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Forget Oprah: Contenders for Australia's next female PM
The US is buzzing about Oprah for president. But where's Australia's next female leader? Are they even in Parliament yet?
Judith Ireland is a special writer, weekends, for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, based at Parliament House
The US is buzzing about Oprah for president. But where's Australia's next female leader? Are they even in Parliament yet?
As Australian politics contemplates the year ahead, here is a wish list for how it should approach 2018.
What a wild ride you were in federal politics, 2017. Here are some of the names that made the year such a special brew of stuff ups and historic change.
From *that* phonecall with Trump, to Dastyari's final dash. Federal politics has been full of surprises in 2017.
Two Queenslanders leapt from the backbench, straight into cabinet. It's not a joke that many press gallery journalists had to Google these guys when their names were read out by the Prime Minister on Tuesday afternoon.
There are plenty of winners and losers in the new Turnbull ministry.
Bennelong – which sits in the heartland of suburban Sydney – is an electorate that matters terribly for symbolic and very real political reasons.
As Sam Dastyari packs up his belongings and heads for the door, he has plenty of company in the Senate's class of 2016.
The names of MPs who abstain are not recorded, but is estimated about 14 MPs did not vote on the same-sex marriage bill.
Citizenship declaration process that was supposed to clear up the section 44 mess simply ushers in a new uncertainty.
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