Booze lobby calls in former ACT Liberal leader for help

Booze lobby calls in former ACT Liberal leader for help

Can ex-Canberra Liberal leader Alistair Coe help Alcohol Beverages Australia make a splash in the corridors of power? CBD is doubtful.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andNoel Towell

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Federal MPs get extra staff at cost of $159 million,but it’s nothing to do with Rugg v Ryan

Federal MPs get extra staff at cost of $159 million,but it’s nothing to do with Rugg v Ryan

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says giving every member of parliament an extra electorate staffer will help them deal with social media and growing constituencies.

  • byJames Massola
ICAC finding does not erase shameful episode of public governance
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ICAC finding does not erase shameful episode of public governance

The corruption watchdog found nothing unlawful about the attempted appointment of John Barilaro as New York trade commissioner.

  • The Herald's View
EV revolution lost on Australia’s politicians as they cling to petrol cars

EV revolution lost on Australia’s politicians as they cling to petrol cars

Just three of Australia’s 227 federal MPs have chosen fully electric vehicles as their taxpayer-funded cars.

  • byCameron Atfield
Grounded ministers to save taxpayers thousands as they stay home

Grounded ministers to save taxpayers thousands as they stay home

International border closures due to COVID-19 are delivering a small silver lining to the Queensland budget.

  • byFelicity Caldwell
Parties,pubs and hiking:for once,politicians spend the weekend in Canberra

Parties,pubs and hiking:for once,politicians spend the weekend in Canberra

The Canberra experience for politicians is usually limited to hotels and COMCARs.

  • byMichael Koziol
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Eight things the government knows but won't tell you

Eight things the government knows but won't tell you

Surgery in the wrong place,elderly Australians assaulted in their homes,high-rise buildings wrapped in flammable cladding. All happening,all in secret.

  • byNick Bonyhady
Politicians spend thousands on'personalised'copy of speeches

Politicians spend thousands on'personalised'copy of speeches

MPs are charging taxpayers thousands of dollars for bound and personalised editions of their parliamentary speeches despite speeches being free online.

  • byNigel Gladstone
MPs say stress from social media warranted their large pay rises

MPs say stress from social media warranted their large pay rises

MPs who won pay rises of more than 6 per cent this year say their working lives are being made harder by constituents contacting them on Facebook and Twitter.

  • byNoel Towell andCharlotte Grieve
Wage rage as nation's best-paid Premier refuses to budge on pay

Wage rage as nation's best-paid Premier refuses to budge on pay

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews will take a $46,000 pay rise but won't budge on public sector wages.

  • byNoel Towell andCharlotte Grieve
Premier Daniel Andrews wins $46,000 pay rise
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Premier Daniel Andrews wins $46,000 pay rise

Daniel Andrews now Australia's highest-paid state premier after getting a pay rise of nearly 12 per cent.

  • byNoel Towell andBenjamin Preiss