Albanese leaves door open to cutting tobacco excise Labor's leader is now declining to guarantee the government won't cut the levy, as One Nation says keeping it unchanged will funnel money to the "mafia". AAP · Sep 9
Andrew Hastie threatens One Nation with ‘costly’ fight over claims he is a ‘traitor’ to Australia Liberal MP says One Nation is trying to unseat him because he gave evidence against Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith The Guardian - AU · Sep 8
Labor plans crackdown on social media algorithms as Taylor says he’s ‘deeply sceptical’ Anika Wells expected to release legislation creating a digital duty of care in parliament this week, but Coalition argues it is ‘attempt to censor the internet’ The Guardian - AU · Sep 6
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’ The Guardian - AU · Aug 30
View from The Hill: Liberals, One Nation and Labor all have immigration details up in the air The Liberals’ final immigration policy number won’t be released this year, their spokesman Jonno Duniam has revealed, adding more uncertainty to the nation’s debate on one of its hottest issues. The Conversation · Aug 24
Coalition to back Hanson’s migration policy despite pledging to fight One Nation Angus Taylor and Matt Canavan to support bill barring overseas Australians with terrorist links from returning home The Guardian - AU · Aug 11
'Chaos and confusion' engulfs future migration policy Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke was due to unveil migration policies in a major speech before it was cancelled. AAP · Aug 5
Probe into Bondi terror attack could miss key evidence The royal commission into the Bondi massacre might miss out on key evidence as a former source to an Australian spy agency has had his visa application denied. AAP · Jul 23
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jonno Duniam on guilt and relief about quitting politics Despite being one of the Liberals’ strongest performers, frontbencher Jonno Duniam is quitting politics by the end of this year – and leaving with some regrets. The Conversation · Jun 18
View from The Hill: has political life become absurdly frenetic? With frontbencher Jonno Duniam’s decision the bail out of politics, the Liberals are not just further depleted, but the parliament is losing someone of the calibre we want to see there. The Conversation · Jun 15
View from The Hill: Angus Taylor to lose key shadow minister Jonno Duniam Opposition leader Angus Taylor is losing one of his most effective shadow ministers, Jonno Duniam, who will quit parliament this year, citing family reasons and “exhaustion”. The Conversation · Jun 14
Angus Taylor using NDIS cuts as ‘pawn in bigger chess game’, Mark Butler warns Opposition and Greens could team up to extend inquiry into changes but health minister ‘utterly convinced’ federal government’s plan is right The Guardian - AU · Jun 14
Liberal frontbencher Jonno Duniam to quit politics, says leadership spill ‘started to really wear on me’ Tasmanian senator says he feels he is ‘letting down the team’ but needs to prioritise family The Guardian - AU · Jun 14
NSW lifts drone ban over Sydney beach after shark attack – as it happened This blog is now closed The Guardian - AU · Jun 13
The Guardian - AU · May 18 NSW police charge two men after allegedly seizing more than $1m of illicit tobacco – as it happened All the day’s news as it unfolded
AAP · Apr 13 Gang rapist back behind bars after detention escape A gang rapist who spent five days as a fugitive after escaping immigration detention while seeking medical attention is back behind bars.
The Guardian - AU · Apr 1 Federal government claims some states standing in the way of ‘getting those guns off our streets’ PM’s deadline to establish the biggest gun buyback in 30 years passes with half of the nation’s governments refusing to join
The Guardian - AU · Feb 17 How a hardline ‘Trump-style’ Liberal immigration policy to ban migrants from Gaza and Somalia was developed Another senior member of Sussan Ley’s team has expressed serious reservations about aspects of the plan
The Conversation · Feb 12 Flood of frontbench resignations as Liberals prepare for Friday leadership showdown A bevy of Liberal frontbenchers supporting Angus Taylor’s leadership challenge resigned their positions on Thursday, ahead of Friday’s 9am party vote.
The Conversation · Jan 19 View from The Hill: Liberals tick off deal on hate crime measures While federal parliament devoted Monday to emotion-filled Bondi condolence speeches, behind the scenes government and opposition inched to a deal to pass on Tuesday Labor’s fall-back measures relating to hate.
AAP · Jan 15 Religious leaders unite in call for hate speech rethink Religious leaders have united across faiths to urge the prime minister to go back to the drawing board on contentious hate speech reforms.
AAP · Dec 12, 2025 Unis to be home for foreign students under Liberal plan Liberals are walking a tightrope on immigration as they prepare to outline policy principles to guide migration cuts while not alienating migrant communities.
The Guardian - AU · Dec 11, 2025 Coalition urged to ignore ‘opinions of Pauline Hanson’ as it weighs hardline approach to immigration As part of wider strategy, opposition is exploring options to force visa holders to adhere to ‘Australian values’
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 18, 2025 Liberals to target international students and skilled migrants in proposed cuts to immigration The Coalition is preparing to thrash out the design of a policy to significantly reduce immigration places