Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has been forced to defend his choice of car as senators enjoyed their last chance this year to grill ministers.
Who flew where,how and who paid are fast becoming the defining questions in politics.
Senior Coalition women have tried to stop an abortion debate,making clear the federal party cannot and does not want to wind back the laws.
Liberal senator Jane Hume asked Treasury and its associated agencies the tough question on branded merchandise. The answers caught CBD’s eye.
The veteran politician,a former police officer,lived through the scarring Nelson-Turnbull-Abbott years. He has placed a premium on unity,and it has paid off – at least so far.
Canberra is a small town,as the Coalition senator found when she relived a viral moment at the Midwinter Ball.
ASIC failed in its quest to get a fine imposed on crypto outfit Block Earner,while Federal Court judge Ian Jackman imposed a hefty costs order on the watchdog.
Former prime minister Abbott,who has a chequered history on gender relations,rejected quotas for the Liberal Party but said it needed greater ethnic and gender diversity.
The Albanese government should be well satisfied by the Dunkley byelection result. Election analyst Antony Green has calculated that the average swing against governments in byelections since Federation has been about 3.5 per cent. The Dunkley swing of 3.8 per cent is about average and is no vindication of Peter Dutton’s campaign strategy.
The prime minister spent his 61st birthday morning meeting voters in Dunkley in a last-minute bid to keep the seat in Labor’s hands.
The opposition leader was spruiking the rail upgrade ahead of the Dunkley byelection,but the state government has already dismissed helping to fund it.