Path to victory: the seats that will decide the 2022 federal election Labor needs to gain seven seats to form majority government while the Coalition must offset any losses with gains elsewhere The Guardian - AU · May 5, 2022
Race for the Senate: could Labor and the Greens gain control? As well as the whole House of Representatives, 40 of the 76 Senate seats will be up for election on May 21. There are 12 senators per state and two per territory. At half-Senate elections, six senators for each state and the four territory senators are up for election. Unless… The Conversation · May 5, 2022
Jacqui Lambie preferences Labor in two Tasmanian seats but backs Bridget Archer in Bass ALP will benefit in Braddon and Lyons and will preference JLN Senate candidate Tammy Tyrrell The Guardian - AU · May 5, 2022
One Nation won’t preference moderate Liberal MPs in key seats Decision comes after Liberals preference the Jacqui Lambie Network, labelled ‘green-left’ by Pauline Hanson, over One Nation The Guardian - AU · Apr 27, 2022
Veterans boss raised concerns about private consultants interviewing families about department's performance Australia's Veterans' Affairs boss warned against attempts to investigate her department's processing of claims, telling the minister last year she would "not support" an approach that specifically focused on families who had lost a relative to suicide. ABC News · Apr 22, 2022
Morning mail: leaders clash over China security deal, coal export boom to bust, UK thirsty for vampires Thursday: Labor leader Anthony Albanese wins the first leaders’ debate. Plus: Russia tests new missile from its nuclear arsenal The Guardian - AU · Apr 20, 2022
Bass and Braddon in the balance as Tasmanian voters excoriate Scott Morrison Few people we meet in these two marginal Liberal seats are negative about Labor leader Anthony Albanese – rather, he’s a bit of a mystery The Guardian - AU · Apr 18, 2022
Populism and the federal election: what can we expect from Hanson, Palmer, Lambie and Katter? Populist politicians have been household names in Australian politics over the past decade, from Pauline Hanson to Clive Palmer, Bob Katter and Jacqui Lambie. The Conversation · Apr 11, 2022
Tasmania has 'a habit' of large seat swings, and this election won't be any different, experts say The marginal Tasmanian electorates of Bass, Braddon and Lyons are likely to get plenty of visits from federal politicians over the six weeks before the election. ABC News · Apr 10, 2022
Jacqui Lambie unloads on Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Q+A over Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells and the federal budget On Q+A, independent senator Jacqui Lambie suggests outgoing Liberal senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells has been unfairly ousted due to her sex, and backs the claims Senator Fierravanti-Wells made about the Prime Minister's alleged poor character. ABC News · Mar 31, 2022
Liberal senator Hollie Hughes defends Prime Minister, accuses Concetta Fierravanti-Wells of bullying Following a nine-minute speech to the Senate earlier this week by Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells excoriating the Prime Minister, Liberal senator Hollie Hughes has sensationally accused her Senate colleague of being a bully while defending Scott Morrison's character. ABC News · Mar 31, 2022
Liberals defend PM from bullying claims High-profile Liberals have come out in support of the prime minister after accusations of bullying surfaced in parliament. AAP · Mar 30, 2022
The Loop: Shane Warne's final bow at MCG memorial, parts of northern NSW hit by more flooding, concert raises millions for Ukraine Get up to speed on today's headlines with The Loop. ABC News · Mar 30, 2022
Jacqui Lambie threatens to name Tasmanian school after child allegedly raped and left homeless Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie threatens to name a school in her state where a child was allegedly raped unless the state government helps the child's homeless family. ABC News · Mar 30, 2022
The Guardian - AU · Mar 25, 2022 From Lambie’s ‘loud girl’ to Ericmentum, Tasmania’s fierce Senate race is a taste of what’s to come Weeks out from the 2022 federal election, it pays to remember the House contest determines who governs but the Senate always shapes what happens next
The Guardian - AU · Mar 25, 2022 Nine-year wait for NZ refugee deal due to fears of snubbing US option, Jacqui Lambie and government say Independent senator says deal with New Zealand to resettle 450 people could have caused some to turn down US program
ABC News · Mar 24, 2022 Jacqui Lambie accuses Scott Morrison of being intimidating, bullish during New Zealand refugee deal talks The independent senator accuses the Prime Minister of being "intimidating" and "bullish" during negotiations in 2019 to resettle hundreds of refugees in New Zealand in return for her support to repeal a separate refugee medical evacuation bill.
Pedestrian.tv · Mar 24, 2022 WTF: Jacqui Lambie Said The Govt’s Refugee Resettlement Deal Would Be Cut If She Spoke About It "I couldn’t tell the story of what had happened because otherwise the deal’s off. That means that people would have been still stuck there," she told News.com.au.
The Guardian - AU · Mar 24, 2022 Jacqui Lambie claims Scott Morrison threatened her with jail time if she revealed secret deal on refugees Tasmanian senator says prime minister committed to accept New Zealand’s offer to resettle refugees, but she could not talk about agreement
ABC News · Mar 24, 2022 New Zealand refugee resettlement deal with Australia to happen nine years after initial agreement New Zealand will take 150 refugees from Australia each year for three years, settling a deal first struck by former prime minister Julia Gillard almost a decade ago.
ABC News · Mar 23, 2022 From 'problematic' bogans to the COVID divide: Australia's messy relationship with class Big inequalities exist in Australia, but the issues of class are often missing from our public and political debates.
The Guardian - AU · Feb 14, 2022 ‘I’ll be the Jacqui Lambie of the left’: Dr Sarah Russell enters election race to replace Greg Hunt in Flinders Public health researcher and aged care advocate selected by the Voices of Mornington Peninsula group to run as independent
The Guardian - AU · Feb 2, 2022 Albanese demands Colbeck ‘resign today’ as nation records 82 Covid deaths – as it happened This blog is now closed