The moment that helped inform Sally McManus'political values

The moment that helped inform Sally McManus'political values

Sally McManus,Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions,reveals the worst job she ever had – and why anyone who wants to take her on should take great care.

  • byBenjamin Law

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The quiet diplomacy of Marise Payne

The quiet diplomacy of Marise Payne

The Foreign Affairs Minister has stepped into the limelight to push Australia's diplomatic weight on the world stage.

  • byAnthony Galloway
Former ASIO boss joins French defence giant's board

Former ASIO boss joins French defence giant's board

Australia's recently departed top spy Duncan Lewis has joined the board of defence giant Thales.

  • byAnthony Galloway
Barnaby digs for coal on the moral high ground. How did we get here?
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Barnaby digs for coal on the moral high ground. How did we get here?

Nationals Barnaby Joyce and Matt Canavan have launched a wireless program. They call it a podcast.

  • byJacqueline Maley
Pyne under fire for comments about cyber attack on Parliament

Pyne under fire for comments about cyber attack on Parliament

Former defence minister Christopher Pyne has been rebuked by Federal Parliament for suggesting a cyber attack was"much worse"than the public had been told.

  • byAnthony Galloway andRob Harris
The good news about the new shamelessness of our politics? We will get used to it

The good news about the new shamelessness of our politics? We will get used to it

Soon we will be inured to shamelessness so great we will be shrugging instead of gasping. We will turn the page,stifling a yawn,as more and more stories emerge.

  • byJacqueline Maley
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Pyne's party just keeps rolling on

Pyne's party just keeps rolling on

Christopher Pyne has been in the news so often that it's easy to forget he's no longer in Parliament.

  • byKylar Loussikian andSamantha Hutchinson
Call for new Pyne,Bishop ministerial standards investigation

Call for new Pyne,Bishop ministerial standards investigation

A Labor and crossbench-dominated Senate committee report says an investigation should be reopened into whether former senior Liberals Julie Bishop and Christopher Pyne breached ministerial standards.

  • byMax Koslowski
Julie Bishop suggests tighter lobbying standards for current ministers

Julie Bishop suggests tighter lobbying standards for current ministers

Julie Bishop and Christopher Pyne,fronting an inquiry into ministerial standards,were asked to explain whether their new roles were in breach of lobbying rules.

  • byMax Koslowski
Top bureaucrat backs Pyne,Bishop findings

Top bureaucrat backs Pyne,Bishop findings

Australia's most senior bureaucrat has denied Christopher Pyne's registration as a lobbyist was relevant to an investigation into whether the former defence minister's post-politics job broke ministerial rules.

  • byMatt Coughlan
Tighten the rules on the revolving door of politician lobbyists
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Editorial

Tighten the rules on the revolving door of politician lobbyists

Julie Bishop and Christopher Pyne may have complied with the rules but the rules are too weak.