Australia has been urged to ensure a proposed new sanctions regime would not allow diplomatic concerns to stand in the way of action against rogue officials in powerful countries such as China.
Eight legal and civil society groups on Thursday called on the Senate to establish a new select committee with broad powers to review and report on the government's response to the pandemic.
Conservative Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells is claiming ASIO is upsetting conservatives by warning about the rise of right-wing extremists.
Coalition MPs and church leaders want to persist with the controversial religious discrimination bill,warning"we should not let perfect be the enemy of the good".
Concetta Fierravanti-Wells says the Morrison government's plan should be replaced with a single framework for all anti-discrimination laws.
Bipartisan demands include tighter scrutiny of election candidates to prevent the CCP using its agents to fund campaigns and secure victory for future MPs with debts to Beijing.
Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells says it is “disingenuous” for Australia to announce a loans program for island nations while complaining of Chinese “debt-trap diplomacy”.
“I just cannot believe that she hasn’t been hearing what I’ve been saying,that she would actually believe that I would be disrespectful."
Senior Liberal senator breaks ranks with Scott Morrison and key cabinet ministers to call for intervention.
The former minister for the Pacific Islands is concerned the downgrading of a dedicated minister to the region sends the wrong message to Australia's allies.
The grievance against the leadership of Malcolm Turnbull is personal and emotional for colleagues on the party's right wing. For them it is simply unfixable.