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The Unconstitutionality of 129th Constitutional Amendment Bill , 'One Nation, One Election'
1 week ago

The Unconstitutionality of 129th Constitutional Amendment Bill , 'One Nation, One Election'

Live Law  

The Union Government is ready to push its most ambitious Constitutional amendment since the NJAC- dream to conduct all the elections one time in the year. Another issue that may arise is if in case a hung House is formed after the General elections, & the President administers the oath of the Office of Prime Minister to an MP who …

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Queensland parliament to roll back 'family friendly' hours to benefit regional MPs
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Queensland parliament to roll back 'family friendly' hours to benefit regional MPs

ABC  

The Queensland government has scrapped so-called "family friendly" hours at state parliament, arguing the change will allow more debate time and benefit regional MPs. "By moving committee meetings from Mondays to Wednesdays, regional MPs will be able to maximise community engagement on the weekends and fly in for parliament on Monday morning." Queensland MP and Katter's Australian Party leader Robbie …

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Best cheap hotels in Edinburgh, reviewed
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Best cheap hotels in Edinburgh, reviewed

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Voco Edinburgh – Royal Terrace open image in gallery The Georgian architecture and chandeliers add a touch of elegance to …

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Watch: Virat Kohli, Australian PM engage in 'spicy' banter over Perth Test hundred
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Watch: Virat Kohli, Australian PM engage in 'spicy' banter over Perth Test hundred

India Today  

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese hosted the Indian cricket team at Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday, 28 November. PM Albanese praised Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah, joking about the former captain's dominance over the Australian team in recent years. As Indian captain Rohit Sharma introduced PM Albanese to the players, the Australian leader took a moment to commend Jasprit …

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Australian minister, a Virat Kohli fan, relishes meeting with batting star in Canberra
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Australian minister, a Virat Kohli fan, relishes meeting with batting star in Canberra

India Today  

Australia's assistant minister for foreign affairs, Tim Watts, had his fanboy moment after meeting Virat Kohli at Parliament House. The Indian team was hosted by the Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, at the Parliament House in Canberra on November 28, Thursday. Tim Watts shared a selfie with Virat Kohli on Instagram from their latest meeting, and the carousel also included …

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Race discrimination commissioner releases plan to end racism in 10 years
4 weeks ago

Race discrimination commissioner releases plan to end racism in 10 years

ABC  

Australia is at a critical juncture in its fight to eradicate racism but must confront the legacy of colonisation and white privilege before moving forward, according to a landmark new report by the Australian Human Rights Commission. The National Anti-Racism Framework, launched by Race Discrimination Commissioner Giridharan Sivaraman on Tuesday afternoon, said moves to eradicate racism should be First Nations-focused …

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With one week of parliamentary sittings left, the government finds itself outgunned by a man with simple and angry messages
1 month ago

With one week of parliamentary sittings left, the government finds itself outgunned by a man with simple and angry messages

ABC  

Peter Dutton held a "doorstop interview" at Parliament House on Tuesday. Well, here's the list at the top of the transcript produced by his office: Subjects: Labor's embarrassing international nuclear snub; Labor's energy policy shambles; Labor's international student cap mess; the Coalition's plan to revive the home ownership dream and boost building across Australia; Labor's Big Australia policy; electoral reform; …

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Finance minister prepared to ditch tax hike on culture and sport
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1 month, 1 week ago

Finance minister prepared to ditch tax hike on culture and sport

Dutch News  

Plans to increase value-added tax on theatres, museums, books and sports clubs from 2026 are set to be scrapped because the upper house of parliament had threatened to torpedo them. Opposition parties had told finance minister Eelco Heinen to come up with an alternative plan to raising value-added tax on culture, sports, books and newspapers from 9% to 21%, saying …

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Japan's parliament reelects Ishiba as PM
1 month, 1 week ago

Japan's parliament reelects Ishiba as PM

China Daily  

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi attend a session on the day lawmakers vote to elect the new prime minister, at the Lower House of Parliament in Tokyo, Japan Nov 11, 2024. Shigeru Ishiba was reelected as Japan's 103rd prime minister on Monday in a House of Representatives runoff election, securing 221 votes. Ishiba's reelection …

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Japan's parliament reelects Ishiba as PM
1 month, 1 week ago

Japan's parliament reelects Ishiba as PM

China Daily  

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi attend a session on the day lawmakers vote to elect the new prime minister, at the Lower House of Parliament in Tokyo, Japan Nov 11, 2024. Shigeru Ishiba was reelected as Japan's 103rd prime minister on Monday in a House of Representatives runoff election, securing 221 votes. Ishiba's reelection …

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New Zealand’s leader formally apologizes to survivors of abuse in state and church care
1 month, 1 week ago

New Zealand’s leader formally apologizes to survivors of abuse in state and church care

Associated Press  

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon made a “formal and unreserved” apology in Parliament on Tuesday for the widespread abuse, torture and neglect of hundreds of thousands of children and vulnerable adults in care. “I am sorry that many abusers were not made to face justice which meant that other people experienced abuse that could have …

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Trump's victory means old tweets and statements are coming back to haunt Anthony Albanese
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump's victory means old tweets and statements are coming back to haunt Anthony Albanese

ABC  

Welcome back to your weekly federal politics update, where Brett Worthington gets you up to speed on the happenings from Parliament House. The tweets remained online as Rudd became Australia's ambassador to the US, quietly ticking down like a time bomb edging ever closer to exploding as Trump re-sought the presidency. "Out of respect for the office of President of …

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Why is Bonfire Night celebrated? Guy Fawkes’ Gunpowder Plot explained
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Why is Bonfire Night celebrated? Guy Fawkes’ Gunpowder Plot explained

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “We see no reason, “Why gunpowder treason, “Should ever be …

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Lidia Thorpe: Who is the Indigenous Australian MP who accused King Charles of genocide on royal tour?
2 months ago

Lidia Thorpe: Who is the Indigenous Australian MP who accused King Charles of genocide on royal tour?

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Australian senator Lidia Thorpe has made headlines around the world …

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Lidia Thorpe reveals what she was REALLY planning to do to King Charles at his royal welcome to Australia
2 months ago

Lidia Thorpe reveals what she was REALLY planning to do to King Charles at his royal welcome to Australia

Daily Mail  

An Australian senator who targeted King Charles in a dramatic outburst during his visit to the country has said she intended to hand him a 'notice of complicity' requesting he be charged for genocide. Senator Lidia Thorpe reposted a cartoon of the King's head lying next to a crown, after it was created by Matt Chun, co-editor of anti-imperialist publication …

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Who is Lidia Thorpe? Radical indigenous Australian senator behind King Charles rant had romance with ex-biker gang boss and strip club row
2 months ago

Who is Lidia Thorpe? Radical indigenous Australian senator behind King Charles rant had romance with ex-biker gang boss and strip club row

Daily Mail  

An Australian politician who interrupted King Charles's address at Australia's Parliament today with a foul-mouthed rant is a controversial activist with a history of outbursts and stunts. Her tirade came during King Charles III's first visit to Australia as monarch Ms Thorpe told the Australian Broadcast Corporation that herself and bikie boss Dean Martin 'briefly dated' in 2021 after they …

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King Charles heckled by Australian senator shouting ‘you are not my king’
2 months ago

King Charles heckled by Australian senator shouting ‘you are not my king’

The Independent  

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Supporters of Liberal MP Ben Hood's amendments to SA's abortion laws rally outside Parliament House
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Supporters of Liberal MP Ben Hood's amendments to SA's abortion laws rally outside Parliament House

ABC  

More than 1,000 people have turned up at the steps of South Australia's Parliament House in support of a proposal to change state abortion laws. Liberal MP Ben Hood has introduced a private member's bill in the upper house that, if successful, would require people seeking to terminate a pregnancy from 27 weeks and six days to instead deliver their …

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Amanda Stoker pulls support for rabbi Shimon Cowen over anti-homosexual views
3 months ago

Amanda Stoker pulls support for rabbi Shimon Cowen over anti-homosexual views

ABC  

An LNP candidate has withdrawn her support for a rabbi who has repeatedly compared homosexuality to paedophilia, bestiality, and incest. Amanda Stoker had agreed to host a book launch for ultra-orthodox rabbi Shimon Cowen in Queensland Parliament House on Monday. The LNP did not answer questions about whether it had known the event was happening, whether the event was still …

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

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Parliament was built for conflict and stories of misbehaviour abound. Now there are signs of change
4 months ago

Parliament was built for conflict and stories of misbehaviour abound. Now there are signs of change

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. New legislation of Parliamentary Standards Commission unveiled Photo shows MPs in parliament The federal government will be unveiling the legislation for long-awaited Parliamentary Standards Commission. This weeks's unveiling of legislation for a long-awaited Parliamentary Standards Commission …

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The $1,000 jacket at the heart of Linda Reynolds and Brittany Higgins' fractured relationship: Senator is pictured in Carla Zampatti coat... before staffer took it from her office and never gave it ba
4 months, 2 weeks ago

The $1,000 jacket at the heart of Linda Reynolds and Brittany Higgins' fractured relationship: Senator is pictured in Carla Zampatti coat... before staffer took it from her office and never gave it ba

Daily Mail  

Linda Reynolds has vented her fury over how Brittany Higgins took a black and white Carla Zampatti jacket - worth about $1,000 - from her office the morning after her rape, and never returned it. Linda Reynolds is pictured wearing her Carla Zampatti jacket in 2017, two years before Brittany Higgins swiped it Brittany Higgins is pictured leaving Parliament House …

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New Brittany Higgins social media posts prompt defamation trial warning from Linda Reynolds's lawyer
4 months, 2 weeks ago

New Brittany Higgins social media posts prompt defamation trial warning from Linda Reynolds's lawyer

ABC  

The high-profile defamation trial against Brittany Higgins has taken another twist, with Senator Linda Reynolds's lawyer declaring new social media posts published yesterday were part of a coordinated plan to mislead the public into thinking the Senator was trying silence survivors of sexual assault. Senator Reynolds told the court Senator Kitching warned her the Labor Party knew about Ms Higgins' …

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Linda Reynolds's defamation action against Brittany Higgins 're-traumatising', trial told
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Linda Reynolds's defamation action against Brittany Higgins 're-traumatising', trial told

ABC  

Senator Linda Reynolds's defamation case against her former staffer Brittany Higgins, and her lawyer's claim that the younger woman had sought a "villain" for her "fairytale" story were "harassing and re-traumatising", the WA Supreme court has heard. She said by April 1 Senator Reynolds had a "mountain of evidence" to show that a sexual assault had taken place, even though …

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