Andrew Wilkie regrets signing a deal with Julia Gillard when she didn’t follow through with gambling reform and says the independents would be well advised to stay independent.
Family,friends and former prime ministers have gathered to farewell Liberal Party stalwart and former defence minister Kevin Andrews at a state funeral in Melbourne.
The former defence and immigration minister and longest continuously serving member of federal parliament has died at 69 after a year-long cancer battle.
A contentious argument within the Howard government over unused IVF embryos pitted conservatives and liberals against each other.
Senior Liberal MP Stuart Robert,while in government,secretly gave free advice to a Canberra consulting firm that helped large companies win government contracts and meet Coalition ministers.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has secured majority party room support for religious discrimination laws despite moderate Liberals warning they don’t support them.
A former barrister and carpenter,Andrew Wallace is chasing the chance to be Australia’s 31st Speaker of the House of Representatives.
The veteran MP will leave Parliament next year after losing a preselection battle,but he may be handed a farewell gift of being elected Speaker in the meantime.
Leading political,church and community figures,including the Prime Minister,have paid tribute to Sir James Gobbo,who died on Sunday.
Australia’s plan to replace its ageing submarines has been plagued by cost blowouts and delays. A 1980s decision could be to blame,but is it too late to change tack?
The move by former minister Kevin Andrews was quickly thwarted,but defence chiefs are concerned that upcoming appointments must be free of political taint.