Finance Minister Katy Gallagher denies misleading parliament over Brittany Higgins’ rape allegation

Finance Minister Katy Gallagher denies misleading parliament over Brittany Higgins’ rape allegation

Senator Gallagher told reporters it was “never true” that she had known about Higgins’ allegations for weeks,or that Labor had decided to weaponise them.

  • byAnthony Galloway

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Leeser quits opposition frontbench in blow to Dutton’s Voice referendum strategy

Leeser quits opposition frontbench in blow to Dutton’s Voice referendum strategy

Julian Leeser has moved to the backbench to campaign for the Voice in a move that could embolden more pro-Voice backbench Liberals to follow him.

  • byPaul Sakkal,Lisa Visentin,James Massola andAngus Thompson
‘The Canberra Voice’:Why on earth is Dutton arguing against his party’s own policy?

‘The Canberra Voice’:Why on earth is Dutton arguing against his party’s own policy?

Peter Dutton is wrong to rail against the ‘Canberra Voice’ when he could have made legitimate criticisms of Albanese’s proposal.

  • byWaleed Aly
Albanese admits Dutton’s ‘resounding no’ a blow to Voice referendum

Albanese admits Dutton’s ‘resounding no’ a blow to Voice referendum

The prime minister slammed the Liberal Party’s decision,saying he was saddened the opposition leader had put politics above the lives of Indigenous people.

  • byJames Massola,Paul Sakkal andAngus Thompson
Liberals must shake off ‘nastiness’ to win back voters:Birmingham
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Liberals must shake off ‘nastiness’ to win back voters:Birmingham

The Liberal Party must ditch the culture wars and embrace action on climate change to stay relevant,one of its most senior figures says.

  • byDavid Crowe
Can Peter Dutton win over the prosecco mums of Australia?

Can Peter Dutton win over the prosecco mums of Australia?

Scott Morrison said the women who marched on Parliament House were lucky not to be shot. The opposition leader needs to take a markedly different approach.

  • byJacqueline Maley
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‘I was elected unopposed’:Albanese reacts to Tanya Plibersek’s comments on 2019 leadership contest

‘I was elected unopposed’:Albanese reacts to Tanya Plibersek’s comments on 2019 leadership contest

Tanya Plibersek also took to social media on Saturday morning to reveal the trauma behind her decision to not contest the Labor Party leadership.

  • byAnthony Galloway,James Massola andBroede Carmody
Sussan Ley claims Labor using the Voice to wedge the opposition

Sussan Ley claims Labor using the Voice to wedge the opposition

Deputy Liberal leader Sussan Ley has described the referendum as a Labor “vanity project” and accused the prime minister of using it as a platform for an early election,in an escalation of the Coalition’s hostility towards the Voice.

  • byPaul Sakkal andJames Massola
Women at the centre of renewed Coalition pitch to tap super for housing

Women at the centre of renewed Coalition pitch to tap super for housing

Sussan Ley is signalling an ambitious expansion of the Liberals’ home-buyer scheme,which would unlock more retirement funds for home deposits.

  • byPaul Sakkal
Greens demand changes to stop $15b measure turning into ‘fossil fuel slush fund’

Greens demand changes to stop $15b measure turning into ‘fossil fuel slush fund’

The Greens will force Labor to negotiate over its promised $15 billion national reconstruction fund after the Coalition refused to back it in the Senate.

  • byDavid Crowe
Returned ‘ISIS bride’ released on bail

Returned ‘ISIS bride’ released on bail

Mariam Raad has been granted conditional bail after being charged with willingly entering an Islamic State-controlled region in 2014.

  • byBen Cubby