The Albanese government’s senate leader has cautioned government members to follow caucus rules after Fatima Payman became the first Labor member to cross the floor in 18 years. The first term Western Australian senator broke ranks and sided with the Greens on a motion to recognise the state of Palestine.Continue Reading
Graduates in Anthony Albanese’s inner-western Sydney electorate have some of the highest student debts in the country, but a Greens-held seat has topped the charts, new analysis has revealed ahead of annual indexation taking effect this weekend. Data from the Parliamentary Library, commissioned by the Greens, shows the average studentContinue Reading
Pauline Hanson has repeatedly cited a failure to recall her own documented statements and has been accused of lying under oath when she claimed she did not know Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi was a Muslim before the beginning of court proceedings. Senator Faruqi’s legal representation has vowed to submit aContinue Reading
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has argued deputy Greens leader Mehreen Faruqi “intended to provoke” the public as she defends telling the senator to “piss off back to Pakistan” in the Federal Court. Senator Faruqi’s legal representation labelled Senator Hanson a “prolific sayer of racist things” who provoked a “pile-on”Continue Reading
Students and recent graduates saddled with ballooning debts and those partaking in placements for subjects like teaching and nursing are in line for relief in the upcoming federal budget. Speaking to reporters in Canberra, Treasurer Jim Chalmers hinted at measures designed to ease education costs at a time of heightenedContinue Reading
The Albanese government is under pressure to abolish the activity test for childcare subsidies in the upcoming May budget, with crossbenchers flagging a fight to push for universal child care in the next federal election. Crossbench MPs and Greens senators detailed their plans to ramp up calls to dump meansContinue Reading
A national watchdog will be created to deal with growing safety concerns and rife gender-based violence on Australia’s university campuses. State education ministers met with federal counterpart Jason Clare on Friday, where they agreed to an action plan to address gender-based violence in higher education, developed in response to theContinue Reading
ABC managing director David Anderson says the national broadcaster has “consistently” received complaints from lobby groups over its coverage on the Israel-Gaza war conflict, after being accused of “hiding away” from allegations that a journalist was sacked due to lobbying pressure. Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi grilled Mr Anderson over theContinue Reading
The newest NSW senator, Dave Sharma, has accused the Greens of “turning a blind eye to anti-Semitism”. Mr Sharma, former Wentworth MP and former ambassador to Israel, will return to parliament as a senator, after a surprise win at the Liberal Party preselection on Sunday. Mr Sharma has been aContinue Reading
Chants to “free Palestine” have echoed out in the Senate chamber as the government continued to reject demands it call for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict. Draped in a keffiyeh, Mehreen Faruqi, was flanked by her Greens colleagues as they staged the question time walkout on Monday afternoon. TheContinue Reading