Scott Morrison, who served as the 30th prime minister of Australia between 2018 and 2022, has confirmed he will resign from parliament, setting up a by-election a year out from the next federal election. Speculation has been mounting since the Coalition’s loss at the May 2022 election that the CookContinue Reading
Tasmanian Attorney-General and Justice Minister Elise Archer has resigned, Premier Jeremy Rockliff has said. Speaking to reporters at a snap press conference in Launceston, Mr Rockliff said he had requested and received Ms Archer’s resignation from his cabinet. Ms Archer will also leave parliament. On Thursday it was revealed MsContinue Reading
A top Canberra defence expert has lashed Australia’s multi-billion dollar AUKUS submarine project as amounting to a promise to follow the US into a war against China. The Australian National University’s Hugh White, an emeritus professor of strategic studies, unleashed a quite extraordinary criticism of Australia’s nuclear submarine plan inContinue Reading
Dominic Perrottet’s political rival has said he doesn’t believe the Premier’s admission that he wore a Nazi costume to his 21st birthday party will affect the election. NSW Opposition Leader Chris Minns made the surprising comment on Saturday in the wake of the scandal, which has rocked the sitting LiberalContinue Reading
Scott Morrison will face a censure motion in parliament for having secretly appointed himself to additional ministries during the pandemic. Anthony Albanese confirmed federal cabinet agreed at its meeting on Monday to move to censure the former prime minister in the House of Representatives this week. The Prime Minister saidContinue Reading
Scott Morrison’s former cabinet members have launched fresh criticism of his decision to give himself control of additional ministries, as a report into the scandal is about to be released. Ex-High Court justice Virginia Bell is due to hand down the findings of her three-month inquiry into the former primeContinue Reading