Even for a politician as self-assured as Cory Bernardi, it’s hard to put a positive spin on this. How did it go so wrong?
Divided votes and increased competition — David Leyonhjelm's recent failure may be a bellwether for things to come on May 18.
White fragility in Australia is looking particularly fragile at the moment on the back of a joke war.
Rating hospitality bosses ... Bennelong simmers along ... marriage equality's colourful stamp ...
Stephen Parry's can of worms for Tasmania ... Bernardi isn't king in the north ... the Liberal MP who gave us a Halloween nightmare ...
Was there a professional rivalry at the heart of Wilkinson's departure? ... Socialist Alternative slapped down ... lobbyists be lobbying ...
Less than less than 18 months after getting re-elected, Xenophon announces he’s going home. He’s quitting the Senate to go play in the South Australian state election next year as a small pond powerbroker/kingmaker/self-promoter.
Tim "Freedom Boy Wilson swiftly deleted a tweet accusing Cory Bernardi of having a nefarious ulterior motive for robocalling a million people to prosecute the No case. But he is not at all sorry he tweeted it in the first place.
Cory Bernardi photobombs a pro-marriage equality photo opp ... too much satire ... paying for war ...
Is Fred Nile's chief of staff tweeting alt-right propaganda? ... Brandis goes silent ... kids these days ...