Labor party of australia


Ellison out, Nationals change leader in the Senate

It’s not that dramatic, but last night Barnaby Joyce replaced Nigel Scullion as Nationals leader in the Senate, writes Bernard Keane.

A different set of rules for Labor’s Auburn council

An official investigation into Auburn council was published last month exposing extraordinary financial, planning and management issues at the heart of the council’s culture, writes Alex Mitchell.

Transition or challenge, either way, bye bye Nelson

Turnbull might reflect — in fact it would be strange if he hadn’t already — that the winners of Australian politics are those who let nothing get in the way of their ambitions, writes Bernard Keane.

Minchin’s Liberals forget the Senate rules

Nick Minchin, in what appears an appalling knowledge of precedent and tradition, last week convinced his colleagues not to offer a candidate for the position of Senate President, writes Noel Crichton-Browne.

WA Labor’s reactionary smoking gun

Public policy is still run in Western Australia by obscene and ostentatious greed, writes Noel Crichton-Browne.