The House of Representatives has the power to imprison for up to six months an individual found to be in contempt of Parliament by the privileges committee, and it’s a punishment they’ve doled out before, reports Scott Barnes.
Sophie Mirabella
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Video of the Day: Sophie Mirabella spits the dummy
Sophie Mirabella’s time to address the House of Reps may have expired, but that didn’t stop or dilute the cranky opposition MP, whose angry rant against the carbon tax resulted in her getting booted out of the chamber for 24 hours. The footage has arrived …
Passion or need? Sophie Mirabella’s insatiable thirst for power
Sophie Mirabella spends so much time with political powerbrokers that she is regarded — certainly by herself — as a genius. Her passion is indisputable, according to Politically Homeless, and Tony Abbott will never get rid of her.
Mirabella helps pass carbon tax
Crikey media wrap: Despite Tony Abbott declaring he will kill the carbon price if elected, PM Julia Gillard will today get Australia’s first significant policy to cut carbon emissions passed through parliament.
Crikey Says: Crikey says: let’s not dwell on a few banners
Sophie Mirabella on the Occupy Wall Street movement …
Sophie Mirabella set for Supreme Court stoush
A Supreme Court encounter is brewing between high-flying federal Liberal front-bencher Sophie Mirabella and the children of her close friend, deceased distinguished law professor Dr Colin Howard QC, over the proceeds of Howard’s estate.
Sideshow Alley: walking out and shutting up in question time
It’s typical of our national debate that on the day the prime minister introduces a historic climate policy to the parliament, the Opposition would be busy pulling out political stunts to steal some of the spotlight.
What motivates the Parl house rallies?
Do the right-wing rallies that have proliferated here this year have anything to do with protest movements elsewhere? Well, one in particular…
Politics of misogyny, or misogyny of politics … you decide
Plenty of placards at the anti-carbon tax rally were misogynist. Problem is, they reflect our political culture, not differ from it.
Crabb: The giant sooking babies leading our country
This new paradigm is more of a new play pen, with Australian politicians trading the most pathetic insults and playing childish games with each other, writes Annabel Crabb.
Mirabella: Why I quit
Liberal MP Sophie Mirabella explains why she resigned from the party’s front bench yesterday and why she will never back down from her stance on the Government’s emissions trading scheme.
Mirabella’s man had a past before the ball
Never mind the groping, Sophie Mirabella’s now ex-advisor Anthony Scrinis was showing signs of being a little, well, off balance, well before the Mid-Winter Ball.
The VFF’s VSU hypocrisy
Victorian Farmers Federation chief Simon Ramsay’s opportunistic attempts to balance the books should be viewed with the upmost skepticism, writes Andrew Crook.
