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4 weeks ago

Domestic violence workers lobby for urgent funding to implement NT coroner's recommendations after landmark inquest

ABC

Frontline workers say there is "no excuse" for inadequate funding for services after a landmark coronial inquest exposed the grim reality of domestic violence in the Northern Territory. Alice Springs domestic violence researcher Chay Brown said the response to the NT's disproportionately high rates of domestic and family violence "has never been funded adequately". In a statement, federal Social Services …

Family Violence Domestic Violence Funding Domestic Federal Coroner

1 month, 2 weeks ago

ACT Greens say 'business as usual won't cut it' as the party confirms it won't form another coalition with Labor

ABC

Labor will form a minority government while the Greens will sit on the crossbench in the ACT Legislative Assembly. But Greens leader Shane Rattenbury said those discussions with Labor hadn't delivered enough of a commitment to address the "big issues" facing the ACT. "In housing, ACT Labor was not prepared to commit to a single extra public home beyond their …

Labor Assembly Negotiations Chief Minister Public Canberra Act

3 months, 1 week ago

Labor wasn't having a great week — until Albanese stepped into his courtyard like a man who remembered he had options

ABC

Welcome back to your weekly federal politics update, where political correspondent Brett Worthington gets you up to speed on the happenings from Parliament House. Whether it's the stalled efforts to overhaul the Reserve Bank or introduce nature protection laws, Labor has been crying foul that the Coalition won't come to the party. "I don't believe the Greens and the government …

Labor Coalition Commission Qantas Parliament Sheep Mckenzie

3 months, 2 weeks ago

The latest Coalition scare campaign about Labor may scare itself more than voters

ABC

The latest Coalition scare campaign goes something It'll be chaos, Coalition frontbenchers are at pains to warn. Back then, Tony Abbott's Coalition won 73 seats, putting it one ahead of Julia Gillard's Labor on 72. Coalition defections to the crossbench and the loss of a seat to Labor last year leaves Dutton's team with 55 of the 151 seats. Its …

Labor Election Coalition Voters Seats Seat Liberals

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Crossbench MPs call on prime minister to make pathway for asylum seekers stuck in 'limbo'

ABC

Crossbench MPs are calling on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Immigration Minister Tony Burke to create a "timely pathway to permanency" for thousands of asylum seekers in visa limbo. Human Rights Law Centre legal director Sanmati Verma, who has represented asylum seekers like Mr Yogalingam, welcomed the MPs' letter. Ms Verma said Mr Yogalingam's death was an "entirely foreseeable result …

Asylum Home Affairs Mps Seekers Mr Yogalingam Ms Verma Yogalingam

4 months, 1 week ago

Peter Dutton's calls to ban refugees from Gaza have proved too much for some MPs

ABC

It perhaps should not have been a complete surprise on Friday when Opposition Leader Peter Dutton linked Australia's housing crisis to his assertion that the Albanese government was deliberately allowing Hamas sympathisers into the country from the horror of the Gaza strip. After a week of various claims about the circumstances in which refugees from Gaza have come to Australia, …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Fair Work set to apply for CFMEU administrators as crossbenchers tell federal government to go further

ABC

The federal government should withhold infrastructure funding until the states demonstrate they are cracking down on building industry criminality, according to a growing group of crossbenchers pushing the government to go further on the CFMEU. Crossbench anger over government response Several crossbenchers have written to the prime minister saying the federal government's efforts to date against the union are merely …

Labor Building Minister Federal Group Told Abc

4 months, 4 weeks ago

Senator David Pocock voted to kill the building industry watchdog. Now he says Labor needs a 'stronger response' to the CFMEU scandal

ABC

Crossbench senator David Pocock, whose vote was critical in helping Labor abolish the construction industry watchdog early last year, now wants the government to increase scrutiny and policing of the sector in the wake of the CFMEU scandal. Senator Pocock said the allegations of organised crime and bikie gang affiliations levelled against the construction union giant fall beyond the scope …

Labor Construction Industry Building Need Senator Organised Crime

8 months ago

Rishi Sunak urged to think again on Rwanda plan after five die in Channel

The Independent

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A girl aged seven was among five migrants who died as …

Asylum French Plan Minister Rwanda Small Migrants

8 months ago

Rishi Sunak to urge peers to back Rwanda plan as it faces final showdown

The Independent

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8 months, 4 weeks ago

Andrew Giles, the former refugee lawyer, finds himself in a rush to bolster deportation powers

ABC

Andrew Giles sat on the green leather benches of the House of Representatives looking as comfortable as a man waiting for a root canal in a dental surgery reception. "The minister has made clear the government's reasons for why this is time sensitive," Leader of the House Tony Burke said, smiling subtly at the outraged faces watching him across the …

Labor Immigration High Court Legislation Rush House Giles

8 months, 4 weeks ago

Government seeks to ram deportation laws through parliament despite crossbench anger

ABC

In short: The federal government has faced significant criticism over its handling of the immigration detention system following last year's High Court ruling on indefinite detention being unlawful. The federal government has faced significant criticism over its handling of the immigration detention system following last year's High Court ruling on indefinite detention being unlawful. The federal government is rushing legislation …

Labor Immigration High Court Court Detention Legislation Case

9 months ago

Gloves off on electoral reform as government accuses crossbench of hypocrisy

ABC

Labor minister Don Farrell has accused teal independents of hypocrisy over election reforms after the crossbench accused the government of a "political stitch-up". The bill has not been finalised, but a government source close to deliberations told the ABC it would include a cap on both election donations and on candidate expenditure. Independent MP Kate Chaney, whose own proposal for …

Election Coalition Political Donations Cap Farrell Greens Expenditure

10 months, 3 weeks ago

Watch as Sunak’s Rwanda bill faces test in House of Lords

The Independent

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Tasmanian MP John Tucker threatens to 'bring down' minority Liberal government over animal welfare, AFL deal

ABC

In short: Tasmania's minority Liberal government needs the support of independent MP John Tucker to stave off no confidence motions in parliament. Tasmania's minority Liberal government needs the support of independent MP John Tucker to stave off no confidence motions in parliament. After declaring that "Tuck's back and the premier is on notice", Mr Tucker said his support would be …

Support Animal Confidence Cctv John Parliament Tucker

1 year ago

Same pay for same work to become law under Labor-crossbench industrial relations deal

ABC

First responders will have easier access to post-traumatic stress disorder compensation and contractors will receive the same pay as full-time employees in the same role within weeks, after the government agreed to crossbench demands to split its massive industrial relations bill. Key points: The crossbench last month split Labor's industrial relations changes, amid concerns the government was rushing Labor has …

Law Labor Support Work Workers Changes Pay

1 year, 1 month ago

Outspoken MP Russell Broadbent quits Liberal Party after preselection loss

ABC

Outspoken federal MP Russell Broadbent has resigned from the Liberal Party and will move to the crossbench. Key points: Russell Broadbent says the preselection loss "revokes" his licence to represent the party in Monash In a statement, he said he told his colleagues tough times were ahead and urged them to stand behind their leader The Victorian Liberal Party has …

Party Seat Liberal Preselection Liberal Party Monash Outspoken

1 year, 2 months ago

Voice referendum updates: Nation votes No to Voice to Parliament, with all six states rejecting change — as it happened

ABC

Reporting by Patrick Bell Independent senator for the ACT David Pocock said the referendum result showed the need for truth in political advertising laws. Senator Pocock made the statement at a gathering of Yes volunteers in Canberra after the ACT was the only Australian jurisdiction to vote in favour of a Voice to Parliament. Senator Pocock also took a swipe …

Voice Pocock Senator Pocock

1 year, 6 months ago

Federal government a step closer to early election trigger as Senate rejects housing bill

ABC

The federal government has suffered its first major defeat in the Senate, with the Greens and Coalition uniting to reject Labor's centrepiece housing policy. Key points: If the Senate rejects a bill twice, the government gains the ability to call an early election The Greens want National Cabinet to impose rent freezes in return for their support of the housing …

Labor Housing Election Senate Vote Fund Pass

1 year, 6 months ago

Federal government to spend $2 billion on social housing around Australia

ABC

The federal government has made a one-off $2 billion investment in social housing around the country, with funding to be distributed among the states and territories over the next two weeks. Key points: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will announce $2 billion for states and territories to deliver social housing The housing minister has offered to guarantee a $500 million yearly …

Housing Australia Social Housing Funding Senate Fund Minister

1 year, 6 months ago

Baroness Hallett: Retired judge in charge of one of the most complex public inquiries ever

The Telegraph

Aside from the 7/7 inquests, she chaired the Iraq Fatalities Investigations and the 2014 Hallett Review of the administrative scheme to deal with “on the runs” in Northern Ireland, and was acting as coroner in the death of Dawn Sturgess from Novichok poisoning in Salisbury when she was asked to switch to the Covid inquiry. Born in a terraced house …

High Court Judge Her Father Hugh Hallett

1 year, 8 months ago

The government invited ambit claims for the budget and now it will be judged against them

ABC

Budgets are for stakeholders and interest groups like Christmas is for kids. The inclusion committee, an ongoing body to review the adequacy of welfare support, was born out of a demand to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese from Senate crossbencher David Pocock last year, in exchange for his vote on the government's industrial relations legislation. The taskforce, chaired by businesswoman and …

Labor Inclusion Budget Senate Committee Taylor Treasurer

1 year, 8 months ago

Over the past eight years the NSW Nationals have slowly lost a third of its seats, a path back will be equally fraught

ABC

After failing to defend attacks from several different political fronts over eight years, the NSW Nationals are still losing ground despite what its leaders are saying. Over the past four elections, the Nationals' state-wide primary vote has incrementally dropped from 12.6 per cent in 2011 to 8.6 per cent in 2023, at time of writing. The Greens, which ran in …

Labor Election Party Seats Murray Cent Shooters

1 year, 9 months ago

Crossbench senators pushing government to expand social housing fund to help more in need

ABC

The federal government is yet to secure enough support for its proposed multi-billion-dollar housing fund, with the crossbench arguing the plan does not go far enough to help Australians struggling to keep a roof over their head. Key points: The fund would spend $500 million a year building new social houses and repairing existing ones A number of crossbenchers say …

Labor Support Homes Social Housing Legislation Fund

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Domestic violence workers lobby for urgent funding to implement NT coroner's recommendations after landmark inquest

ACT Greens say 'business as usual won't cut it' as the party confirms it won't form another coalition with Labor

Labor wasn't having a great week — until Albanese stepped into his courtyard like a man who remembered he had options

The latest Coalition scare campaign about Labor may scare itself more than voters

Crossbench MPs call on prime minister to make pathway for asylum seekers stuck in 'limbo'

Peter Dutton's calls to ban refugees from Gaza have proved too much for some MPs

Fair Work set to apply for CFMEU administrators as crossbenchers tell federal government to go further

Senator David Pocock voted to kill the building industry watchdog. Now he says Labor needs a 'stronger response' to the CFMEU scandal

Rishi Sunak urged to think again on Rwanda plan after five die in Channel

Rishi Sunak to urge peers to back Rwanda plan as it faces final showdown

Andrew Giles, the former refugee lawyer, finds himself in a rush to bolster deportation powers

Government seeks to ram deportation laws through parliament despite crossbench anger

Gloves off on electoral reform as government accuses crossbench of hypocrisy

Watch as Sunak’s Rwanda bill faces test in House of Lords

Tasmanian MP John Tucker threatens to 'bring down' minority Liberal government over animal welfare, AFL deal

Same pay for same work to become law under Labor-crossbench industrial relations deal

Outspoken MP Russell Broadbent quits Liberal Party after preselection loss

Voice referendum updates: Nation votes No to Voice to Parliament, with all six states rejecting change — as it happened

Federal government a step closer to early election trigger as Senate rejects housing bill

Federal government to spend $2 billion on social housing around Australia

Baroness Hallett: Retired judge in charge of one of the most complex public inquiries ever

The government invited ambit claims for the budget and now it will be judged against them

Over the past eight years the NSW Nationals have slowly lost a third of its seats, a path back will be equally fraught

Crossbench senators pushing government to expand social housing fund to help more in need