After days of late-night negotiations, the Albanese government has a referendum question for the Voice and the machinery to implement it, but the Coalition remains split.
The closure of a major paper mill is an opportunity to end logging in native forests, which would spare both the environment and significant public funds. So why the reluctance to transition to plantation timber?
In an exclusive interview, climate activist Violet CoCo, who won her appeal against a jail sentence this week, details what she has learnt about the ‘theatre’ of politics.
The bill to prepare the referendum on the Voice to Parliament has stalled in the senate amid a surge of amendments, including from key independent voters David Pocock and Lidia Thorpe.
Sally Rugg’s case against her boss highlights some realities of life as a political staffer – the role attracts young and idealistic people who can be demoralised by its demands.
