Global gambling company to leave Australia’s peak lobbying group Entain will withdraw from Responsible Wagering Australia in coming months, as a government crackdown on betting ads looms The Guardian - AU · Feb 29, 2024
Push to expand assisted dying treatment to telehealth Laws protecting doctors for being prosecuted for providing assisted dying services over the phone or by telehealth have been introduced to parliament. AAP · Feb 12, 2024
Prominent Ngunnawal elder considers independent tilt for Assembly Aunty Violet Sheridan is weighing up a run in Yerrabi. The Canberra Times · Feb 11, 2024
Alarm sounded over long-term effects of tax cuts Concerns are being raised new tax cuts will put a dent in the pocket of Australians in the long-term as the issue of bracket creep remains. AAP · Jan 29, 2024
Lobbyists lining up to put their case to minister over Australia-wide ban on gambling ads Exclusive: Freedom of information reveals long list of concerned parties meeting Michelle Rowland The Guardian - AU · Dec 19, 2023
Telehealth consultations for voluntary assisted dying are illegal under Australian law, court finds Federal court rules that the definition of ‘suicide’ under criminal law applies to VAD The Guardian - AU · Nov 30, 2023
Ban on gambling ads a certain winner, say MPs Two independent MPs and an anti-betting lobbyist are calling on the government to ban gambling advertisements. AAP · Nov 28, 2023
Burrup Hub gas project could release 13 times Australia’s annual carbon emissions, analysis suggests Greenpeace-led research discussed in Canberra with independent Kate Chaney saying politicians need to understand ‘sheer scale’ of what is planned in WA The Guardian - AU · Nov 27, 2023
MP Kate Chaney launches bid to overturn ban on accessing assisted dying appointments via telehealth Exclusive: Teal MP Kate Chaney to introduce bill exempting voluntary assisted dying appointments from criminal code The Guardian - AU · Nov 13, 2023
Independent MP pushes for action on robodebt repairs MP Kate Chaney will push for a parliamentary committee to be established to ensure recommendations from the robodebt royal commission are delivered. AAP · Oct 12, 2023
Liberal party apologises to voice voters for giving advice labelled ‘blatant disregard’ of rules People who took up party’s incorrect suggestion on applying for postal ballots could miss out on voting in referendum, MP warns The Guardian - AU · Oct 9, 2023
‘Staggering’ rise of gambling among school-age children leads to calls for urgent inquiry Exclusive: Without action, a ‘generation of young people’ could be addicted to gambling, says independent MP pushing for government to urgently intervene The Guardian - AU · Oct 3, 2023
Labor accused of double standards after excluding political parties from privacy crackdown Albanese government plan draws criticism from Kate Chaney and David Pocock, who say voters want an end to data harvesting The Guardian - AU · Sep 28, 2023
AFL criticised for promoting series of bets that have 85% loss rate for gamblers Analysis of 90 advertised same-game multis from Sportsbet shows only 15% would result in a win The Guardian - AU · Sep 20, 2023
The Guardian - AU · Sep 13, 2023 ‘Hi it’s Jacinta Price’: Liberal anti-voice mass text campaign branded ‘deceptive’ by teals Australian Electoral Commission says texts purporting to be from no campaign leader are legal, but MPs say they are ‘predatory’
The Guardian - AU · Sep 6, 2023 Labor demands investigation into Liberal party’s ‘misleading’ postal vote strategy for the voice Liberals brush off calls for AEC to investigate website that offers non-existent postal vote registrations
The Guardian - AU · Aug 8, 2023 Gambling reform advocate says ads are ‘grooming’ kids as Australian broadcasters lobby against total ban Tim Costello says free-to-air TV does not face an existential crisis and urges bipartisan push on ad ban
The Guardian - AU · Jul 30, 2023 Grounding of Taipan helicopters ‘can be dealt with’, Marles says; Morrison accuses Labor of ‘political lynching’ over robodebt – as it happened This blog is now closed
The Guardian - AU · Jul 17, 2023 Voice backers sign off on ‘simple, hopeful’ message for referendum pamphlet Yes and no camps have been writing their competing essays, to be published by AEC on Tuesday
The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2023 Major Australian media outlet apologises for ‘racist’ full-page ad featuring Indigenous people Ad shows Wesfarmers chair Michael Chaney handing money to Indigenous leader Thomas Mayo
The Guardian - AU · Jul 4, 2023 ‘Corrosive impact’: calls to ban political donations from Australia’s big four consultancies after PwC scandal The firm along with Deloitte, EY and KPMG donated $4.3m to Labor and Coalition in past decade as government contracts increased by 400%, analysis shows
The Conversation · Jun 22, 2023 Grattan on Friday: Labor's 'Godfather' seeks deal on electoral reform – but some fear changes could disadvantage community candidates Special Minister of State Don Farrell, who’s also minister for trade and tourism and the government’s deputy leader in the Senate, is a numbers man from way back.
The Guardian - AU · Jun 19, 2023 Labor poised to cap donations and spending after key report released Government says electoral reforms are needed for transparency, but Coalition has vowed to resist ‘tooth and nail’
The Guardian - AU · Feb 23, 2023 Yes campaign launch in WA hears anger over Indigenous incarceration and child removal Hundreds packed a forum on the voice to parliament in Perth to hear speakers including new Greens First Nations spokesperson Dorinda Cox
The Conversation · Feb 16, 2023 Politics with Michelle Grattan: Kate Chaney on life as a teal MP Kate Chaney was one of half a dozen new “teal” MPs elected to parliament last year, winning the previously solid Liberal seat of Curtin in Western Australia.