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John Madigan

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April 2016

  • Victorian Senator John Madigan.

    The government says there's no need for a federal corruption body. They would

    John Madigan
  • Malcolm Turnbull and Michaelia Cash

    Coalition pushes for immediate abolition of truck driver pay tribunal

March 2016

  • A windfarm in Bungendore

    Wind power: senators want moratorium on turbines until health studies conclude

    Coalition senator Chris Back joins independent senator John Madigan’s call put projects on hold as a ‘precaution’
  • Senate crossbenchers John Madigan, Ricky Muir, Bob Day and David Leyonhjelm

    ABCC bill: where crossbench senators stand on double-dissolution trigger

    Malcolm Turnbull’s government needs six of the eight crossbenchers to reinstate the building industry watchdog
  • Senator George Brandis

    Public submissions open on proposed national anti-corruption body

    It follows attorney general George Brandis’s assertion that Australian politics is ‘remarkably free of corruption’

February 2016

  • Glenn Lazarus

    Australia politics live with Katharine Murphy
    Labor accuses Malcolm Turnbull of misleading parliament – as it happened

  • Senator Dio Wang alongside David Leyonhjelm at a media conference in Canberra

    Crossbenchers seek compromise on building industry watchdog to avoid double dissolution

  • The Senate chamber

    Crossbench senators seething at being 'dumped' in deal to curb micro-parties

  • Independent senator Nick Xenophon and the Coalition minister Christopher Pyne

    Senate voting changes: Coalition wins over Nick Xenophon and Greens

  • Senate voting rules: government to push ahead with changes

  • Labor and Greens reject 'ridiculous' offer to view secret report about trade unions

January 2016

  • John Madigan

    John Madigan says agency that oversees doctors can't be trusted with metadata

    Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency previously used doctors’ phone and web data to investigate doctors who have sex with their patients

December 2015

  • Wind turbines on Capital Wind Farm in Bungendore, New South Wales.

    Malcolm Turnbull lifts Abbott ban on government finance for wind power

    Clean Energy Finance Corporation to remain able to back wind projects as Coalition reverses ban that never came into force

October 2015

  • A undated supplied photo released Friday, August 15, 2008 of the body shop at Holden WM Manufacturing plant in Elizabeth, South Australia. The Review of Australia's Automative Industry report, compiled over six months, concludes Australia should continue to invest in the sector despite recent closures to manufacturing plants across the industry.  (AAP Image/GM Corp.) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

    Pyne links auto industry aid to welfare cuts in negotiations with crossbench

  • Silhouette of male hand typing on laptop

    'Governments do not like freedom of information': the war on Australia's privacy and information watchdog

September 2015

  • Dyson Heydon

    Labor fails in Senate motion calling for governor general to sack Dyson Heydon

  • A container ship loads up in the port of Brisbane.

    Proposed new shipping laws threaten loss of 93% of seafaring jobs

August 2015

  • Student National Day of Action in Sydney<br>19 Aug 2015, Sydney, Australia --- Sydney, Australia. 19th August 2015 -- Students march from the University of Sydney to UTS to protest for free education as part of a national day of action at the Law Lawns at the University of Sydney. -- The National Union of Students held a national day of action against fee deregulation, ‘Newstart' welfare benefit restrictions and to call for increased funding for higher education. --- Image by © Richard Milnes/Demotix/Corbis

    Crossbench senators refuse to meet Christopher Pyne's education negotiator

    Consultation led by former public servant Robert Griew labelled a ‘waste of money’ as wrangling goes on about Coalition’s stalled higher education package

June 2015

  • Sturt Daley, site manager, emerges at the top of a wind turbine at Capital Wind Farm in Bungendore, Australia, on Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010. The wind farm comprises 67 2.1MW wind turbines with a total installed capacity of 140.7MW, which is equivalent to providing the energy needs of approximately 60,000 homes. The electricity generated at the Capital Wind Farm is fed directly into the TransGrid network via an onsite substation, with the majority of output going on to supply the Sydney Desalination Plant at Kurnell. Photographer: Ian Waldie/Bloomberg via Getty Images *** Local Caption *** Sturt Daley  ozstock

    Abbott government pledges to appoint a windfarm commissioner in leaked letter

  • A technician stands on a wind turbine nacelle at Capital Wind Farm in Bungendore, Australia, on Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010. The wind farm comprises 67 2.1MW wind turbines with a total installed capacity of 140.7MW, which is equivalent to providing the energy needs of approximately 60,000 homes. The electricity generated at the Capital Wind Farm is fed directly into the TransGrid network via an onsite substation, with the majority of output going on to supply the Sydney Desalination Plant at Kurnell. Photographer: Ian Waldie/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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    Abbott government agrees to consider noise restrictions on windfarms

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