Steggall and Ryan accuse Taylor of not ’reading the room’ with ’tone deaf’ Haines tribute speech – as it happened This blog is now closed The Guardian - AU · Oct 25
Leaders grapple with 'aggressive' political culture National leaders have been left questioning a decline in Australia's political culture after the alleged attack on independent federal MP Helen Haines. AAP · Oct 21
Pauline Hanson apologises for vulgar cartoon on rival The One Nation leader says a cartoon mocking her Senate rival Jacqui Lambie over a serious health condition will be edited. AAP · Oct 20
This time it’s personal: ‘sneering nepo baby’ insults fly as AFR and Mail columnists go to war Peter van Onselen takes extreme exception to Hannah Wootton’s references to his wife in her Fin Review column. Plus: the Hanson family secret The Guardian - AU · Oct 15
'Small pleasures' sacrificed for health insurance slug An 83-year-old retired nurse is among millions of older Australians who face paying more for health insurance if controversial government plans pass parliament. AAP · Oct 14
Vikki Campion, News Corp columnist and wife of Barnaby Joyce, begins role with NSW One Nation Media adviser who married federal One Nation MP in 2023 confirms she has started working part-time for the party’s state executive The Guardian - AU · Oct 13
One Nation to establish headquarters in multimillion-dollar Brisbane office bought by Gina Rinehart Barnaby Joyce defends move, saying party will lease space from mining billionaire’s company at commercial rates The Guardian - AU · Oct 5
Chalmers says global economic turmoil will drive budget cuts, but Australia should avoid recession Treasurer says ‘very substantial and intensifying pressure’ on federal budget as he points finger at private sector for driving up inflation amid Middle East conflict The Guardian - AU · Oct 4
Fraud approach: the reporter whose Albanese question put her on the front page of her own paper ‘Why don’t more journalists do this?’ one commentator asked on News24 after Latika M Bourke literally made the headlines. Plus: interviewing the KKK The Guardian - AU · Sep 24
One Nation-coalition deal rubbished as imaginary Claims of 'alliance' talks between senior coalition and One Nation MPs have been dismissed as figments of Barnaby Joyce's imagination. AAP · Sep 23
In a debate about migration, the ABC had to present multiple views. But where to draw the line? Panel guest Conrad Gillard thanks broadcaster for allowing him to normalise ‘the idea of net-negative immigration’. Plus: Today’s ‘content-to-commerce engine’ The Guardian - AU · Sep 18
Minister defends 'best practice' grant for sports club South Australian MP Mark Butler says he encouraged a council in his electorate to apply for a national grant to give its soccer club a home. AAP · Sep 16
Pauline Hanson says she’s sorry ‘if I offended people’ with Indigenous Australians remarks One Nation leader had been condemned by figures from across the political spectrum over the resurfaced podcast comments The Guardian - AU · Sep 15
Labor floats idea to let AI use artists' work for free AI companies could have free rein over content without paying creators if they strike deals with enough rights holders, a leaked options paper has revealed. AAP · Sep 15
The Guardian - AU · Sep 11 Lured in by Albo ‘slur’, News24 misses the joke and mistakes comedy skit for real news report Comedian says he didn’t expect Murdoch network to be ‘as gullible and digitally illiterate as their target audience’. Plus: Karl Stefanovic falls silent
The Guardian - AU · Sep 10 Tony Abbott says it would be ‘right’ for One Nation to remove cartoon labelling Andrew Hastie a ‘traitor’ Former prime minister joins in widespread condemnation of ‘offensive’ animated series posted on social media by One Nation
The Conversation · Sep 10 Grattan on Friday: it’s taken Hanson’s overreach on Hastie to put some spine into Liberals Pauline Hanson declared in a recent News24 documentary: “I don’t back down”.
The Conversation · Sep 9 Andrew Hastie denounces Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce as ‘lying cowards’ Liberal frontbencher and leadership aspirant Andrew Hastie has launched an extraordinary attack on One Nation’s Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce, calling them “lying cowards”.
The Conversation · Sep 8 The ‘core’ of One Nation’s super proposal is sound, says former Grattan Institute chief John Daley Former head of the Grattan Institute John Daley has backed “the core” of One Nation’s controversial superannuation plan to allow people to withdraw part of their future contributions.
The Guardian - AU · Sep 4 Comedian’s offensive mock Welcome to Country at far-right rally gets rerun in the Daily Mail Daily Mail’s report on March for Australia rally quotes – in full – and embeds video of Lisa Jane Spencer’s disrespectful skit. Plus: AI takes us back to 1956
The Guardian - AU · Aug 30 One Nation claims victory in Secret Harbour byelection in Western Australia One Nation candidate Luke Herdegen secures 57% of the vote after preferences as Barnaby Joyce says ‘politics has changed’
AAP · Aug 16 Anger over One Nation plan to 'end compulsory super' One Nation has been criticised after leader Pauline Hanson suggested many people would be better off with money in their pockets rather than in superannuation.
AAP · Aug 16 'I still don't like it': Hanson on gay pride parade One Nation leader Pauline Hanson is still no fan of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, 30 years on from an infamous interview.
The Guardian - AU · Aug 7 Journalists at Alan Jones’s trial off to ‘inauspicious’ start as spelling error and rogue mobile phone antagonise judge Awkward moments in court as media companies dedicate significant resources to the coverage. Plus: a new boycott campaign targets the Tele
The Guardian - AU · Jul 31 Kyle Sandilands takes his pick of on-air partners as shock jock rebounds from Kiis FM – and Jackie O The Daily Telegraph runs 16 articles about Sandilands and his new media venture in a week – while his former co-host, Jackie ‘O’ Henderson, is still in court