Politics

As the likelihood of minority government increases, Labor is actively cultivating relations with the teal independents.

The chaos inside the NSW Liberal Party has pushed the branch into a federal takeover, with a suggestion that Tony Abbott might become state director.

As the new Administrative Review Tribunal prepares to begin operating on October 14, an analysis of 364 appointments shows Labor has been sincere in reforming the stacked body it replaces.

The offer of military bases to the US clashes with the government’s stated aim of distancing itself from a great power rivalry, says the former secretary of Home Affairs.

Infighting has whittled the party to just two members, though Jacqui Lambie still wants to run candidates in the next federal election.

In an interview with The Saturday Paper, Tanya Plibersek has defended her decision to halt a goldmine outside Bathurst while at the same time pushing for legislative reform.

Two years into the decade-long national plan to end gendered violence, key reviews released this week have highlighted significant shortfalls in the strategy.

Disability advocates say the government’s reform of the National Disability Insurance Scheme has been rushed and creates more opportunity for mistreatment.

Following India’s assassination of a Sikh activist in Canada, Australian security agencies have again hinted at spy operations here – although the government is loath to upset a major partner by confronting them.

American economist and Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz’s new book, The Road to Freedom, reclaims the language of freedom from right-wing ideologues.