Labor's Don Farrell has an electoral reform blueprint, but it could be a rough road to implementation, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Political donations would need to be disclosed in “real time” during elections under reform legislation that also would restrict spending on individual seat campaigns to an amount that will be less than $1 million per candidate.
Senator Fatima Payman, who quit Labor last week to sit as a crossbench independent, says she would advise Muslims not to form their own political party.
Labor will only harm itself by a silly attempt to discredit Fatima Payman, says political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
As Labor’s Fatima Payman defects to the crossbench, the government worries about the Muslim vote, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Rebel Senator Fatima Payman has escalated her confrontation with the Labor Party by claiming “some members” are trying to intimidate her into quitting the Senate, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
The Assange light and sound show overshadows government problems, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Julian Assange told Anthony Albanese he had “saved his life” in his first phone conversation after his chartered plane’s wheels touched down at Canberra’s RAAF base soon after 7:30pm on Wednesday.
Hero or villain? Julian Assange’s cause crossed the political divide, writes politcal columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Paul Keating labels Dutton a ‘charlatan’ as nuclear debate gets down and dirty, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is seated aloft the nuclear tiger, hoping not to get eaten, says political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
ABC chair Kim Williams calls for public broadcaster to be ‘national campfire’ and to understand its audiences better, reports MICHELLE GRATTAN.
