What did we learn from consultation about same-s-x marriage? Not much, it...
Asking MPs to consult with voters on same-sex marriage has told us nothing more than we already knew, including that parliament is out of touch on the issue.
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Serco told to cough up by ombudsman ... Michael Thawley's brother questions the government ... Christopher Pyne gets something right on Wong ...
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Freudian slip at tax summit ... de Bruyn's new pals ... George Christensen's love for Reclaim Australia ...
View ArticleHow to get your name in the paper if you’re a lowly backbencher
Why do loudmouths like Cory Bernardi get to front the National Press Club while many backbenchers languish in the pages of their local rags? Crikey investigates what it takes to get your name up in...
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Canning goes quiet ... Mike Baird watches (and tweets) The Bachelor ... don't let in Syrians, says highly scientific poll ...
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Journalism's night of nights ... Whish-Wilson forgets about own inquiry ... name that glider ...
View ArticleTips and rumours: George Christensen’s reading material
Flags, faxes and interesting reading material are among the expenses items claimed by our federal politicians this year. Far-right Queensland MP George Christensen claimed expenses for more than a...
View ArticleWhat will George Christensen’s surrogacy inquiry find?
George Christensen has announced Australia will conduct an inquiry into its murky and sometimes restrictive surrogacy laws. What will it find? Crikey intern Jess Davis reports.
View ArticleTips and rumours: a very confused Australia Day
Our politicians all have their own way of celebrating Australia Day. George Christensen used the day to tell us that our national anthem’s second verse isn’t actually about sharing our boundless plains...
View ArticleLet’s get real about the republican movement
Crikey readers discuss politics and other issues of the day.
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Bill Shorten and the perfect passive-aggressive "mate" ... ScoMo gets snippy ... Christensen goes to war ...
View ArticleTips and rumours: Another questionable Christensen campaign
Queensland MP George Christensen has long been known for his interesting political tactics, but we can’t take this one seriously. The red Coles “down, down, prices are down” hand, along with...
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James Paterson's friends ... problems with George Christensen ... AusPost wants your metadata ...
View ArticleGeorge Christensen busts out spectre of paedos in Safe Schools war
Someone at the same university where someone else developed an anti-bullying program once wrote a completely abhorrent article. Think of the children!
View ArticleTurnbull’s lack of leadership opens the way to a new culture war
Malcolm Turnbull has mishandled the Safe Schools issue as part of a broader tactic of placating the Right of his party at any cost.
View ArticleGovernment ‘guts’ Safe Schools program
Right-wing members of the Coalition have successfully attacked an anti-bullying program.
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Tips and rumours
From the Crikey grapevine, the latest tips and rumours … Clinton slams Trump the golf cheat. Donald Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee for president. No, really. And Hillary Clinton has wasted...
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Christensen does Shorten
While we’re about to lose Clive Palmer and his video selfies from Parliament, it looks like fellow Queenslander George Christensen is going to take up the mantle of bizarre social media clips....
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Crikey campaign scorecard: Qld beautiful one day, political the next
WHO WON THE DAY? Bernard Keane, Crikey politics editor: Both sides had early problems: Labor’s Melbourne candidate went rogue on asylum seekers; outgoing Western Australian Liberal MP Dennis Jensen is...
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