John Herron to run for Justice party in Victoria state election to ‘fight for’ daughter killed in Royal Park in 2019
Navy veteran and lawyer joins Derryn Hinch’s party but expert warns against calls for harsher bail laws
June 2020
Jan Fran's the frant
The Frant: saying 'do less crime' to cut Indigenous incarceration is simplistic and dumb – video
In the latest episode of The Frant for Guardian Australia, Jan Fran looks at the shockingly high rates of Aboriginal imprisonment and the inequalities in our justice system
April 2020
The weekly beast
The Pell reckoning: Ray Hadley challenges Andrew Bolt to take it outside
Amanda Meade
While the ABC remains the chief target of George Pell’s supporters, there’s also fallout within the 2GB stable. Plus: Foxtel’s pain and ABC’s gains
December 2019
Tony Abbott filmed leaving the prison where Cardinal George Pell is being held
Former prime minister says he was ‘visiting a friend’ but refused to confirm exactly who he saw
July 2019
Independent MP Catherine Cumming hires her children and friends as staffers
Victorian MP said there was ‘plenty of online training’ for her children and friends to learn in taxpayer-funded jobs
May 2019
Senate results: Hanson-Young returns, but Hinch, Anning and Burston are gone
Australian election 2019: how to avoid voting for a terrible micro party in the Senate
April 2019
Senate censures Fraser Anning for 'shameful' Christchurch comments
Penny Wong says ‘he doesn’t speak for this nation’ as One Nation senator Peter Georgiou compares motion to a ‘public flogging’
February 2019
Scott Morrison 'deeply shocked' by Pell conviction amid calls to strip honours
Australian politics live with Amy Remeikis
Labor starts fightback on border security as medical evacuation bill passes Senate – as it happened
October 2018
Government blames 'administrative error' for its support for 'it's OK to be white' vote
Prime minister says it’s ‘regrettable’ Pauline Hanson’s motion received 23 votes from the ruling Liberal-National Coalition
Pauline Hanson’s ‘It’s OK to be white’ motion narrowly defeated in Senate – video
Pauline Hanson's motion condemning 'anti-white racism' has been defeated 31-28
Senators warn against expanding religious schools' rights to expel gay students
Key crossbenchers say greater rights to fire gay teachers and expel gay students would be ‘retrograde’ and ‘inappropriate’
September 2018
The transparency project
Labor and Coalition combine to vote down stricter lobbying rules
Greens-proposed five-year ban on lobbying by former politicians and officials fails to pass Senate
August 2018
Politicians unite in condemnation of Fraser Anning’s speech – video
David Leyonhjelm rebuked by Senate president over Hanson-Young comments
