Politics

An enormous number of happy-go-lucky Australians got up this morning and went to work, just as if it were any other day. It’s not just any other day. Today, we say goodbye to a giant. We say goodbye to Gough. Most Australians will know the name, and even very young Australians will know who he […]

When Gough Whitlam was asked how he would meet his maker when that day came, he said: "I shall treat him as an equal." It’s an unsurprising response from a former prime minister whose flagship policies of universal health care and fee-free university education were exhibitions of egalitarianism.

Muslim women wearing the burqa and the niqab will not be forced to sit inside a glass security enclosure when they visit Parliament House, following a decision today to ditch the controversial anti-terrorist security measures that have dominated national debate in recent weeks.

British PM David Cameron has been left red-faced after he was overheard saying the Queen "purred down the line" after the Scottish referendum.

Calm, confident and reasoned, Julia Gillard had some hard words for her critics in an exclusive interview with Ray Martin on the Nine Network to publicise her book My Story. They were directed at Alan Jones, the Canberra Press Gallery, the harshness of the public critique and those who chose to judge her on personal issues not political ones.

Former Prime Minister John Howard strayed from the usual straight laced political agenda to give Channel 7’s Sunday Night viewers a glimpse of his softer side on a few emotional topics.

Now Hillary Clinton – who as US Secretary of State was the most powerful woman in the world – has weighed into the debate, and her advice may come as a surprise. Instead of spending their time complaining, Hillary suggests that women start laughing at the stupid things men say. Instead of getting all defensive, […]

Former Labor Prime Minister Julia Gillard is set to reveal all to Ray Martin in an interview on Channel Nine, airing on Tuesday night.

A 21-year-old student who accessed computer records at the Whitehouse Institute of Design and then leaked information about a scholarship awarded to Frances Abbott, the daughter of Prime Minister Tony Abbott, to a website pleaded guilty to a charge of accessing restricted data in a Sydney court today. Freya Rachael Sommerville Newman, a creative writing […]

The Treasurer has issued a radio apology for claiming poor people will be less affected by proposed petrol tax hikes because they "either don't have cars or actually don't drive very far".