Kingmaker Pocock wooed over fresh industrial reforms

Kingmaker Pocock wooed over fresh industrial reforms

Independent senator David Pocock will hold a roundtable on Wednesday to hear arguments for and against changes to labour hire laws,the gig economy and casual work.

  • byAngus Thompson

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‘Culture of cover-up’:Lambie refers ADF commanders to The Hague

‘Culture of cover-up’:Lambie refers ADF commanders to The Hague

Senator Jacqui Lambie has referred senior Defence Force officers to the International Criminal Court over alleged war crimes in Afghanistan.

  • byMatthew Knott
‘He didn’t try hard enough’:Lambie calls for Defence chief to hand back medal

‘He didn’t try hard enough’:Lambie calls for Defence chief to hand back medal

Military experts say it would have been easier to remove honours from more junior officers if the nation’s most senior military leader handed back his own.

  • byMatthew Knott
‘Feeding frenzy’:Defence Force chief in stand-off with Lambie over military medals

‘Feeding frenzy’:Defence Force chief in stand-off with Lambie over military medals

Angus Campbell defended his efforts to strip military awards and accused Jacqui Lambie and other critics of behaving like sharks in a feeding frenzy.

  • byMatthew Knott
Explosive debate over housing in the Senate
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Explosive debate over housing in the Senate

Insults flew and emotions were high during debate over the government's housing bill.

‘They didn’t join the army to mop up’:Natural disasters strain Defence Force

‘They didn’t join the army to mop up’:Natural disasters strain Defence Force

Australian soldiers are now responding to natural disasters so often that an entirely new branch of the Defence Force may be needed,Senator Jacqui Lambie says.

  • byMatthew Knott
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‘I’ll be on the first plane’:Lidia Thorpe eager to meet King Charles

‘I’ll be on the first plane’:Lidia Thorpe eager to meet King Charles

On her first day as an independent Thorpe said she was eager to meet with King Charles and challenged the government to put First Nations’ sovereignty into the Constitution.

  • byLisa Visentin
‘Keep infiltrating’:Greens back Voice as Thorpe shakes up crossbench

‘Keep infiltrating’:Greens back Voice as Thorpe shakes up crossbench

An avowed radical,senator Lidia Thorpe joins the crossbench pledging to lead a black sovereignty movement in a move that creates a powerful bargaining position.

  • byLisa Visentin andPaul Sakkal
Australia was always bullied by vested interests,until now
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Australia was always bullied by vested interests,until now

The Albanese government has broken the curse of a nation too timid to stand up to the might of industry. Can Perrottet follow suit with his push against pokies?

  • byPeter Hartcher
A vintage display as Scomo the bulldozer digs himself deeper

A vintage display as Scomo the bulldozer digs himself deeper

What the former PM told the royal commission on Wednesday was not remarkable. But the rambling delivery style was a reminder of how out of touch he can be with his surroundings and why he flopped in the nation’s top job.

  • byMichelle Grattan
Labor drafts $1.5 billion law to challenge Dutton on power bills

Labor drafts $1.5 billion law to challenge Dutton on power bills

Parliament is being recalled to vote on a price cap on gas but Labor is likely to combine its $1.5 billion compensation measure,daring the Coalition to reject the package.

  • byDavid Crowe