John Pesutto has been given 24 hours to stand down or face a leadership challenge after the narrow vote on allowing Moira Deeming back into the party room cost him support from key backers.
Previously undisclosed details of John Pesutto’s settlement plan will be weighed by Liberal MPs as they prepare for Friday’s vote on Moira Deeming’s return.
The remaining five members of the Bali Nine have returned to Australia,but nobody is the wiser about the deal struck to secure their release.
The former defence and immigration minister and longest continuously serving member of federal parliament has died at 69 after a year-long cancer battle.
Ross Gittins may well bemoan the “era of gutless government”,but perhaps he should direct his criticism to the people responsible,the electors of Australia.
The latest crime designed to strike fear into Australia’s Jewish community must be dealt with by unity,not division.
Melbourne’s 61st consecutive pro-Palestinian protest has taken place as the state government mulls changes to protest laws.
I expect Anthony Albanese’s Labor will do it just the same,all the way until Peter Dutton is elected.
The resignation of the last leading Liberal moderate,Simon Birmingham,means that it is definitely a case of asking Simon to turn off the lights in the house when he leaves.
With a federal election looming,will either major party will show some courage and addressing the demonstrated challenges?
I will never forget the cold-blooded execution of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran,young Australians sacrificed on the altar of Indonesian domestic politics in 2015 by then-Indonesian president Joko Widodo.