Threats of jail time or fines against former Qantas boss Alan Joyce should he fail to front up to a Senate inquiry have been renewed by Nationals senator Bridget McKenzie. In an interview on Sky News on Sunday, the inquiry’s chair and opposition transport spokeswoman Bridget McKenzie reasserted her threatContinue Reading
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s signature housing policy is set to sail through the Senate after finally clinching support from the crossbench. A vote on the Housing Australia Future Fund bill will be held before question time on Wednesday after senators agreed to revive the shelved legislation and force the voteContinue Reading
Facing allegations of being too close to Qantas, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has sought to turn the tables, launching a sensational question time attack on the former Coalition government. The opposition has accused the government of being “too close” to the national carrier and has sought to probe whether QantasContinue Reading
Foreign Minister Penny Wong has hinted that the real reason why Australia blocked more flights from Qatar is linked to the invasive strip-searches of women at Qatar airport. Three years ago, multiple Australian women were stripsearched by authorities at a Qatari airport after a premature baby was found in aContinue Reading
An independent MP says she was left feeling unsafe on the floor of parliament after an unnamed Coalition male was “hostile” towards her. North Sydney MP Kylea Tink aired her concerns about the standards of behaviour in the House of Representatives following another rowdy question time on Thursday. Her interventionContinue Reading
The fallout from the Qatar saga has dragged in the Speaker of the House after the Coalition seized on a deflection from the Transport Minister during a rowdy question time. An under pressure Catherine King was asked whether she or her office had any discussion with then Qantas chief AlanContinue Reading
The controversial decision to block Qatar Airways adding more flights into Australia has been seized upon by the opposition during a fiery session of question time on Monday. In questioning from Opposition Leader Peter Dutton, Anthony Albanese was asked to detail discussions he or his office had with Qantas chiefContinue Reading
Defence Minister Richard Marles has refused to reveal whether or not he ever took his golf clubs on any RAAF VIP flights as the scandal took a nasty turn in parliament today. The first question time after the winter break opened with the deputy prime minister under fire over hisContinue Reading
Anthony Albanese says the Coalition is making One Nation look like a “mainstream political party” and has accused them of peddling conspiracies over the Voice to parliament. He labelled the Coalition a “fringe political party” after the opposition’s Indigenous Australians spokeswoman Jacinta Nampijinpa Price claimed that National Indigenous Australians AgencyContinue Reading
Question time has again been dominated by questions around the Voice, as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese edges closer to announcing a date for the referendum. Here’s how it panned out. Labor to harden Palestine position Before Question Time got under way, the government party room heard from Foreign Minister PennyContinue Reading