Josh Butler
‘Must have a good local member’: PM defends funding controversy
Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has blasted as a “disgrace” analysis that found Coalition-held seats got nearly four times as much grant funding...
Labor queries ‘broken promises’ on mRNA vaccines, including 2024 timeline
The federal government will not proceed with plans to partner local Australian companies in the production of mRNA vaccines, instead tapping American...
Anthony Albanese’s pre-Christmas marginal seats blitz shows Labor’s election targets
Two weeks before Christmas is usually the time when Australians put down their tools, put on the out-of-office reply, and start winding...
Hunt backs AstraZeneca against Omicron after study raises doubts
Health Minister Greg Hunt has reassured Australians that the AstraZeneca vaccine still has strong results against serious illness and death from the...
Coalition accused of ‘attacking democracy’ with criticism of independent ‘Voices Of’ movement
Escalating Coalition criticism of the ‘Voices Of’ independent movement is “attacking democracy”, one of the drive’s key supporters has claimed, as yet...
The Senate has called for a major inquiry into Australia’s media, this is how it could work
Former prime minister Kevin Rudd expressed his “profound disappointment” that members of the Coalition government rejected calls for a judicial inquiry into...
Turnbull slams ‘normalisation of lies’ in Australian politics
Former PM Malcolm Turnbull has voiced his concerns that the rule of law is “under threat” in Australia, claiming parliamentarians have enabled...
Barnaby Joyce tests positive for COVID on US trip
Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has tested positive for COVID while in the US on a work trip. In a statement early...
High Court fight as Liberals, Labor force minor parties to change their names
Minor political parties claim they’re being bullied by the Liberals and Labor, after the major groups lodged Australian Electoral Commission appeals to...
‘Appalling’: Christensen’s Braveheart comparison, slammed by Morrison
Scott Morrison has described rogue backbencher George Christensen’s comments on a far-right conspiracy podcast as “appalling” and suggested he go quietly into...