Minister under fire for $100k NY trip to spruik laws Sussan Ley says the communications minister should have been focusing on her day job rather than jetting to New York in the middle of the Optus outage crisis. AAP · Dec 3, 2025
Divisive AFL stadium gets the official parliament tick Tasmania's parliament has voted to approve a new waterfront stadium, which paves the way for the Devils to join the AFL and AFLW competitions in 2028. AAP · Dec 3, 2025
‘Addiction to secrecy’: opposition and crossbench slam Labor’s ‘undemocratic’ changes to FoI – including charging fees The proposed changes, which the government claims are needed to combat AI-generated requests, would also reduce what documents can be released The Guardian - AU · Dec 3, 2025
Unknown number of servicewomen gagged by ADF agreements The defence force chief is offering to review non-disclosure orders for victims of sexual misconduct but stopped short of committing to a blanket annulment. AAP · Dec 3, 2025
Trump’s ratings recover a little after slump; Australian Labor retains large poll leads Donald Trump’s net approval is up a little after a slump to a term low on November 23, as Republicans hold a federal seat at a special election. In Australia, Labor continues to hold large leads in federal polls, but received just 8.3% at the Hinchinbrook Queensland state byelection. The Conversation · Dec 3, 2025
'Didn't get it right': BOM defends website cost blowout The Bureau of Meteorology's chief executive is standing by controversial changes to its website overhaul as he faces a senate grilling. AAP · Dec 2, 2025
Voting in Victoria is broken. Here’s how it could be fixed and who would benefit Victoria is the only state to still use group voting tickets to elect its upper house. What will it mean for voters and the parliament if it abolishes them? The Guardian - AU · Dec 1, 2025
Your Party faces proxy war despite avoiding leadership race, insiders warn Some members say supporters of Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana will continue battle over ‘soul of the party’ The Guardian - UK · Dec 1, 2025
More than 20 taken to hospital after Melbourne carbon monoxide leak – as it happened This blog is now closed The Guardian - AU · Nov 30, 2025
Dirty deal the death knell for forestry industry: Ley New environment laws have sparked grave warnings for the Tasmanian forestry sector, but the government says a $300 million support package will safeguard jobs. AAP · Nov 29, 2025
Voices: The revolution will not be organised: Your Party descends into farce on day one COMMENT: A dour, droning speech from Jeremy Corbyn was the least of Your Party’s worries on day one of their Liverpool conference, writes Kat Brown. It will go down in history as a parody of car-crash politics The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2025
Your Party conference thrown into chaos as Zarah Sultana boycotts first day Sultana skips Saturday’s proceeding in solidarity with delegates expelled over links to other parties The Guardian - UK · Nov 29, 2025
Police charge 11 protesters after climate flotilla prevents coal ship from entering Newcastle harbour Thousands of protesters, including Australian Greens leader, gather for annual climate protest in world’s largest coal export port The Guardian - AU · Nov 29, 2025
The Green party’s policies on Israel are appealing to young British Jews Letter: Prof David Feldman, Dr Ben Gidley and Dr Brendan McGeever from the Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism say it is wrong to characterise Jewish support for the Greens as ‘paradoxical’ The Guardian - UK · Nov 28, 2025
AAP · Nov 28, 2025 Labor on a high as Barnaby bolts and Pauline shocks As the political year draws to a close, a week of Senate estimates is all that's left on the calendar, with a controversial website redesign to be scrutinised.
The Guardian - UK · Nov 28, 2025 ‘We had six MPs and four factions’: inside Your Party’s toxic power struggles Some say Jeremy Corbyn is too non-committal for project to work, while others blame Zarah Sultana’s combative nature
The Guardian - AU · Nov 27, 2025 Morning Mail: Australians’ diet ‘to worsen’, Hong Kong fire death toll rises, the shocking legacy of face transplants Experts say federal food council will increase the influence of big producers
The Conversation · Nov 27, 2025 Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sussan Ley on Barnaby’s defection and how the environment law deal ‘fell apart’ Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has had a rugged start as leader. With Liberal rivals Angus Taylor and Andrew Hastie circling for her position, Ley needs to not only survive, but rebuild her party from its historic lows in the polls.
The Conversation · Nov 27, 2025 Grattan on Friday: when the music stopped, Greens had out-stepped flat-footed Liberals on environment deal Come dance with me! That was Environment Minister Murray Watt’s invitation to the opposition as he prepared to push through his reforms to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act.
The Guardian - AU · Nov 27, 2025 Labor’s nature law overhaul contains wins – but we should watch for gremlins in the details The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act changes are an improvement, but the rush to pass them was purely political
The Guardian - AU · Nov 27, 2025 Afternoon Update: Labor and Greens do nature laws deal; Barnaby Joyce quits Nationals; and cricket’s real-life Field of Dreams Government agrees to prevent fast-tracking of coal and gas projects and subject native forest logging to national environment standards over 18 months
AAP · Nov 27, 2025 'It's disastrous': state scathing of nature reforms A ground-breaking overhaul of Australia's environment laws has been labelled a disaster that could devastate economic growth.
The Guardian - AU · Nov 27, 2025 Seven ways Australia’s nature laws are changing after Labor’s deal with the Greens Legislation to reform the EPBC Act runs to hundreds of pages – here are the main changes
The Conversation · Nov 27, 2025 Long-sought environmental law reform is finally here. But will the compromise deal actually protect nature? Today is a landmark day for environmental law. After years of false starts and abandoned promises, Labor has finally struck a deal with the Greens to pass long-awaited changes to the federal Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act. The laws are expected to pass the Senate today – the final…
The Guardian - AU · Nov 27, 2025 New rules crack down on high risk loans as Australian property market heats up Regulator announces 20% cap on share of new lending banks can do on mortgages worth more than six times borrower’s income