‘I’m not looking to be re-elected’:Thorpe vows to keep up activism

‘I’m not looking to be re-elected’:Thorpe vows to keep up activism

Maverick Indigenous senator Lidia Thorpe does not care if her stunts end her parliamentary career as she doubled down on her decision to interrupt the royal visit.

  • byOlivia Ireland

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Thorpe’s fiery protest drowns out King’s climate change speech,angers guests

Thorpe’s fiery protest drowns out King’s climate change speech,angers guests

Former prime minister Tony Abbott called it “unfortunate political exhibitionism”.

  • byDavid Crowe
Dustin Martin’s bikie uncle avoids deportation after proving Indigenous heritage

Dustin Martin’s bikie uncle avoids deportation after proving Indigenous heritage

Dean Martin,a former Rebels bikie president who was once in a relationship with ex-Greens senator Lidia Thorpe,has been released from immigration detention.

  • byHannah Kennelly
Parliamentary inquiry called into dangers of ‘forever chemicals’

Parliamentary inquiry called into dangers of ‘forever chemicals’

For years,cancer-linked substances have contaminated Australian homes,products and drinking water. Now a new inquiry is promising answers.

  • byCarrie Fellner
‘Payman is correct’:Senators call for parliament staff overhaul

‘Payman is correct’:Senators call for parliament staff overhaul

Crossbench senators who would not usually agree on anything are united. They want the prime minister stripped of the power to decide MPs’ staffing levels.

  • byMatthew Knott
Dustin Martin’s bikie uncle to be deported

Dustin Martin’s bikie uncle to be deported

Dean Martin – a former Rebels president who was once in a relationship with Senator Lidia Thorpe – is to be sent to New Zealand after his visa was cancelled on character grounds.

  • byLachlan Abbott,Paul Sakkal andDavid Marin-Guzman
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Payman furore to come to a head as Albanese suggests exit

Payman furore to come to a head as Albanese suggests exit

It’s understood Fatima Payman intends to make a statement about her future on Thursday and announce a formal split from Labor.

  • byAngus Thompson,Paul Sakkal andJames Massola
Labor MP considers legal action over Lidia Thorpe social media post

Labor MP considers legal action over Lidia Thorpe social media post

Marion Scrymgour accused Thorpe of using parliamentary privilege to attack other Aboriginal women she perceived as her political foes.

  • byAngus Thompson
Pro-Palestine protesters crash Labor state conference

Pro-Palestine protesters crash Labor state conference

About 200 pro-Palestine protesters chanted slogans as they lashed the Labor Party and the prime minister for their stance on Gaza.

  • byRachel Eddie andAshleigh McMillan
Docking rogue politicians’ pay ‘just a slap on the wrist’:Lidia Thorpe

Docking rogue politicians’ pay ‘just a slap on the wrist’:Lidia Thorpe

‘Whatever,let the purge begin’. Some Coalition MPs think a new parliamentary watchdog would be used to pursue vendettas,but Lidia Thorpe says it should be a lot tougher.

  • byOlivia Ireland
No excuse for not fixing parliament’s untouchable culture

No excuse for not fixing parliament’s untouchable culture

The possibility that federal politicians could be docked up to 5 per cent of their salary for misbehaviour is a welcome and long-overdue reform.

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