Angry senator invokes Hitler in new Gold Pass defence
A Coalition senator has accused his own government of succumbing to "populist pressure" with its crackdown on politician's perks.
Adam Gartrell is the National Political Correspondent for The Sun-Herald and The Sunday Age
A Coalition senator has accused his own government of succumbing to "populist pressure" with its crackdown on politician's perks.
On the league table of modern political lunacy, Joyce - carp-slaying, Depp-destroying, barnstorming Barnaby - doesn't even rate a mention.
Revamp is thought to be the most expensive office fit-out in Australian government history.
Coalition defector Cory Bernardi will team up with rogue Liberal Ian Macdonald to get former prime ministers booted off the Life Gold Pass.
The Turnbull government's plan to link disability funding to welfare cuts has backfired spectacularly.
The Turnbull government is ramping up the pressure on Labor and the Senate crossbench to support its welfare cuts by tying the savings to the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
The Turnbull government is defending an unprecedented West Australian preference deal that will see the Liberals put One Nation ahead of the Nationals.
An unlikely coalition of energy producers, business groups and environmentalists is calling on politicians on all sides to ditch their "partisan antics" on energy policy and work together.
A Coalition senator is threatening to vote against his own government's plan to axe the notorious Life Gold Pass.
Turnbull government minister David Gillespie's real estate dealings have cast a constitutional cloud over his political career.
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