Libs admit Chinese diaspora failings on listening tour The opposition leader has met with senior Chinese community leaders to hear how the party can rebuild trust with the diaspora following its election loss. AAP · Jul 7, 2025
Secret examination of agency running Aukus submarine program handed to government – as it happened This blog is now closed The Guardian - AU · Jun 11, 2025
Who’s in and who’s out: key takeaways from Sussan Ley’s newly unveiled Coalition frontbench Several moderate Liberals and key Ley supporters have been catapulted into the shadow ministry The Guardian - AU · May 28, 2025
Dutton denies deliberately keeping himself in dark over fake caravan terror plot Questions linger over who attended key online meeting on 30 January with Australian federal police and language used by Dutton afterwards The Guardian - AU · Mar 11, 2025
Sinister find puts lonely road at nexus of terror probe The discovery of a caravan containing explosives has shocked residents of a usually quiet semi-rural suburb on the outskirts of a major city. AAP · Jan 30, 2025
NSW psychiatry patients moved to private facilities – as it happened This blog is now closed The Guardian - AU · Jan 29, 2025
Peter Dutton’s reshuffle: David Coleman the surprise choice as shadow foreign minister Peter Dutton has chosen a dark horse in naming David Coleman for the key shadow foreign affairs portfolio, in a reshuffle that also seeks to boost the opposition’s credentials with women. The Conversation · Jan 25, 2025
Peter Dutton appoints Jacinta Nampijinpa Price to Musk-style government efficiency role in new frontbench Long-awaited shadow cabinet reshuffle has David Coleman taking over foreign affairs portfolio from outgoing Simon Birmingham The Guardian - AU · Jan 25, 2025
Friday essay: how an unholy alliance of the separatist left and reactionary right rejected the Voice’s ‘sensible middle way’ If the 1999 republic referendum got crushed by an “unholy alliance” between monarchists and direct electionists, the Voice referendum was repudiated by an unprincipled union between the separatist Indigenous left and the reactionary right – though the right’s opposition was more electorally impactful. The Conversation · Aug 22, 2024
Dutton calls Greens ‘evil’ and claims Bandt ‘unfit for public office’ as tensions over Gaza war continue Adam Bandt hits back, saying he will not be lectured about peace by someone who backs invasion The Guardian - AU · Jun 6, 2024
Fight over Israel, Gaza rhetoric as aid request lingers Politicians are blaming each other for stoking community tensions over the war in Gaza as the Albanese government mulls a request for aid. AAP · Jun 6, 2024
Liberal urges inquiry into anti-Semitism on campuses An opposition MP has put forward laws to set up an inquiry examining rising levels of anti-Semitism at universities. AAP · Jun 3, 2024
Peter Dutton tells colleagues Labor’s hate speech crackdown is a ‘trap’ Opposition leader labels proposed hate speech offence a Labor ‘wedge’ as negotiations falter on religious discrimination bill The Guardian - AU · May 28, 2024
Coalition senator accuses Labor’s Fatima Payman of ‘supporting terrorists’ before withdrawing claim Comments come just hours after Senate passes motion urging senators to ‘engage in debate and commentary respectfully’ The Guardian - AU · May 16, 2024
The Guardian - AU · Mar 13, 2024 Julian Leeser accuses Australian Human Rights Commission of failing to address antisemitism Commission chief says organisation has actively condemned antisemitism as well as Islamophobia linked to Israel-Gaza war
AAP · Nov 18, 2023 Calls for justice from thousands at pro-Palestine rally Thousands have marched in a pro-Palestine rally in Melbourne's city centre after hearing from the father of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
The Guardian - AU · Nov 18, 2023 Jewish MP’s appeal to ban Palestinian road convoys in Sydney deemed unworkable by NSW government But transport minister John Graham says he is concerned about the convoys amid ‘an already tense situation’
AAP · Nov 15, 2023 Australia continues to back humanitarian calls: Wong A United Nations resolution that civilians must be protected in Gaza, and all hostages should be released has been backed by Penny Wong.
AAP · Nov 12, 2023 Responsibility not to 'politicise' conflict: Albanese The federal government is facing questions over its approach to the Hamas-Israel conflict and calls for a ceasefire.
The Guardian - AU · Oct 18, 2023 Inside the voice campaigns: how muddled messages and voter confusion led to a crushing defeat The yes campaign lost voters in the summer, one insider says - and by the time it shifted strategy, it was too late
The Guardian - AU · Oct 11, 2023 Dutton’s call to deport protesters backed by Zionist federation president – as it happened This blog is now closed.
Newcastle Herald · Oct 10, 2023 The Voice is a small change, with only upside Poet Oodgeroo wrote Indigenous Australians want "freedom, not frustration; self-respect, not resignation".
The Guardian - AU · Oct 6, 2023 Peter Dutton is the exploding fire hydrant of politics, pushing his party to the angry fringes and electoral oblivion Anger and aggression in rightwing politics is now a multinational enterprise, and the opposition leader heads the local charge
The Conversation · Oct 5, 2023 Grattan on Friday: Jacinta Price is the Coalition's official referendum voice, but Julian Leeser is determined to be heard In politics, one person’s setback is often another’s opportunity. That’s the story of the Coalition’s Julian Leeser and Jacinta Nampijinpa Price in the Voice referendum.
The Guardian - AU · Sep 24, 2023 Anthony Albanese tells Peter Dutton he will set up bipartisan committee to legislate on voice to parliament if yes vote succeeds Speaking at the same Yes23 campaign launch in Sydney, Julian Leeser says ‘Australians aren’t a perfect people … but are good-hearted’