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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese encouraged independent senator Lidia Thorpe to seek support after an expletive-laden altercation outside a Melbourne strip club at the weekend. The senator says the PM and others are trying to undermine her work.

Review of RBA’s operations recommends establishing a separate rate-setting panel; Asio warns that foreign agents are ‘aggressively selling secrets’

Senator Lidia Thorpe has been filmed during an altercation with group of men outside a gentlemen's club in Melbourne.

The Yes and No referendum campaigns have both been established but are taking very different strategies in the run up to the referendum. While the Yes campaign is largely centralised, the No campaign is being run by multiple groups. So who are they?

A rally attended by the CFMEU, Greens, and independent senators called for more ambitious commitments to social and affordable housing.

Senator Lidia Thorpe’s defection from the Greens changed the power dynamic in the Senate. Now the government needs two crossbenchers (and the Greens) to pass legislation opposed by the Coalition. Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie and her colleague Tammy Tyrrell can provide those two votes, which puts them in a potentially…

Former minister for Indigenous Australians says Liberal opposition to voice could add to ‘global perception’ they are a ‘racist party’

Andrew Bolt and Joe Hildebrand get stuck into socialists; Sky News has a field day about Pocock’s Tame Impala T-shirt

Party leader says he believes people know the difference between state and federal governments and issues