NSW upper house debates ‘heterosexual discrimination’ bill

NSW upper house debates ‘heterosexual discrimination’ bill

On Thursday,NSW Parliament delivered a historic apology for anti-gay laws. A day earlier,the upper house was stuck debating a rather different bill.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andStephen Brook

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Shooters,Fishers and Farmers dump candidate over pro-Putin views

Shooters,Fishers and Farmers dump candidate over pro-Putin views

Sean Ambrose remains on the ballot paper as the SFF candidate for Heathcote,as the party was only made aware of his views after the close of nominations.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andNoel Towell
The two independents refusing to back Perrottet’s pokies reform

The two independents refusing to back Perrottet’s pokies reform

Phil Donato and Roy Butler are not joining other independent MPs to support cashless gaming,saying the NSW government is moving too fast.

  • byLucy Cormack andAlexandra Smith
Shooters party in disarray after two MPs quit over leader’s refusal to resign

Shooters party in disarray after two MPs quit over leader’s refusal to resign

The Shooters,Fishers and Farmers Party is without representation in the NSW lower house after two MPs decided to run as independents at the March state election.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos andLucy Cormack
MPs call for leader to quit over ‘clocked her’ remarks

MPs call for leader to quit over ‘clocked her’ remarks

Three Shooters MPs have asked leader Robert Borsak to resign from parliament after his comments calling for a female MP to be “clocked”.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
Who are the minor parties in Victoria’s upper house election?

Who are the minor parties in Victoria’s upper house election?

Here is a short guide to the record number of minor parties which could influence Victoria’s legislative agenda after this election.

  • byLachlan Abbott
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‘Should have got up and clocked her’:anger over Borsak’s comments about female MP

‘Should have got up and clocked her’:anger over Borsak’s comments about female MP

NSW upper house MP Robert Borsak has said a female member should have been “clocked” following a fiery debate last week.

  • byLucy Cormack andTom Rabe
Shooters Party founder John Tingle dies aged 90
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Shooters Party founder John Tingle dies aged 90

ABC journalist Laura Tingle paid tribute to her father’s “extraordinary life” after the former NSW upper house member died on Friday.

  • bySally Rawsthorne andGeorgina Mitchell
Development of ‘zombie’ gasfield areas would create waste,water issues:opponents

Development of ‘zombie’ gasfield areas would create waste,water issues:opponents

Large swaths of some of the state’s best farmland could be opened up for coal seam gas development,resulting in the extraction of many gigalitres of groundwater.

  • byPeter Hannam
Labor’s bad politics in Upper Hunter:clumsiest of all,we should never have suggested we’d win
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Labor’s bad politics in Upper Hunter:clumsiest of all,we should never have suggested we’d win

A former NSW Labor minister and general-secretary finds lessons for the party in the Upper Hunter byelection loss.

  • byJohn Della Bosca
NSW government cops water policy blow as another setback looms

NSW government cops water policy blow as another setback looms

The upper house has rejected the scheme to license irrigators’ extraction during floods while a federal agency has dismissed the government’s river plans.

  • byPeter Hannam