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Minister defends 'best practice' grant for sports club

South Australian MP Mark Butler says he encouraged a council in his electorate to apply for a national grant to give its soccer club a home.

AAP · Sep 16

Albanese is under fire over a grants program that benefited his local golf club. Were any rules broken?

The majority of grants under the $560m Labor program are given to seats held by the party before the election

The Guardian - AU · Sep 10

View from The Hill: When what’s good for the goose is not okay for the gander

We see it often: political players insisting what’s good for the goose shouldn’t apply to the gander.

The Conversation · Sep 9

Sky News Australia’s role in Cairo Takeaway fiasco laid out by judge’s finding it published ‘misleading’ statements

Justice Robert Bromwich found lawyer Rebekah Giles passed information to Sky’s Sharri Markson that led to pro-Israel activist breaching part of a legal settlement with the restaurant

The Guardian - AU · Jul 3

'I know it seems a bit weird': Liberals pass motion backing 'noble mission' of the APS

Mark Parton wants to fix the party's messaging.

The Canberra Times · Jun 10

Five things you need to know from the first week of estimates

Estimates restarts on Tuesday after explosive first week.

The Canberra Times · Jun 1

'Out of touch': businesses blast ex-PM's budget backing

Labor luminary Paul Keating has been panned as "out of touch" with the modern realities of owning a business after backing controversial tax changes.

AAP · May 20

Rail project axing pulls 'economic rug' from regions

The Nationals have urged the federal government not to scrap billions of dollars of funding for the inland rail project ahead of the federal budget.

AAP · May 11

‘We’re coming after those other seats’: Pauline Hanson jubilant as One Nation wins Farrer byelection

David Farley secures One Nation’s first lower house win after Coalition vote collapses and Angus Taylor says Liberals will take ‘hard lessons’ from result

The Guardian - AU · May 9

‘Not a fix’: the three questionable ideas politicians are pitching to solve Australia’s fuel crisis

Excise cuts, coal-to-liquid fuel and greater use of ethanol have been floated as options to combat price and supply pressures – but experts say cutting fossil fuel dependence is key

The Guardian - AU · Mar 31