Nationals frontbenchers are hustling to keep their positions after the election as tensions flare again between party leader David Littleproud and predecessor Barnaby Joyce.
Only 4 per cent of voters in the Resolve Political Monitor said it was “fine” for politicians to drink at work,while 68 per cent said they should not drink at all when working.
A report was released in November 2021 which was supposed to draw a line under the boozy culture on the hill. Some MPs are dragging their heels.
Perin Davey,who was caught on camera slurring her words at Senate estimates last week,is a key member of the group tasked with writing federal parliament’s tough new alcohol and drugs policy.
Perin Davey says she didn’t think she was drunk after stumbling in her speech during a parliamentary hearing,days after Barnaby Joyce was filmed lying on a Canberra footpath.
Nationals senator Perin Davey's appearance at estimates has caused controversy.
The water minister has just two weeks to save the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. She must cut a deal with the Greens or Coalition,who are demanding concessions.
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.
A report predicts rule changes championed by the Nationals spell failure for an environmental initiative the Albanese government promised to deliver.
Peter Dutton has made a direct pitch to the “forgotten people” in the outer suburbs on his first day as opposition leader after a devastating election loss.