"The message is if you go to the media,you will be caught,"says a key crossbench senator.
If Labor or the Coalition have to negotiate with the crossbench,they will face demands to block the Adani coal mine and take concrete action on climate change.
As Q&A returned on Monday,it was Independents'Day – with cross-bench kingmakers gathering to kick off 2019 with a lively re-run of 2018's greatest hits.
Key independent MP Andrew Wilkie sees merit in the push for security screening to root out betrayal and blackmail. Labor,however,remains sceptical.
Peter Dutton could find himself without a majority in the lower house if angry Coalition MPs retaliate.
A review into Crown Resorts'suitability to hold its lucrative casino operating licence has been completed without hearing from a whistleblower.
A former appeals court judge and a retired director of public prosecutions are defending Witness K,the former spy facing jail over a bugging scandal
Independent MP Andrew Wilkie has sensationally revealed the charges in Parliament.
Woolworths chairman Gordon Cairns has taken personal responsibility for the retailer's response to its pokies scandal.