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Leyonhjelm’s pottymouth smacks of political impotence

Australia has a long tradition of parliamentary vulgarity, but Senator Leyonhjelm might be the first to regularly turn it back on the voters.

Character comes to the fore but not in the way the government hoped

The government decided to make Bill Shorten's "character" its target this week. Not unexpectedly, it blew up in its face.

While we obsess over scandal, what's happening on policy?

While the governing class examines its own navel for scandal, what's happening on the most important policy issues?

Crikey's depressingly necessary new initiative: ScandalTracker

It's the tracker you never thought you'd need in a relatively stable western democracy.

Hinch's Senate Diary: call someone else, I'm on the phone to justice

Amongst the shrewd and the slippery on Capital Hill, Senator Derryn Hinch pledges to stick to his knitting.

ABC laments Alberici's errors, but doesn't know what they are

In a less-than-vintage estimates performance, ABC executives have shed no light on why they censored a senior journalist.

Is the Lambie Network headed to the slaughter?

Has Jacqui Lambie killed her state team's chances by backing the Liberals ahead of her 2019 Senate tilt?

The political logic of Clive Palmer's online nonsense

Palmer’s online posts aren’t just bizarre for bizarre’s sake. They serve to rebuild his image of a potential populist leader — and they're working.

An instructive history on the 'evils' of foreign donations

Malcolm Turnbull says everyone agrees that foreign donations are bad. He seems to have changed his tune just a little bit.

The mystery of Malcolm's midnight missive

Malcolm Turnbull waited two weeks to check if Barnaby Joyce had broken any ministerial standards. Is anyone in his office capable of doing the basics of political management?