Parliament

• Uber to be accredited in South Australia (video)

  By Matt Coleman

  Posted March 31, 2017 12:33:00

  Ride-booking company Uber is to be fully accredited in South Australia, and new laws are to be introduced to punish unaccredited services.

  Topics: regulation, parliament, state-parliament, government-and-politics, road-transport, industry, sa, australia

• Live: Stalled debate over company tax cuts costing 'well north of $1 million'

  By political reporter Stephanie Anderson

  Posted March 31, 2017 07:37:16 | Updated March 31, 2017 14:47:08

  How much is it costing to have politicians in Canberra for an extra day to fight over company tax cuts? More than $1 million, says Opposition Leader Bill Shorten. Follow live.

  Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, parliament, federal-parliament, political-parties, australia

• SA's Stolen Generations compensation payment will be 'a bonus'

  By Tom Fedorowytsch

  Posted March 31, 2017 07:05:16

  More people apply for compensation under South Australia's Stolen Generations Reparation Scheme than expected, with one survivor saying the money is "nothing more than a bonus to move on".

  Topics: states-and-territories, parliament, government-and-politics, stolen-generations, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, sa

• Carly's Law introduced to protect minors from online predators

  By Malcolm Sutton and Caroline Winter

  Posted March 30, 2017 13:51:00 | Updated March 30, 2017 16:54:06

  Authorities will be able to prosecute those lying about their age to minors online and intervene before a predator can act under new legislation introduced by the Federal Government.

  Topics: law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, crime, federal-parliament, parliament, adelaide-5000, sa, australia

• Politicians facing late-night fight over company tax cuts: As it happened

  By political reporters Stephanie Anderson and Henry Belot

  Posted March 30, 2017 07:36:03 | Updated March 31, 2017 06:58:44

  The Senate will sit late into the evening as the Government faces strong opposition to its company tax cuts. Look back at how events unfolded.

  Topics: government-and-politics, political-parties, parliament, federal-parliament, federal-government, australia

• A year after Victoria's family violence royal commission, what has changed?

  By Stephanie Anderson

  Posted March 30, 2017 07:11:39 | Updated March 30, 2017 07:21:58

  A year after Victoria's world-first family violence royal commission recommended radical changes to the system, changes are beginning to happen, but reform is slow and costly.

  Topics: family, family-and-children, community-and-society, state-parliament, parliament, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, domestic-violence, melbourne-3000, vic

• Question Time descends into personal attacks and vitriol Analysis

  By political reporter Matthew Doran

  Posted March 29, 2017 18:25:29 | Updated March 29, 2017 19:39:16

  It's a good thing the Parliament House coffee shop sells throat lozenges because after today's Question Time, they'll be needed.

  Topics: federal-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, australia

• Cyclone Debbie, tax cuts, penalty rates: The day in politics, as it happened

  By political reporters Stephanie Anderson and Henry Belot

  Posted March 29, 2017 07:46:22 | Updated March 29, 2017 18:09:51

  One of Australia's largest businesses has linked disaster relief after Cyclone Debbie to the case for business tax cuts, which are before the Senate. Look back over the live blog to see how the day in Parliament unfolded.

  Topics: federal-government, government-and-politics, political-parties, parliament, federal-parliament, australia

• NBN Co vows to continue targeting leakers in wake of Senate criticism

  By political reporter Ashlynne McGhee

  Posted March 29, 2017 00:20:31 | Updated March 29, 2017 12:34:48

  NBN Co vows to continue targeting leakers despite a powerful Senate committee expressing concern that staff were targeted after a police raid on then-senator Stephen Conroy's office.

  Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, police, telecommunications, parliament, australia, canberra-2600

• AFP raid on Conroy's office was 'improper interference'

  By political reporter Ashlynne McGhee

  Posted March 28, 2017 18:34:33 | Updated March 28, 2017 18:59:12

  A Senate committee rules the AFP has to give back thousands of documents seized from former senator Stephen Conroy last year.

  Topics: government-and-politics, federal-parliament, parliament, law-crime-and-justice, telecommunications, canberra-2600, australia

• Disability services provider to be reviewed over sexual assault claims

  Four Corners

  By the National Reporting Team's Alison Branley and Linton Besser

  Posted March 28, 2017 13:35:38 | Updated March 28, 2017 16:13:29

  The Victorian Government launches an independent review of disability group home provider Autism Plus, following last night's ABC's Four Corners program which detailed allegations of the sexual assault of two residents said to have been ignored by the organisation.

  Topics: disabilities, health, state-parliament, parliament, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, law-crime-and-justice, melbourne-3000, vic, nsw

• Race hate law debate like 'bad zombie movie'

  By political reporters Stephanie Anderson and Henry Belot

  Posted March 28, 2017 07:47:57 | Updated March 28, 2017 17:02:11

  The debate over proposed changes to the Racial Discrimination Act is compared to a "bad zombie movie" by Greens leader Richard Di Natale. Follow live.

  Topics: federal-government, government-and-politics, political-parties, parliament, federal-parliament, australia

• Government divisions over Australia-China extradition treaty

  By political reporter Stephen Dziedzic

  Posted March 27, 2017 20:58:35

  Senior Government ministers move to quell backbench unease over the Coalition's contentious Australia-China extradition treaty, while Labor is yet to confirm its position.

  Topics: government-and-politics, world-politics, federal-government, parliament, federal-parliament, laws, australia, china

• Government's latest power price probe not enough: As it happened

  By political reporters Stephanie Anderson and Henry Belot

  Posted March 27, 2017 07:37:28 | Updated March 27, 2017 16:09:01

  Are you being ripped off by your electricity company? The Government has asked the competition watchdog to investigate, but the move is not enough for the Opposition and key crossbench senator Nick Xenophon.

  Topics: government-and-politics, political-parties, parliament, federal-parliament, federal-government, australia

• One Nation strike to derail Government agenda

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  By political reporter Julia Holman

  Posted March 27, 2017 06:00:42 | Updated March 27, 2017 09:17:55

  One Nation senators say they will effectively go on strike until a dispute involving Queensland sugarcane growers is resolved, which could derail the Coalition's attempts to pass legislation in their last sitting week before the budget.

  Topics: parliament, federal-parliament, government-and-politics, one-nation, sugar, rural, agricultural-crops, pauline-hanson, qld

• Uber drivers earning 'minimum wage', SA drivers say

  By Malcolm Sutton

  Posted March 24, 2017 14:03:30

  Despite the ride-sharing service remaining illegal in South Australia due to a stand-off with the State Government, Uber drivers are speaking out against their "minimum wage" work and are questioning whether it is worth their while.

  Topics: regulation, states-and-territories, parliament, government-and-politics, federal---state-issues, road-transport, adelaide-5000, sa

• Big batteries, stabilisation urged for Australia's power system

  By political reporter Nick Harmsen

  Posted March 24, 2017 06:51:22 | Updated March 24, 2017 10:50:32

  Could big batteries be the way to stabilise the national electricity grid, as a rapid take-up of wind and solar generation is blamed for weakening the power system?

  Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, industry, environment, alternative-energy, states-and-territories, parliament, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa

• 'You captured all our pain': Praise for Lambie's emotional Senate speech

  Posted March 23, 2017 22:03:35 | Updated March 23, 2017 22:22:47

  Supporters and opponents of Jacqui Lambie alike are throwing praise at the senator after she made an impassioned speech to Parliament describing her struggles as a single mother trying to make ends meet on welfare.

  Topics: government-and-politics, welfare, parliament, canberra-2600

• Victorian MP whose driver chauffeured his dogs set to retire

  By Jean Edwards

  Posted March 23, 2017 16:48:11 | Updated March 23, 2017 18:58:46

  Former state corrections minister Steve Herbert announces he is retiring from politics, months after a controversy over his use of a taxpayer-funded driver to transport his pet dogs between homes.

  Topics: state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, melbourne-3000, vic

• MP claimed caravan park allowance because Melbourne residence was not 'spacious': report

  By Jean Edwards

  Posted March 23, 2017 11:36:12 | Updated March 23, 2017 16:19:28

  Victoria's former deputy speaker Don Nardella claimed a lucrative taxpayer-funded allowance to live in an Ocean Grove caravan park because he said his St Kilda property was not "spacious enough", an audit says.

  Topics: state-parliament, parliament, states-and-territories, parliament-house-3002, melbourne-3000, vic

• Government introduces bill for Glencore to continue alleged illegal mining, QCoal says

  By Gail Burke

  Posted March 23, 2017 09:05:06

  The State Government is trying to sneak through legislation to reward a multinational miner that broke the law, while punishing a Queensland company, a mine owner says.

  Topics: state-parliament, parliament, activism-and-lobbying, government-and-politics, mining-rural, rural, mining-industry, industry, business-economics-and-finance, brisbane-4000, qld, rockhampton-4700, mackay-4740, australia

• Alleged domestic violence offenders must prove why they should get bail

  By Gail Burke

  Posted March 23, 2017 08:43:27 | Updated March 23, 2017 10:31:20

  The private member's bill comes after the death of Teresa Bradford, who was killed by her estranged husband inside her Gold Coast home in January.

  Topics: domestic-violence, community-and-society, state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, laws, law-crime-and-justice, family-law, qld, brisbane-4000, australia

• More security in Canberra in wake of London attack: As it happened

  By political reporter Stephanie Anderson

  Posted March 23, 2017 07:19:13 | Updated March 23, 2017 15:45:51

  Security around Canberra's Parliament House is stepped up in the wake of the London attack, described by Malcolm Turnbull as an assault on "freedom and democracy everywhere".

  Topics: political-parties, government-and-politics, federal-government, parliament, federal-parliament, australia

• Sydney's Central station to be transformed with underground concourse

  By Lucy McNally

  Posted March 22, 2017 15:29:47

  New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian announces a new underground concourse for Sydney's Central station as part of the Government's plan to upgrade the precinct.

  Topics: rail-transport, industry, parliament, state-parliament, government-and-politics, sydney-2000, nsw

• Vic Govt rejects committee push to lower driving age (photos)

  By Kathy Lord

  Posted March 22, 2017 11:36:44 | Updated March 22, 2017 12:45:48

  A Victorian Parliamentary committee recommends lowering the P-plate driving age to 17, but the State Government rejects the idea, saying it would lead to more deaths on the road.

  Topics: youth, state-parliament, parliament, parliament-house-3002, melbourne-3000, vic

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