Keneally rolled out Chinese good luck charm - but in the end she didn't need it
In Chinese culture, red is the most propitious colour.
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James Robertson
James Robertson is a Reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald.
I'm eligible to stand in byelection, says Alexander
Recently resigned Liberal MP for Bennelong John Alexander confirmed he would be eligible to stand in next month's by-election after receiving advice from the UK Home Office.
'Are you stalking me?' The ambush of Eastwood
The farce of federal politics deepened yet again on Wednesday when the Bennelong by-election began with an ambush at Eastwood Mall.
Nationals secretly plotting return of Fiona Nash to fill spot she lost
The NSW Nationals are working on a secret plan to parachute Fiona Nash back into the Senate seat she was forced to vacate by the High Court.
Questions over Lambie adviser's past
His name is Norbert Basil MacLean III O'Connor-Keough. His past is just as long and jumbled.
Victoria, NSW penalised for outlawing fracking under Grants Commission plan
States that fail to permit coal seam gas mining would be penalised under Grants Commission proposal to change the method of distributing goods and services tax revenue.
'I didn't want to do this today': Dastyari's shock unloading on colleague
Little more than an hour into Labor's annual conference factional rancour and insult trading has erupted on the issue of former NSW Labor general secretary, minister, numbers man and practitioner of "whatever it takes politics", Graham Richardson's key address at the conference overshadowing the morning proceedings.
Calls for bureaucrat to step down amid water theft claims
A top NSW bureaucrat was on Tuesday refusing calls to stand down despite allegedly offering privileged access to government documents to irrigation lobbyists.
Former NSW water minister, top bureaucrat to be referred to ICAC
The Berejiklian government needs to refer the issues of water theft and industry collusion to the corruption watchdog, green groups say.
Trump's very 'praiseworthy' moves: Howard
Conservative hero and Australia's second longest-serving Prime Minister John Howard not only "trembled" at the thought of a Trump Administration but admitted he would have struggled to vote for one.
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