Our parliament sat during both world wars and the Spanish flu. So why now, in the great age of technology, has Scott...

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14th April 2020 10:04 AM

Australia's media outlets have united in an unprecedented right to know campaign for press freedom.

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21st Oct. 2019 7:10 AM

In this rare and intimate interview, we find out about the woman behind the political policies.

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24th Sept. 2019 10:09 AM

STUDENTS want Australia's politicians to take climate change seriously and do something about it.

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30th Nov. 2018 1:11 PM

A FORMER world leader was dining at a Canberra restaurant last night when he met one of our government’s ministers. It...

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17th Oct. 2018 3:10 PM

Journalist Caitlan Charles pleads with Barbaby Joyce to take responsibility for his actions and stop shifting the blame to...

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31st May 2018 10:05 AM

Jobs Minister Michaelia Cash says a report into the death of a teenager on a work for the dole site will be released once...

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29th May 2018 12:05 PM

OPINION: Quotas don't eliminate selection on merit, but get rid of the boy's club and old school tie where strings are...

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15th May 2018 12:05 AM

PENSIONERS will now be exempt from Labor’s controversial proposal to axe tax-credit refunds for retirees.

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27th March 2018 6:03 AM

A LIBERAL Senator has threatened to name “every young woman” working in Labor Leader Bill Shorten’s office and “rumours”...

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28th Feb. 2018 11:02 AM

OUR SAY: YOU really have to wonder if the Federal Coalition is fit to run the country.

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17th Feb. 2018 5:02 AM

Flynn MP speaks up on Barnaby Joyce and the situation the Nationals face

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14th Feb. 2018 6:02 PM

Deputy PM confirms former staffer is now his partner.

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13th Feb. 2018 8:02 AM

We live in this "modern” age in which anything goes and traditional morality has long gone out the door.

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13th Feb. 2018 7:02 AM

No one expects politicians to be superhuman ... though really, there are certain standards society does expect from such...

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12th Feb. 2018 7:02 AM

This is a gross violation of protocol and a cost to taxpayers that is unjustified but covered up by the political party...

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12th Feb. 2018 7:02 AM

BARNABY Joyce has a big job to hold on to his political career following revelations the Deputy PM is expecting a baby with...

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07th Feb. 2018 7:02 AM

DOUBTS have been raised about yet another Liberal federal MP's eligibility as the media trawl through the citizenship...

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15th Dec. 2017 7:12 AM

QANTAS CEO Alan Joyce has implored parliament to pass the same-sex marriage bill unamended, saying the current legislation...

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29th Nov. 2017 6:11 AM

JULIE Bishop has issued a demand to an unnamed Coalition MP whose threat to quit could cost Malcolm Turnbull...

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21st Nov. 2017 8:11 AM

FORMER Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has revealed he considered quitting politics amid the saga surrounding his dual...

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30th Oct. 2017 8:10 AM

Letter to Editor: Aussie politics needs a good shake-up

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11th Sept. 2017 11:09 AM

IT TURNS out you don’t need to go to Foxtel to get your fix of your favourite fictional characters. Who is the Jon Snow or...

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04th Sept. 2017 3:09 PM

Marriage equality will not destroy children or religion. Sherele Moody writes it will make a fundamental difference to the...

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26th Aug. 2017 6:08 AM

Fears same-sex marriage 'survey' will trigger nasty attacks based on sexuality, but new Cap Coast Equality Alliance refuses...

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16th Aug. 2017 5:08 PM

FORMER Queensland Senator and pumpkin scone extraordinaire Lady Florence Bjelke-Petersen celebrates her 97th birthday.

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11th Aug. 2017 9:08 AM

Rockhampton-based Senator heads to High Court to save job amidst sensational dual-citizenship revelations.

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25th July 2017 6:07 PM

LNP party boss Gary Spence addresses how his party will respond to Donald Trump and Brexit.

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14th July 2017 11:07 AM

QUEENSLAND One Nation Senator Pauline Hanson was in Kingaroy on Friday afternoon for quick stopover to meet with locals.

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09th June 2017 5:06 PM

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has refused to sack controversial Muslim woman Yassmin Abdel-Magied from the board of the...

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09th May 2017 9:05 AM

Queensland LNP leader Tim Nicholls said there will be no seats in his cabinet for One Nation if he wins election

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21st April 2017 5:04 AM

The Queensland government has accused the state opposition of reselling an existing policy while touring Gympie on...

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20th April 2017 5:04 PM

Queensland opposition leader Tim Nicholls has launched an attack on the state Labor government's treatment of Gympie

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20th April 2017 5:04 AM

There's an uncertain future ahead of Meals for Wheels with the upcoming federal budget

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19th April 2017 5:04 PM

MY PATIENCE has finally run out.

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09th Feb. 2017 10:02 AM

IT IS time Malcolm Turnbull asked Trump to stop dithering over the refugee agreement.

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08th Feb. 2017 12:02 PM

CORY Bernardi is right about one thing - the Liberal Party is not the right party for him.

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08th Feb. 2017 9:02 AM

IN 2015 Malcolm Turnbull committed $100 million to tackle domestic violence, Rosie Batty bravely became the face of...

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06th Feb. 2017 10:02 AM

I WAS reading the list of recipients for Australia Day Awards and was stopped in my tracks.

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01st Feb. 2017 8:02 AM

THE Turnbull government is claiming retrospective vindication for its double dissolution election now it has passed its...

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26th Dec. 2016 6:12 AM

Senate backs call to cut backpacker tax rate to 10.55, ensuring more uncertainty for industry

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30th Nov. 2016 9:11 AM

Bill Shorten sits down with the Daily Mercury and talks Australian jobs

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16th Nov. 2016 3:11 PM