Tingle was only stating the obvious about racism in Australia
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Tingle was only stating the obvious about racism in Australia

Deliberate and casual remarks and opinions that denigrate Indigenous Australians and immigrants abound. It is concerning to note that racist views are often aired with confidence and a presumption that one will agree with,and certainly not challenge,such hurtful bigotry and prejudice.

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ABC’s Laura Tingle under fire after ‘racist country’ comments
Sydney Writers'Festival

ABC’s Laura Tingle under fire after ‘racist country’ comments

ABC’s 7.30 chief political correspondent Laura Tingle has come under fire for comments she made criticising Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

  • byHelen Pitt
Kokoda cakewalk:Albanese’s trek treat sweetens Anzac exertion
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Kokoda cakewalk:Albanese’s trek treat sweetens Anzac exertion

A helicopter special delivery meant the going wasn’t all tough for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his PNG counterpart as they walked the Kokoda Track.

  • byNoel Towell andKishor Napier-Raman
NSW’s safest seat to go to byelection as MP quits
NSW byelection

NSW’s safest seat to go to byelection as MP quits

Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall,long seen as a replacement for Barnaby Joyce,is quitting state parliament.

  • byAlexandra Smith andJames Massola
No excuse for not fixing parliament’s untouchable culture
Editorial
Political leadership

No excuse for not fixing parliament’s untouchable culture

The possibility that federal politicians could be docked up to 5 per cent of their salary for misbehaviour is a welcome and long-overdue reform.

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Populate and perish
Letters

Populate and perish

As a model,think of Kosciuszko National Park as the world,and the horses as humans. For the horses to continue to survive,the park has to be destroyed.

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What Barnaby did next:Joyce cashes in on Braddon property (planter box extra)
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What Barnaby did next:Joyce cashes in on Braddon property (planter box extra)

The former deputy prime minister has sold his unit in the Canberra neighbourhood where he had a late-night encounter with a planter box.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andNoel Towell
Dan’s inner-circle advisers open up shop
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Dan’s inner-circle advisers open up shop

Daniel Andrews’ former aides open a strategic advisory firm,while Barnaby Joyce sells out of the Canberra neighbourhood where he had a late-night encounter with a planter box.

  • byNoel Towell andKishor Napier-Raman
Brewers bring the booze back to Parliament House
CBD

Brewers bring the booze back to Parliament House

After a month of unseemly headlines about politicians and alcohol,Parliamentary Friends of Brewing are holding an event in the corridors of power.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andNoel Towell
Voters back drug and alcohol tests for politicians
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Resolve Political Monitor

Voters back drug and alcohol tests for politicians

Only 4 per cent of voters in the Resolve Political Monitor said it was “fine” for politicians to drink at work,while 68 per cent said they should not drink at all when working.

  • byDavid Crowe
Barnaby Joyce to miss parliament after being filmed on ground
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Barnaby Joyce to miss parliament after being filmed on ground

Joyce has confirmed that he received upsetting news about the health of a family member around the time of the incident,which he blamed on mixing alcohol and prescription medication.

  • byPaul Sakkal