Senator's highest-paid public servant claim misses the mark Senator Dave Sharma says the government's fuel supply co-ordinator is the highest-paid public servant, but others are paid more. AAP · Jun 23
Have you seen the prehistoric looking machines in Canberra's south? This is what they're building Have you seen those six massive cranes near Parliament House? The Canberra Times · May 29
‘Nationals-lite’: former Liberal president says party would be ‘rewarding standover tactics’ if net zero dumped Exclusive: Jason Falinski says cutting net zero would tell young Australians ‘we have given up’ and could have negative impact at next election The Guardian - AU · Nov 5, 2025
Palestinian group condemns Trump's Gaza ceasefire plan A fresh bid to bring peace to the Middle East faces stumbling blocks, as a key advocacy group warns it does nothing to help Palestinians govern themselves. AAP · Sep 29, 2025
Daily Telegraph headline wrongly claiming ‘Labor backs Hamas’ breached accuracy rules, Australian Press Council finds Murdoch tabloid headline ‘To keep peace at home, Labor backs Hamas’ wrongly presented as a statement of fact, watchdog says The Guardian - AU · Jul 23, 2025
Watt announces $14m for SA toxic algal bloom response – as it happened This blog is now closed The Guardian - AU · Jul 21, 2025
Sussan Ley’s Unveiled Her First Shadow Cabinet — Who’s Been Promoted, Demoted Or Dumped? The Liberals and Nationals have unveiled who's in and who's out of the new Coalition shadow ministry. Pedestrian.tv · May 28, 2025
Liberals warned to ditch culture wars ahead of vote The needs of Australians must be prioritised over culture wars, an ex-Liberal has urged, as the party prepares to elect a new leader after its election loss. AAP · May 11, 2025
Liberals push leadership cases after election thrashing Angus Taylor and Sussan Ley are courting support for the Liberal Party leadership, as one high-profile senator announces her bid for the deputy role. AAP · May 11, 2025
Afternoon Update: Liberals start soul-searching; husband’s denial in mushroom trial; and a 478-hour ‘slow TV’ stream ends Party faces existential crisis and needs to be more representative, says Liberal senator Dave Sharma The Guardian - AU · May 5, 2025
PM backs Gaza aid resumption after truce breakdown Australia has called for the resumption of humanitarian aid and a ceasefire in Gaza, after a second day of Israeli airstrikes on the Palestinian territory. AAP · Mar 19, 2025
Acts of hate are on the rise in Australia – but naming them is proving fraught Amid claims and counterclaims about the definition and prevalence of antisemitism and Islamophobia, experts say discussing them in the same frame can ‘generate allyship’ The Guardian - AU · Jan 8, 2025
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Simon Birmingham on Liberal moderates, regrets, and Donald Trump Opposition Senate leader and former senior minister in the Coalition government Simon Birmingham has announced he will quit parliament. Birmingham, one of the few remaining moderates in the Liberals’ ranks, is shadow foreign minister. Now , aged 50, he’s defecting to a (yet to be announced) commercial job. The Conversation · Dec 3, 2024
'A hate crime': disgust, anger at anti-Israel graffiti The prime minister and other leaders have called out a spate of vandalism in a well-heeled suburb after cars were graffitied with anti-Israel slogans. AAP · Nov 21, 2024
Newcastle Herald · Aug 30, 2024 Liberal senator says party will lift its game in Hunter federal campaign Dave Sharma says the Libs have learnt a lesson from 2022.
The Canberra Times · Aug 6, 2024 Senator calls for consequences for public servants who signed an open letter Staff who signed the letter say they 'won't be intimidated'.
AAP · Jun 7, 2024 $14m Murray Darling ads under fire for Turkey image Senators have attacked a $14 million advertising campaign about water in the Murray Darling basin, suggesting it is alarmist and deceptive.
The Guardian - AU · May 8, 2024 Australian literature has long been ‘hijacked by activists’. This has made it richer. Let’s not go backwards Seeking to dismiss a judge for being passionate about a cause pertaining to the safety and liberation of her people reeks of a desperation to silence a critical voice
AAP · Mar 20, 2024 Senator's warning on Israel and Ukraine in first speech A former Australian ambassador to Israel has used his first speech to the Senate to warn of the consequences of a potential Hamas victory in Gaza.
AAP · Feb 29, 2024 Seven colas and a single prawn: MPs declare freebies Freebies for politicians range from party pies and grilled chicken to sporting tickets and business class flights, their register of interests shows.
Evening Standard · Feb 8, 2024 Parents of former private school pupil who died in mystery fall at luxury London tower block criticise police Zac Brettler, 19, jumped from a fifth floor balcony at the Riverwalk complex in 2019 after spending an evening with a gangland debt collector
The Hindu · Dec 4, 2023 Top news of the day: Cyclone Michaung likely to make landfall between Nellore, Machilipatnam; AAP leader Raghav Chadha’s Rajya Sabha suspension revoked, and more Top news updates from The Hindu on December 4, 2023
AAP · Dec 3, 2023 Newest senator Dave Sharma officially sworn in Dave Sharma has become Australia's newest senator after being sworn into the upper house following the retirement of former foreign minister Marise Payne.
AAP · Nov 26, 2023 Wong welcomes hostages being freed, calls for peace Foreign Minister Penny Wong has welcomed the release of more Israeli hostages and more humanitarian aid being delivered to Gaza.
The Guardian - AU · Nov 26, 2023 Crossbench MPs question family violence response – as it happened This blog is now closed.