Politics

Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie has made a dramatic entry into the debate over who wields power in the Prime Minister's office.

Mark Latham. Melbourne author and columnist Kasey Edwards has launched a Change.org petition calling on the Australian Financial Review (AFR) to cease publishing the “offensive and derogatory” columns of former Labor leader and columnist Mark Latham

Tony Abbott has announced that he will revise his unpopular “signature” Paid Parental Leave (PPL) scheme. The Prime Minister announced on Sunday that he would reduce the cost of his $5.5 billion scheme. The opposition, business groups and members of his party had deemed theoriginal scheme too generous. The Prime Minister hasn’t released the nitty […]

Greens Senator Larissa Waters has called for parents to boycott children's toys that reinforce gender stereotypes.

Senator Jacqui Lambie has announced she has quit the Palmer United Party (PUP). She will now sit as an independent in the senate. “My resignation today will end that damaging speculation and uncertainty,” she reportedly told parliament. “I must be free to vote in the Senate in the best interest of Tasmanians”. Ms Lambie spent […]

The leader of the Palmer United Party (PUP), Clive Palmer, says Jacqui Lambie has been removed as deputy leader by the parliamentary party. Mr Palmer said in a statement that Senator Lambie had also been suspended from attending any parliamentary meetings of the party. “Jacqui Lambie has failed to attend the last three parliamentary party […]

Former Queensland Premier Wayne Goss has died, aged 63. According to the ABC a Goss family spokesman, Russ Morgan, confirmed Mr Goss had died in the early hours of Monday morning. In 1989, Mr Goss became the first Labor premier after 32 years of National Party dominance, much of it under former Premier Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen. […]

Among the crowd that gathered to mourn Gough Whitlam in Sydney today, The Weekly asked some of the attendees what the former PM meant to them.

Ato Boldon, the former world and Olympic 200-metre sprinter, has hit back at claims that Senator Nova Peris, herself a former Olympic medallist, arranged a tax-payer funded affair for the couple, saying the accusations were “gross fabrications”. First published by The Northern Territory News, the claims – which were headlined “sleazy romps at public expense” […]

Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie, of the Palmer United Party, has proposed a $34,000 fine and up to 12 months jail time if parents force their children to wear a burqa. Her draft legislation, which details prohibiting full face coverings in public places, was released via a media statement. Senator Lambie’s bill would see “any person […]