Peter Dutton has defended crisscrossing the country to attend mining billionaire Gina Rinehart’s extravagant birthday party last week, saying he paid for his own flight after being questioned over taxpayer costs. The Opposition Leader, whose close relationship with Australia’s richest woman has been well documented, raised eyebrows after he reportedlyContinue Reading
Australian travellers are being warned to exercise a high degree of caution as close neighbour Indonesia, the world’s third-largest democracy, heads to the polls next week in a high-stakes election. Smart Traveller, the government’s advisory service, stated on Monday “frequent political rallies and possible protests” were likely to occur inContinue Reading
A conservative think tank says fact checking agencies, verifying claims made during the Voice to Parliament referendum campaign, were overwhelmingly biased against the No campaign. Institute of Public Affairs research analysed 187 fact checks undertaken by AAP FactCheck, RMIT FactLab and RMIT/ABC Fact Check between the 2022 federal election andContinue Reading
Rookie MP Jacinta Nampijinpa Price broke down in tears during the referendum campaign as she described her role as a “vessel” for Indigenous people ignored by mainstream politics and media. But from her entry to federal politics just last year, there has been no ignoring Senator Price. She had aContinue Reading
Over a week out from voting day, a leader of a right-wing think tank has rejected claims Australia will be seen as a racist nation if the Voice referendum fails. Tom Switzer, Executive Director of the Centre of Independent Studies, has argued a No vote at the October 14 referendumContinue Reading
The radical No vote to an Indigenous Voice to Parliament found its own voice in Canberra on Saturday, with the revolutionary Black Peoples Union holding a meeting to reject moderation and reconciliation in favour of a “reckoning” with Australia’s past and political foundation. Keiran Stewart-Assheton, a Wani-Wandi man of theContinue Reading
Leading No campaigner Nyunggai Warren Mundine has mocked the Yes vote at a packed speaking event, claiming they spoke like they had “been to Nimbin and had a few joints”. Hundreds of No supporters packed the Royal International Convention Centre in Brisbane as Mr Mundine and Northern Territory Senator JacintaContinue Reading
The shocking underbelly of the Voice to Parliament referendum campaign has been revealed in shocking messages left on the mobile phone of a prominent No campaigner. Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price played back some of the messages left on her mobile phone after her number was leaked on X, formerly knownContinue Reading
Anthony Albanese says if he had his time over, he would still be holding the Voice to Parliament referendum despite the debate turning “nasty and divisive” at times. When Mr Albanese claimed victory in May last year, the first thing he committed the Labor government to was implementing the UluruContinue Reading
Labor frontbencher Linda Burney has detailed the torrent of racist abuse she has endured during the Voice referendum — including people calling her “a coconut” “a half-caste mongrel” and asking “who let her out of her cage.” Ms Burney was caught in a hot mic incident on Friday telling NSWContinue Reading