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Brittany Higgins' allegation of sexual assault against a colleague at Parliament House has sparked widespread calls for change in federal politics.

The Senate passed a motion yesterday attacking NBN Co for paying almost $78 million in pandemic bonuses in the second half of 2020, describing the payments as "excessive, unreasonable, and lacking in justification". The motion passed 32 votes to 30, with Labor, the Greens, Centre Alliance, PHON and independent Senator Rex Patrick all backing it. The post NBN greed lambasted by Senate appeared first on MacroBusiness.

Brittany Higgins' allegation of sexual assault against a colleague at Parliament House has sparked widespread calls for change in federal politics.

Earlier this week, Newspoll released showed that Labor is trending higher in its primary vote: Although, Labor and the Coalition were tied on a two-party preferred basis: Now Roy Morgan has released polling, taken over the weekends of February 6/7 & 13/14, showing that Labor is now ahead 50.5% to 49.5% on a two-party preferred The post Roy Morgan: Labor takes poll lead from Coalition appeared first on MacroBusiness.

Craig Kelly has walked from the Liberal Party and vowed to run as an independent in the next federal election but winning the seat of Hughes again may be a tall order without Prime Ministerial intervention.

The system privileges political considerations above everything, and enables and emboldens systematic and highly gendered abuses of power.

Mr Kelly refuses to accept AMA and other warnings about his claims that two drugs, ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine, can be used to treat the coronavirus.

Controversial Liberal MP Craig Kelly has resigned from the party to move to the crossbench. He will still support the government on supply and confidence.

<p>Prime Minister Scott Morrison says his government will continue to function despite backbencher Craig Kelly&#x27;s resignation.</p>

In South Australia, Steven Marshall's first-term Liberal Government has been plunged into minority after backbench MP Fraser Ellis was charged with 23 deception offences. Here's how the dramatic turn of events unfolded, and what it means.

New polling from Roy Morgan Research shows that the Australian Labor Party (ALP) has overtaken the Coalition in the polls, recording its first two-party preferred lead since the COVID-19 pandemic began: In February, support for the ALP is 50.5% on a two-party preferred basis, up 1% point since November 2020 and now ahead of the The post ALP takes poll lead over Coalition appeared first on MacroBusiness.

<p>Scott Morrison has confirmed he will support an independent external review into an alleged rape at Parliament House. </p>

An investigation into how the Liberal Party deals with sexual assault is overdue, according to the woman who says she was raped in a parliamentary office.

Royal commission's finding comes as sector targets marginal electorates in campaign calling for government spending to be doubled

Trump's acquittal generates a host of questions around what happens next: Will he face future federal, state or local charges? What about a censure vote? And will he ultimately be free to run again in 2024?

7 Republican senators vote to convict Trump on incitement charge

Exclusive: independent office unable to find one instance when Julia Gillard as leader referred a question to a colleague

President Trump's lawyers wrapped up their impeachment defense, with the Senate returning Saturday for closing arguments and a likely vote on the former president's fate.

Early discussions have involved more than 120 Republican officials keen to form a party around "principled conservatism", which they say has been trashed by former president Donald Trump.

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