nov

Those living in aged-care facilities will be offered a third COVID-19 jab from the second week of November.

Sarah Ison

UnacceptableCommentsPremiumEmotional Hunt reveals threats made to his kids

Greg Hunt has revealed threats have been made to his children’s lives while he has been Health Minister, and condemned recent threats on NT Chief Minister Michael Gunner and his family.

Sarah Ison

UPDATEDProtesters glue themselves to road

Activists have glued themselves to a busy public road and put on a haunting show in a dramatic display against the federal government.

Emily Cosenza and Helena Burke

Leaders‘It will get ugly’: ScoMo’s stark warning

Scott Morrison has been issued a stark warning by his Nationals colleagues that things could get ugly if he does this one thing.

Courtney Gould

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
‘safe and respectful’Premium
The West Australian exclusive
Sex harassment training begins for political staff

Staff across all federal political parties are doing courses in sexual harassment and workplace respect, eight months after ex-staffer Brittany Higgins alleged she was raped in Parliament House.

Sarah Ison

Tech supportCommentsPremiumAussie infrastructure to get cyber security boost

Australia’s power to respond to serious cyber attacks on critical infrastructure is set to be strengthened with the Federal Government to introduce changes to a Bill in Parliament House today.

Kimberley Caines

PoliticsCities given half of ‘regional’ grants

A damning report from the auditor-general has found more than half of grants meant for the regions were awarded to big cities.

James Hall

JobKeeperTax Office boss feels JobKeeper heat

The head of the Australian Taxation Office will be hauled over the coals in relation to businesses who received JobKeeper payments.

Catie McLeod