Premium Columnists Is it time to mandate political candidates to come from the community they seek to represent? Friday October 1, 2021 By Hugh McClure Editors' Picks Kristina Keneally lives just about as far away as you can get from Fowler, while still being in Sydney. Her preselection has been pushed through…
Labor: ‘Unscrupulous employers’ abusing Australia’s temporary migration settings Friday September 10, 2021 By Melissa Coade Community & Social The select committee on temporary migration published a report finding that the workers on temporary visas tended to be exploited and underpaid. …
Laming’s lawyer issues letters to journalist ahead of defamation suit Tuesday June 29, 2021 By Melissa Coade Culture Controversial politician Andrew Laming has lodged documents with the federal court in a defamation action against ABC journalist Louise Milligan.
Government grants Biloela family temporary residency in Perth Tuesday June 15, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Foreign Affairs & Immigration Immigration minister Alex Hawke says the Tamil-Australian family will be reunited in Perth for an unspecified amount of time.
PSst! I spy a spy Thursday June 3, 2021 By The Mandarin Australian Capital Territory Pezzullo feels a draft, I spy a spy, and ‘back in the office’ agencies losing staff at a considerable rate but just can't seem to…
Premium Columnists Feds should handle COVID quarantine not only for the constitution – it’s good policy Friday February 19, 2021 By Stephen Bartos Editors' Picks There are many possible options for how the federal government could run COVID quarantine, writes Stephen Bartos. …
A terrible little secret in a building whose walls have ears and where gossip is gold Friday February 19, 2021 By Verona Burgess Career Matters The clock is ticking down to Senate estimates on the Brittany Higgins matter, says Verona Burgess.
ANAO asked to investigate Peter Dutton’s influence over commonwealth grants scheme Friday February 12, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Labor has asked the national auditor-general to examine yet another commonwealth grants program after it was revealed Home Affairs minister Peter Dutton went against his…
Concerns raised over major review of spy laws Monday December 7, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Federal Rex Patrick has slammed both Dennis Richardson and the government for excluding the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security from inquiries and reviews of…
Premium Columnists The government dreams of an economic snap-back even as the dire evidence stares everyone in the face Thursday May 14, 2020 By Verona Burgess Editors' Picks There are so many lessons that could be learnt from these fruitful few months of political detente. Perhaps some will be, writes Verona Burgess.
Government wants community input on cybersecurity strategy Monday September 9, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins Communications & Technology The public has until November to have their say on the development of a new national cybersecurity strategy. Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton launched the consultation…
