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Eric Abetz behind push to dump moderate Liberals, including Bridget Archer, party sources say

Veteran adviser criticises Tasmanian rightwing powerbroker’s ‘factional warfare’ to ‘blast Bridget out of the party’

The Guardian - AU · Nov 8, 2023

No matter how serious the issue, nuance becomes a thought crime for the Coalition’s court jesters

Bridget Archer was cast as an apologist for child sexual abusers, while horrors in the Middle East prompted absurd claims

The Guardian - AU · Oct 20, 2023

Afternoon Update: Biden announces Gaza aid deal; boy killed in quad bike crash; and changes to Netflix’s basic tier

The US president secures an agreement with Israel and Egypt to allow aid delivery of 20 trucks into Gaza

The Guardian - AU · Oct 19, 2023

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Bridget Archer says Dutton appears to be ‘weaponising’ child abuse for ‘political advantage’

The Liberal backbencher says Peter Dutton’s call for a royal commission into child sexual abuse in Indigenous communities is divisive and inconsistent

The Guardian - AU · Oct 19, 2023

Indigenous Australians split over voice vote despite memory of colonial horror

But memories of colonial project to wipe out Tasmania’s natives boost yes campaign on island

The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2023

Myth, politics and murder: why the voice battle in Tasmania is different

A bloody colonial past and Liberal support for a yes vote inform the debate in the only state where the campaign in favour has recently remained ahead

The Guardian - AU · Sep 29, 2023

The Long walk to Canberra for the voice brings a moment of hope for progress, unity and grace

‘Fear stops us from ever stepping out, we’ll never get anywhere – we will stay in the same place’, Albanese said

The Guardian - AU · Sep 14, 2023

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Developer ‘deeply regrets’ comments – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Sep 13, 2023

Liberal backbencher Zoe McKenzie says robodebt scheme caused ‘avoidable human suffering’

Victorian MP joins Bridget Archer and Keith Wolahan in criticising Coalition’s Centrelink debt recovery scheme

The Guardian - AU · Sep 4, 2023

Bridget Archer says it is ‘irresponsible’ to cast doubt on integrity of voice referendum after questions over crosses

Shadow minister Jane Hume calls it an ‘inconsistency’ that a cross on a ballot paper will not count as ‘no’

The Guardian - AU · Aug 27, 2023

Julian Assange supporters in Australian parliament urge US to get him out of maximum security prison

Supporters Julian Hill, Andrew Wilkie and Bridget Archer respond after US secretary of state Antony Blinken claims WikiLeaks founder ‘risked very serious harm’ to national security

The Guardian - AU · Jul 31, 2023

Pressure builds for Scott Morrison to resign after damning robodebt report findings

Calls follow royal commission finding Morrison ‘allowed cabinet to be misled’, but former PM rejects suggestion of wrongdoing

The Guardian - AU · Jul 10, 2023

Afternoon Update: Pressure mounts on David Van to quit parliament; ex-VFL star found to have abused child; and the Ashes previewed

Female politicians across political spectrum offer support to Lidia Thorpe after senator’s assessment of ‘toxic’ culture in parliament

The Guardian - AU · Jun 16, 2023

Women MPs speak out over parliament’s toxic culture

Parliamentarians from across the divide have raised concerns about the politicisation of sexual assault and misconduct allegations.

The New Daily · Jun 16, 2023

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AAP · Jun 16, 2023

Women MPs speak out over parliament's toxic culture

Parliamentarians from across the divide have raised concerns about the politicisation of sexual assault and misconduct allegations.

The Guardian - AU · Jun 14, 2023

Liberal MPs break ranks to call for inquiry into Brittany Higgins’ leaked text messages

Andrew Bragg and Bridget Archer make call after Network Ten asks AFP to investigate alleged leaking of evidence in Bruce Lehrmann trial

The Conversation · Jun 1, 2023

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Liberal MP Bridget Archer urges other moderates to speak up as she presses for party change

The Coalition’s decision to oppose the Voice to Parliament has put its moderate members in a jam. Some moderates are active yes advocates, while others are trying to keep low profiles.

ABC News · Apr 28, 2023

PM Anthony Albanese announces $65m federal funding for York Park upgrades in Launceston

Anthony Albanese stands beside Tasmania's Liberal premier to make the first of two stadium funding announcements — fending off criticism he is diverting funds away from housing and health considerations.

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ABC News · Apr 25, 2023

Labor backbenchers join push for JobSeeker lift ahead of federal budget

A group of Labor backbenchers, including two first-time MPs, sign an open letter calling for a lift to the JobSeeker rate as the federal government finalises next month's federal budget.

The Guardian - AU · Apr 11, 2023

Liberal colleagues praise Julian Leeser’s Indigenous voice stance, claiming yes vote now more likely

MP Bridget Archer said she had ‘much respect’ for the former shadow Indigenous Australians minister’s ‘courage and integrity’

The Guardian - AU · Apr 7, 2023

After Aston, Liberal moderates can hear the bell toll. But is Peter Dutton listening?

To ignore the party’s broader decline in metropolitan areas and treat the byelection loss as an anomaly would be disastrous

The Guardian - AU · Apr 6, 2023

If yes campaign for Indigenous voice loses ‘racists will feel emboldened’, Marcia Langton says

Working group member shares Liberal Bridget Archer’s concern Coalition’s no campaign in danger of running ‘adjacent to racist views’

The New Daily · Apr 6, 2023

What is Dutton up to? He’s making many Liberals queasy

Mr Dutton’s decision to actively front a campaign against the Indigenous Voice to Parliament has baffled and outraged dyed-in-the-wool Liberals.

The Conversation · Apr 6, 2023

Grattan on Friday: the high cost of the Liberals' Voice rejection – for both Peter Dutton and the party

Ken Wyatt made history when he became the first Indigenous member of the House of Representatives in 2010. In 2019, he became the first Indigenous federal cabinet minister when he was appointed minister for Indigenous Australians in the Morrison government.

The Guardian - AU · Apr 6, 2023

Afternoon Update: Dutton under fire for opposing Indigenous voice; NSW bans TikTok; and ChatGPT defamation case

Liberal party’s ‘no’ enrages moderate members and draws accusations of betrayal from Aboriginal leaders

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