‘Father of Reconciliation’ Pat Dodson to quit parliament
Labor Senator Pat Dodson, will retire on Australia Day next year at age 75 due to ongoing cancer treatment affecting his health. …
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Politics
ANU research suggests referendum confined to Indigenous recognition might have passed
A survey released by the Australian National University has reinforced that October’s referendum might have passed if it had been confined to constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians. …
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Parliamentary inquiry recommends more senators for the ACT and Northern Territory
The Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters, in its final report tabled on Monday recommended the number of senators from each territory be doubled to four. …
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Mike Pezzullo sacked after scathing findings accusing him of misusing his position
An inquiry found the Home Affairs secretary used his position for personal advantage, gossiped disrespectfully about ministers, broke confidentiality and didn’t disclose a conflict of interest. …
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Government provides $255 million to boost resources to monitor released immigration detainees
Michelle Grattan explains the governments $255 million funding boost to monitor immigration detainees in a further response to the recent High Court decision. …
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Former Wentworth MP Dave Sharma pulls off surprise victory for Liberal Senate vacancy
The former member for Wentworth, Dave Sharma, has won the Liberal Senate spot left by the retirement of the former Foreign Minister Maris Payne. He beat former NSW minister Andrew Constance 251 to 206… …
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Grattan on Friday: Can the Albanese government turn 2024 into a happy new year despite multiple challenges?
Michelle Grattan explains the various challenges that face the government as we head towards a new year. …
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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Greens Barbara Pocock on the quest for greater transparency
In this podcast, The Greens Senator joins us today to talk about consultancy reform, whistleblower protection, and other issues …
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New cyber policy to harden defences against our ‘fastest growing threat’
The policy, to be released on Wednesday by O’Neil, who is Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Cyber Security, is also designed to enable victims to bounce back faster from attacks that can’t be prevented …
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View from The Hill: Albanese should come clean about what he did or didn’t say to Xi Jinping about sonar incident
The incident last Tuesday in which Australian sailors suffered minor injuries from sonar pulses from a Chinese destroyer couldn’t have
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