Word from The Hill: A wild and badly behaved parliamentary fortnight
In this podcast Michelle and politics + society editor Amanda Dunn discuss the wild final sitting fortnight before the winter break …
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View from The Hill: Linda Burney says the Voice won’t be able to advise on Australia Day – but how could that be?
There was much celebration in the Albanese government this week at the passage through parliament of the bill to set
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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Special Minister of State Don Farrell wants donation and spending caps for next election
In this podcast, Michelle and Minister of State Don Farrell discuss the governments sweeping changes to electoral laws, countering misinformation and what now for the Housing Australia Future Fund …
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View from The Hill: Victorian Liberal Party to meet about allegations against Senator David Van
Peter Dutton on Friday declared Victorian Liberal senator David Van should leave parliament ASAP. The opposition leader told Sydney radio:
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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Community Independent Dai Le on what voters are saying
In this podcast, Le canvasses the challenges her constituents are facing with the cost of living crisis and the aftermath of the curfew placed on her electorate during the COVID-19 lockdowns. …
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Grattan on Friday: Liberals come a cropper when they try to dig afresh into the Brittany Higgins story
Federal politics, the tone of which had seemed better than in the last parliamentary term, once again descended into a toxic mire. …
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Katy Gallagher says she didn’t alert Albanese or Wong to the pending Brittany Higgins’ interview
Anthony Albanese declared the caucus was 1000% behind Katy Gallagher, as the Finance Minister fights off allegations of misleading parliament while in opposition in 2021 …
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View from The Hill: Brittany Higgins story continues its damaging trail, with no end in sight
The Brittany Higgins saga has damaged almost everyone it has touched, or who’s touched it. It will forever haunt Higgins,
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Grattan on Friday: Labor caught in pincer movement of fighting inflation and delivering to its constituency
Chalmers is in the driver’s seat as another Labor government copes with an economic crisis – very different from the GFC, but similar in being driven by circumstances not of the government’s making. …
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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Industry minister Ed Husic on the artificial intelligence revolution
Science minister Ed Husic says about AI: ‘If we get it right, there is a potential for huge benefit” …
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