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Bandt, Slipper, Windsor, Katter, Oakeshott, Thomson, Crook: they all stand in the way of Stephen Conroy’s media reforms. So how will they vote? Crikey intern Carrington Clarke asked them.

If the Victorian Liberals were smart at the next federal election they could do a deal with the Greens to shore up Bandt in Melbourne and undermine some key Labor Right ministers who are particularly hostile to the Greens.

Notwithstanding the Greens’ unduly stubborn refusal to concede defeat, it is beyond doubt that Labor is over the line in the Melbourne byelection, writes William Bowe of Crikey blog Poll Bludger.

A House of Representatives committee has dodged the question of whether to pursue marriage equality after a record 276,000 responses during its inquiry.

There’s something cruelly ironic about the departure of Bob Brown.

The most important task for global climate policy is to get First World countries to finance the developing world’s mitigation efforts, writes Jonathan Symons, assistant professor at Lingnan University’s department of political science.

“It is not the intention of the Australian government to bring to the parliament any legislation dealing with voluntary euthanasia. Of course, in the parliament, parliamentarians as individuals have their rights, and if someone wanted to bring such a proposition as a private member’s bill, that is possible, but the Australian government has no intention […]

Australia is making political history next Wednesday. The People’s Question — crowd sourced and voted on through OurSay.org — will be asked by Adam Bandt directly to the Prime Minister.

The Greens would need to rely on the support of the Liberal Party to retain the crucial seat of Melbourne at the next federal election, according to internal Labor Party polling obtained by Crikey.

On a reliably frigid Canberra morning holed up in a ramshackle hotel bereft of any kind of heating, the sound of Anthony Albanese seeping out of the clock radio to claim total credit for the passage of the carbon tax seemed too much to bear.

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.

Close to 30 MPs had reported to federal parliament their constituents’ views on gay marriage as Crikey hit deadline, as they agreed to do under a Greens motion last November.

Reforms designed to restore confidence in the financial services sector are at risk of being derailed following intense lobbying, writes James Frost, of Eureka Report.

Crikey reader John offers up his very personal story of a gay “marriage”, including all of the “in sickness and in health” and “for better, or worse” vows. It might not have the legal recognition, but the essence remains the same.

Crikey media wrap: Greens MP Adam Bandt brought gay marriage into parliament yesterday, introducing a motion of marriage equality in parliament to ask politicians to search out their constituents views on the issue.

The debate on Afghanistan was long overdue and the Greens are to be congratulated for forcing it upon a reluctant Government. But it must be said that we have learned very little from it to date.

Julia Gillard can afford to be reasonably satisfied with the first week of the rest of her government. But the crossbenchers are ready and eager to exploit their temporary power bases, particularly on climate change and the war in Afghanistan.