Bill Shorten bows out of politics,praised by man who kept him from The Lodge

Bill Shorten bows out of politics,praised by man who kept him from The Lodge

The former Labor leader called time on his parliamentary career on Thursday,earning plaudits from both political friends and foes.

  • byPaul Sakkal andNatassia Chrysanthos

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Be more civil,you racist:Why insults should not be banned in parliament
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Be more civil,you racist:Why insults should not be banned in parliament

The teals want to raise the tone of debate,but they get the lowest political Scrabble score with the word “racist”.

  • byParnell Palme McGuinness
Is ‘rip him a new one!’ really necessary for robust democratic debate?
Opinion
Opinion

Is ‘rip him a new one!’ really necessary for robust democratic debate?

The teals are inviting us to see the cacophony as something else – stupid,harmful to social civility and,above all,unnecessary.

  • byJacqueline Maley
‘Unlike any workplace I’ve ever been in’:The push to punish MPs for bad behaviour

‘Unlike any workplace I’ve ever been in’:The push to punish MPs for bad behaviour

Kylea Tink said she will explore the possibility of making a complaint about Coalition MPs sending out electronic direct mail that she said is “inflammatory”.

  • byOlivia Ireland
Docked pay,red cards for badly behaved politicians

Docked pay,red cards for badly behaved politicians

Five years after Brittany Higgins revealed she was raped in a ministerial office,the new laws aim to hold MPs and staffers to account for their actions.

  • byOlivia Ireland
The sooks of parliament revive an old playground sneer
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The sooks of parliament revive an old playground sneer

The would-be bruisers of federal parliament turn to that old taunt of schoolkids:“sook”. And manage to consign it to the unparliamentary language bin.

  • byTony Wright
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The insult being hurled in Parliament
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The insult being hurled in Parliament

It started with Barnaby Joyce calling the PM a sook and was followed by other MPs during heated sessions of Parliament.

The path to parliament runs through councils. Here’s why the Liberal blunder matters

The path to parliament runs through councils. Here’s why the Liberal blunder matters

The local government nomination debacle has possibly derailed what could have been the next generation of NSW parliamentarians for at least four years.

  • byKayla Olaya
To vote or not:Fatima Payman warns Labor she needs more staff to do her job

To vote or not:Fatima Payman warns Labor she needs more staff to do her job

In her first week as an independent senator,Payman says she will have to abstain from voting if she feels insufficiently briefed. It’s not an idle warning.

  • byMatthew Knott
‘Stop being racist’:Row erupts in parliament over Dutton’s stance on Gaza visas

‘Stop being racist’:Row erupts in parliament over Dutton’s stance on Gaza visas

Peter Dutton dismissed independent MP Zali Steggall as a “Green with extreme views”,but faced a backlash over his call on Wednesday to reject migrants from Gaza.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
The Project meeting that had Brittany Higgins in tears and put Linda Reynolds in the spotlight

The Project meeting that had Brittany Higgins in tears and put Linda Reynolds in the spotlight

Recordings reveal how Brittany Higgins confided in TV journalist Lisa Wilkinson about her former boss,Linda Reynolds.

  • byMichaela Whitbourn andThe Visual Stories Team