'Pains our producers': Regions urge stop to food waste With more families needing emergency food relief for longer, charities and politicians are combining to push a bold tax plan to cut farm waste. AAP · Nov 4, 2025
Voters deserve to know what election promises cost. So why has the Coalition left its costings to the last minute? If the opposition is going to indeed deliver a ‘better budget’, I need to know that more than 48 hours before I cast my ballot The Guardian - AU · May 1, 2025
Australia’s embrace of independent political candidates shows there’s no such thing as a safe seat At the last federal election, Australia elected the largest lower house crossbench in its post-war federal history. The Conversation · Mar 27, 2025
Take two in Bradfield: hundreds of teal volunteers head down a familiar road Independent candidate Nicolette Boele has high hopes of being next in line to wrest a northern Sydney seat from the Liberals at the federal election The Guardian - AU · Mar 11, 2025
Swag that sways: from It's-Time skivvies to Albo socks In the world of political merchandise, Liberal polo shirts, Greens totes and Labor socks are de rigueur on the election trail. But do they win votes? AAP · Mar 1, 2025
Stage set for teal challenge in blue-ribbon seat of Bradfield as Paul Fletcher resigns Moderate faction to rally behind Gisele Kapterian, a Salesforce executive and former Liberal staffer, in the North Sydney seat to combat independent Nicolette Boele The Guardian - AU · Dec 10, 2024
Seatless independent backs neighbour as PM hits WA Federal MP Kylea Tink has decided not to run again at the next election, instead throwing her support behind a neighbouring independent. AAP · Dec 6, 2024
Australian father of teen sextortion victim backs banning young children from social media Wayne Holdsworth became an advocate for banning Australian children younger than 16 from social media because his son took his own life after falling victim to an online sextortion scam The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2024
Fess up! Independents push parties on climate targets Independent MPs are demanding that Labor reveal its 2035 climate target, saying voters deserve to know as climate change is contributing to higher living costs. AAP · Nov 4, 2024
Independence of parliamentary support service questioned amid Marles’ dispute with former chief of staff Exclusive: Jo Tarnawsky’s lawyer Michael Bradley claims ‘adversarial’ legal letter raises serious questions about role of PWSS The Guardian - AU · Oct 15, 2024
Teal MP won't 'cannibalise' crossbench as seat scrapped The teal-held seat of North Sydney will be abolished at the next election, forcing its independent MP to reconsider her political future. AAP · Sep 12, 2024
MPs urge tougher standards for politicians acting badly Independent MPs have taken aim at a proposed watchdog for not going far enough in addressing misconduct at Parliament House AAP · Sep 11, 2024
Greens condemn ‘deeply flawed’ deal – as it happened This blog is now closed. The Guardian - AU · Aug 18, 2024
Call for 90-day detention cap to end asylum 'cruelty' Asylum-seeker advocates say a proposal to cap immigration detention at 90 days would be the first step to addressing Australia's 'crisis of detention'. AAP · Aug 18, 2024
The Conversation · Jul 4, 2024 A new bill is proposing a human right to housing. How would this work? There’s a new bill before federal parliament calling for housing to be considered a fundamental human right.
AAP · Jun 23, 2024 Independent MPs push to make housing a human right Laws introduced to federal parliament would force governments to meet targets to build new homes and improve affordability, under an independent proposal.
The Guardian - AU · Jun 23, 2024 Should Australia recognise housing as a human right? Two crossbenchers are taking up the cause The Australian Human Rights Commission thinks so, including it in a list of rights that should receive legislative protection
The Conversation · Jun 19, 2024 The AEC has redrawn the boundaries for federal seats. How will this affect the next election? Redistributions are held to keep the number of enrolled voters in each seat roughly equal. In Australia, this equal population per seat is possible for a particular state or territory’s seats, but not for all seats in the House of Representatives.
The Guardian - AU · Jun 17, 2024 ‘More secretive than the Morrison government’: Labor accused of transparency failure Independent MPs are frustrated by the Albanese government’s slow progress, saying its actions have not matched its words
The Guardian - AU · Jun 14, 2024 Electoral shake-up leaves awkward questions for the teals – and headaches for the major parties Liberal party now has candidates preselected for seats that no longer exist while Labor dealt a blow in the seat of Bennelong
The Guardian - AU · Jun 14, 2024 Afternoon Update: Teal MP’s seat facing abolition; attempted murder charge over Wakeley stabbing; and Elon Musk’s $68bn pay package The Australian electoral commission has recommended the North Sydney seat held by independent Kylea Tink should be abolished
The Guardian - AU · Jun 14, 2024 Independent MP Kylea Tink’s electorate of North Sydney to be abolished under AEC proposal New South Wales draft boundaries would also affect the seats of Bennelong and Bradfield, held by Labor and Liberals respectively
AAP · Jun 14, 2024 Axed seat doesn't sit well with MP as she mulls future An independent federal MP could be left in the lurch if a proposed electoral redistribution goes ahead, but a neighbouring seat has become more enticing.
The Conversation · Jun 11, 2024 Dutton won’t announce medium term emissions targets before election – Albanese says that’s walking out of Paris Peter Dutton has taken a further controversial step in his climate change policy, indicating a Coalition government would only announce its medium term emission reduction targets after the election.
The Guardian - AU · May 30, 2024 Federal Human Rights Act could help prevent policy failures like robodebt, parliamentary inquiry says Proposed act would mean rights must be considered when making laws but opposition rejects ‘excessive restrictions’ it could impose