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Forget the Frontbench: A new column interrogating the players shaking up Australian politics

A growing force is changing the political landscape as we know it. Rachel Withers profiles the figures upending federal politics.

Crikey

The most cooked morsels of 2023 politics

Crikey is going to make you earn your break this year, with another rundown of the dumbest moments in the politics of 2023.

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And Crikey’s politician of the year for 2023 is…

In a year dominated by the Voice referendum and the cost of living, Crikey’s politicians of the year aren’t likely to please anyone — but that’s 2023 for you.

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David Van, call me ‘senator sixpack’

David Van, former Liberal now independent ‘senator sixpack’, chatted up women on his official Instagram account using terms such as ‘babe’, ‘hon’ and ‘darling’, and leading No campaigner Jacinta Nampijinpa Price knocked back requests for interviews from the ABC at least 52 times.

Crikey

Labor dealing with David Van disgraceful: Lidia Thorpe

Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe has slammed Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek’s Murray-Darling Basin Plan water deal with Senator David Van who Thorpe has accused of sexual assault, and the Australian privacy watchdog said it couldn’t do anything about a company accessing personal emails because the employee had used a work laptop.

Crikey

Credlin: Indigenous spend of $40bn pa ‘spot on’

Sky News Australia host Peta Credlin says Kamahl’s debunked claim that $40 billion a year is spent on Indigenous peoples is ‘spot on’, and Save the Children says 33 Australian women and children have been held illegally in a Syrian camp for four years.

Crikey

Australian politician says male colleague used to ‘breathe on’ her neck in parliament

Top Australian politician alleges she faced sexual harassment by male colleague

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David Van back in a hot seat

David Van, the Liberal senator booted from the party over allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards women, will cause a seat shuffle if and when he returns to Parliament, and two mentions of Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews were cut from his state’s anti-corruption body’s latest report.

Crikey

Lidia Thorpe set to quit politics when her term expires

‘I don’t want to become an old crusty politician with old daggy ideas, we need new people coming in with fresh ideas.’

Crikey

Big bang for budget bucks

Treasurer Jim Chalmers will reveal today that a jobs boom and company profits have helped drive the surplus above $4.2 billion, and the Morrison government’s HomeBuilder scheme was a dud which made building and renovating more expensive.

Crikey

Support for the Voice to Parliament slumps in Newspoll, along with Albanese's ratings

In this week’s federal Newspoll, conducted with a longer-than-usual fieldwork period (June 16–24) from a larger-than-usual sample of 2,303 people, the “no” vote to the Indigenous Voice to Parliament took the lead by 47–43%, reversing a “yes” lead of 46–43% three weeks ago. Newspoll figures are from The Poll Bludger.

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PM ‘comfortable’ if David Van never returns to Senate

Anthony Albanese says he is comfortable if Senator David Van never returns to parliament following allegations of misconduct against him.

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PM 'comfortable' if David Van never returns to Senate

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he is comfortable if Senator David Van never returns to parliament following allegations of misconduct raised against him.

AAP

Paul Bongiorno: Business as usual in Canberra – so much for a kinder, gentler politics

Winston Churchill once observed that “democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others that have been tried”.

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Ex-Liberal Van loses Senate role amid misconduct claims

Former Liberal senator David Van has lost a position and is not expected to attend parliament this week following sexual harassment claims.

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MP issues double dissolution warning – as it happened

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Crikey

Wilkinson comments come at a Price

Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, leader of the Fair Australia campaign against the Voice, is using comments about her by journalist Lisa Wilkinson in a call for donations for the No campaign, and Australian troops will be required to wear body cameras.

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Senator David Van rides out pressure to quit after assault allegations

Senator David Van is riding out mounting pressure to quit politics after bombshell sexual assault allegations were levelled against him.

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Referendum bill to pass on Monday while government pulls out stops to try to secure housing fund

Federal parliament enters its last week before the winter break ready to approve legislation for the Voice referendum but with the government’s proposed $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund still in the balance.

The Guardian - AU

David Van to take leave from parliament as more former Coalition colleagues call for him to resign altogether

The senator – who denies any wrongdoing – resigned from the Liberal party on Saturday and claimed he has been denied procedural fairness

The New Daily

Senator Van quits Liberals, claiming justice has been ‘trampled’

Victorian senator David Van has resigned from the Liberal Party following allegations of misconduct against female colleagues.

AAP

Senator David Van resigns from party, not parliament

Victorian senator David Van has resigned from the Liberal Party following allegations of misconduct against female colleagues but will remain in parliament.

The New Daily

Senator at centre of groping scandal resigns from Liberal Party

Embattled Victorian senator David Van has resigned from the Liberal Party following allegations of misconduct against female colleagues

The Guardian - AU

Senator David Van resigns from Liberal party

Resignation follows multiple allegations of inappropriate behaviour which Van has rejected

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Victorian senator David Van resigns from Liberal Party

Victorian senator David Van has resigned from the Liberal Party, claiming he has not been afforded procedural fairness over misconduct claims.

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