A petulant, red-faced tantrum: senators lose their public war with the law
Justin Gleeson tip-toed through a minefield, but one in which years of wrangling with the law had left him well-equipped.
Amy Remeikis is political reporter based at Parliament House in Canberra
Justin Gleeson tip-toed through a minefield, but one in which years of wrangling with the law had left him well-equipped.
The same-sex marriage legislation is being debated and Labor is putting maximum pressure on the government. The Singaporean PM is also in town.
Warren Entsch has been one of the strongest advocates for marriage equality - what now?
Australia is getting its own Air Force One ā albeit a budget version.
They do things differently in Queensland. Beer. Politics. Football. Especially the politics.
Australia's first annual banks probe has wrapped up. And now we know the men who hold the money also hold the power.
Embargoed until 06-10-2016
By now the dance is clear. The bank chief opens with broad sweeping mea culpas and promises to do better. Then things change.
As Ian Narev fronted the first annual grilling of the banks, who held the power was clear. And it wasn't the government.
Labor has not given up its fight for a royal commission into the nation's banking sector, as the Big Four prepare to face the firstĀ of what Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has promised will be an annual accounting of their actions.
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