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This Male Conservative Politician Says He’s Now A Woman, And Is Therefore Free To Talk About Abortion

"I am going to declare my gender today... to be a woman and then you'll no longer be able to attack me," Nationals senator Barry O'Sullivan said.
Alice Workman

The Government Has Reversed Its Decision To Cut Funding From One Of Australia's Largest Food Charities

Prime minister Scott Morrison is now increasing the food relief budget by $1.5 million.
Alice Workman

Michaelia Cash's Former Chief Of Staff Has Been Served With A Subpoena To Appear In Court

The Australian Workers' Union hired private investigators to track him down.
Alice Workman

“I Believe Ashleigh”: The Man Set To Become NSW Labor Leader Speaks Out Against Luke Foley

"If I'm the leader of the Labor party, I don't want Luke Foley sitting in our ranks," Michael Daley said.
Alice Workman

Labor Won't Be Holding A Fundraiser For Luke Foley After He Was Accused Of Groping A Journalist

Senior Labor figures are calling for Foley to be disendorsed as the party’s candidate for Auburn at the March state election.
Alice Workman

Luke Foley Has Resigned As NSW Labor Leader Following Allegations He Touched A Female Journalist

Foley said the allegations are false and he will launch defamation action immediately.
Alice Workman

The Journalist Who Says She Was Groped By Luke Foley Has Described The Night It Allegedly Happened

The woman said Foley called her on Sunday and told her: “I’m not a philanderer, I’m not a groper, I’m just a drunk idiot.”
Gina Rushton

No, This Is Not Political Satire, It's The Transcript Of A Real Scott Morrison Press Conference

"Prime minister, you're on a bus tour. Why are you flying?"
Josh Taylor

Is Mark Latham Actually Just A Contestant On "The Bachelor" Handing Out Roses To Political Parties?

This is the third political party Latham has been a member of.
Alice Workman

The Prime Minister Isn't Actually Riding That Blue Bus Across Queensland. He's Travelling In A VIP Jet

Scott Morrison's fair dinkum, cap wearing, daggy dad, normal bloke who wants everyone who has a go to get a go media strategy has been mocked online, but Liberals say it cuts through in Queensland.
Alice Workman

Just 19 Photos Of Racegoers Getting Rained On For Everyone Who Hates The Melbourne Cup

Oh, the schadenfreude.
Alice Workman

The Indigenous Affairs Minister Has Told The Charities Regulator That His Objection To Acknowledging Country Is Wrong

Gary Johns had said the acknowledgement of country in his email signature would make him look like he wasn't treating all charities the same.
Hannah Ryan

It's Official, Independent Kerryn Phelps Is Now The Federal Member For Wentworth

Welcome to minority government.
Alice Workman

The Government Announced A $60 Million One Nation Policy As Its Own This Week And No-One Noticed

It's a $60 million apprentice scheme Pauline Hanson created so businesses will hire Aussie workers and not foreign visa holders.
Alice Workman

This Sky News Host Was Fired After Calling Chinese People "Slanty-Eyed" And "Yellow-Skinned"

Sky News has pulled down audio where the Outsiders host describes Chinese people as "black haired, slanty-eyed [and] yellow-skinned".
Josh Taylor

Those "Confidential" Folders Dutton Had On Labor MPs Didn't Have Any Home Affairs Files In Them

Dutton claimed in parliament that the documents were "confidential", but the department said it didn't provide anything for the files.
Josh Taylor

$4.2 Million In Research Grants Has Been Blocked By The Government And Academics Are Pissed

"This is political correctness gone mad by an out of touch government, which is pandering to its knuckle-dragging and right wing philistines," Labor senator Kim Carr said.
Elfy Scott

Thousands Have Signed A Petition Calling For Work For The Dole To Be Axed

It's been over 30 months since 18-year old Josh Park-Fing died on a Queensland Work for the Dole Site.
Alice Workman

The Government Has Spent Nearly $1.5 Million On A Prisoner Employment Program "Only 1 Or 2" People Have Completed

"It's been a slow start, mostly because a number of the states have yet to sign on to the program."
Alice Workman

Here's Why Teens Say They Want The Right To Vote

But the high school students admitted that some of their friends don't even know who the prime minister is.
Josh Taylor

A Company Has Been Fined $90,000 After A Teenager Died On Its Work For The Dole Site

Joshua Park-Fing was 18 when he died from critical head injuries after falling from a trailer at Toowoomba Showgrounds.
Alice Workman

Seven Is Taking The Media Watchdog To Court Over The "Sunrise" Indigenous Kids Segment

The TV regulator found the segment "provoked serious contempt on the basis of race", and now Seven is seeking a judicial review.
Josh Taylor

Michaelia Cash Has Maintained Her Vow Of Silence 365 Days After Her Office Tipped Off The Media About The AWU Raid Leaks

"Senator Cameron, I'm not going to go through with you the dance that you now want to do," Cash said.
Alice Workman

There's Nothing To Stop Politicians Using Their Taxpayer-Funded Internet To Run A Business

Assistant treasurer Stuart Robert has repaid close to $38,000 for his internet bills, but Labor still wants answers.
Josh Taylor

One Year On: Michaelia Cash, The Australian Workers Union And The AFP Raids

Michaelia Cash has refused to go into detail about the leaks from her office.
Alice Workman

Private Investigators Have Been Hired By The Australian Workers' Union To Find Michaelia Cash's Former Staff

The AWU wants Cash's former chief of staff to give evidence about the raid leaks.
Alice Workman

11 Sick Children Have Been Flown From Nauru To Australia For Medical Attention

There are still another 52 children on the Pacific island.
Alice Workman

One Year Since The AWU Raid Media Leaks, The AFP Has Wrapped Up Its Investigation

"I am not prepared to rule out or rule in or make any comment about who that investigation may or may not have taken an interest in," said AFP commissioner Andrew Colvin.
Alice Workman

Australia Has Apologised To Victims Of Child Sex Abuse

Prime minister Scott Morrison said it was a "sorry that dare not ask for forgiveness, a sorry that speaks only of profound grief and loss".
Josh Taylor

The Government Didn't Only Lose Wentworth. It Lost Its One Seat Majority In Parliament.

The Liberal Party just suffered one of the biggest swings against it in Australia's political history.
Alice Workman

David Leyonhjelm Says Sarah Hanson-Young's Lawsuit Should Be Stopped In Its Tracks

The two Australian politicians are duking it out in court over a Senate sexism stoush that escalated dramatically in the media.
Lane Sainty

Greenpeace Is Trying To Hack Dave Sharma's Corflutes In Wentworth

“I do think we are doing enough, and I do think we have had a good record on climate change," Liberal candidate Dave Sharma said.
Alice Workman

It Really Is From The Bottom Of My Blackened Heart That I Tell You There Could Be Another Leadership Spill In Australian Politics

#ReJoyce
Alice Workman

That Guy Who Did The Lamb Ads Is Now Telling People To Vote For Cory Bernardi

Meat and Livestock Australia isn't happy about the use of the term "Lambassador".
Alice Workman

One Of Médecins Sans Frontières' Patients On Nauru Says His Doctor Was His Friend And Witness

"She was my counsellor, my friend, my doctor, and the witness to my torture and traumatisation."
Lane Sainty

"Why Are You Slowly Killing These Children?": Adam Bandt Forced To Withdraw Nauru Question

"Why are you slowly killing these children? Are you seriously arguing threatening these children's lives is some kind of necessary evil?"
Lane Sainty

The ACTU Is Trying To Prove Fair Work's New Rules About Union Rallies Are Politically Motivated

Minister Kelly O'Dwyer has dismissed any suggestions of interference.
Alice Workman

Liberal MPs Have Gone Public With Calls To Get Kids Off Nauru

Prime minister Scott Morrison said on Tuesday he had met with concerned colleagues.
Lane Sainty

We Actually Didn't Mean To Vote For The "It's OK To Be White" Motion, Says The Government

Pauline Hanson says the government is suffering from "it's okay to be white guilt".
Alice Workman

The Liberal Candidate For Wentworth Doesn't Think Religious Schools Should Be Allowed To Fire LGBT Teachers

"I'm fundamentally opposed to discrimination in schools, for pupils or for teachers, on the basis of sexual orientation, gender, or really anything else for that matter," Dave Sharma said.
Alice Workman

27 Senators Just Voted With Pauline Hanson To Say That "It Is OK To Be White"

The slogan is used by the white supremacist and alt-right movements.
Alice Workman

Communications Minister Mitch Fifield Said He Knew The ABC Was Going To Sack Michelle Guthrie Nearly Two Weeks Before It Happened

Here's the first report into what went down at the ABC in September.
Alice Workman

This Man Challenged A $20 Voting Fine And It Went To The Supreme Court

Australian man Adam James Easton said voting would leave him feeling "morally corrupt". He won in court — but then he lost.
Lane Sainty

A Judge Has Criticised Peter Dutton For Ignoring Urgent Medical Requests From Nauru

Dutton's silence was unexplained and "fell short" of how the government should act in lawsuits, a Federal Court justice said.
Lane Sainty

People Are Mad That The Australian Young Liberals Congratulated US Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh

"Common sense has prevailed! Congratulations to Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and to President Trump on a tremendous selection," the post said.
Alice Workman

Mark Latham's New Defamation Defence Is Three Pages Long (Down From 76)

His new lawyer: "I couldn’t cavil with the fact that the defence was an interesting document."
Lane Sainty

A Man Who Gave Out An Anti-Gay Flyer Titled "Homosexuality Stats" Has To Apologise, Court Rules

James Durston has to publish an apology in the paper saying sorry, or he'll be fined.
Lane Sainty

This Politician Charged Taxpayers Almost $2000 Per Month For His Home Internet Because He Couldn't Get The NBN

Prime minister Scott Morrison has asked for assistant minister Stuart Robert's high internet fees to be investigated.
Josh Taylor

How The Health Department Got An Article Critical Of Its Online Health Record Taken Down

Emails reveal the Department of Health strongly pushing for a Parliamentary Library article to be "corrected" after it pointed out privacy issues in the My Health Record system.
Josh Taylor

Australia's Ex-Prime Ministers Are Fighting With Each Other

Well, most of them anyway.
Josh Taylor
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