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Labor’s exploitation of the 457 visa issues is just part of an attempt by all three parties to exploit immigration fears. Politicians are accusing each other of being soft, as the immigration debate plumbs new depths.

While the Greens’ federal vote remains solid, they have again underperformed at the state level as results come in from NSW and the NT.

Labor and Julia Gillard’s low support is stuck fast. And support for Julian Assange has fallen since he sought asylum with Ecuador.

The upcoming Melbourne state by-election campaign has been sucked into the vortex of national politics, with journalists comparing the ALP vs Green state battle with their federal counterparts, says William Bowe.

The Labor Right’s attack on the Greens misses the point that disgruntled ex-Labor voters are only a part of the Greens’ electoral support. Labor can look to the Democrats for that.

There is no “impasse” on asylum seekers, there is only bloodyminded evil from the Coalition.

Attempts to regulate media diversity miss the point that there may be little diversity left to regulate.

Christine Milne has reiterated her commitment to moving the economic focus to households and quality of life in her budget reply.

The Greens are apparently fiscally irresponsible and yet too disciplined, depending on which business group you ask.

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

Bob Brown ends his long and successful parliamentary career with the Greens at the peak of their power. Christine Milne has been handed awesome responsibility.

The Lock the Gate movement is an alliance between progressives and conservatives, left and right, city and country, farmers and environmentalists. Activist Drew Hutton explains why.

A Senate committee has quietly omitted the public interest from its consideration of how lobbying is currently regulated.

Labor’s donations advantage vanished at the 2010 election, new data from the Australian Electoral Commission shows.

Australian political parties are cossetted by compulsory voting, public funding and exemptions in areas such as privacy. But despite those protections, they are dying, and quickly.

The passage of the government’s carbon pricing package is a major victory for the Greens. Even if it’s so weak it needs to be bolstered by an extensive array of taxpayer spending

A new poll shows supporting same-sex marriage would boost Labor’s vote — but mainly at the expense of the Greens.

It’s an old refrain, but the closer we get to the Clean Energy Future legislation ducking and weaving its way through parliament, the more we are reminded of the ghosts of the current proposal’s stepmother, the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, writes Giles Parkinson of Climate Spectator.

There are some key changes from Rudd’s CPRS that reflect both the influence of the Greens and Ross Garnaut in its development.

Martin Ferguson’s department has been stripped of responsibility for billions in renewables programs as the Greens demand greater certainty for the sector.

Labor and the Coalition combined to give ASIO new powers last night. We still don’t know why.

The Greens, who received 13% of the vote in the Senate, now hold 11% of the seats in the Senate. Amazing! Controversial! Their evil plan has begun and, god luv ‘em, they’ve seriously screwed with the minds of the Press Gallery, writes Greg Jericho.