Lidia Thorpe “shouldn’t be in the Senate”, Peter Dutton says, after the independent accused him of being “racist” and ...

The Indigenous senator has long been known for her dislike of the British monarchy. Independent Australian senator Lidia ...

Nationals Senate Leader Bridget McKenzie claims the chamber did the “right thing” in suspending independent Senator ... itself expects and nor the Australian public expects,” Ms McKenzie ...

"He is not of this land." Thorpe, who is an independent senator from Victoria, is among those who have advocated for a treaty between Australia’s government and its first inhabitants. Unlike New ...

Ms Payman will now join the crossbench as an independent senator. The 29-year-old Muslim lawmaker, whose family fled Afghanistan after it fell to the Taliban in 1996, is Australia’s first and ...

When Fatima Payman was first elected to Australia’s senate, she didn’t imagine she’d go to war with the prime minister two years later. Back in May, the country’s first hijabi lawmaker broke ranks ...

Liberal senator James Patterson has revealed a simple plan to take back lost territory from Teal independents at this year’s ...

The Senate erupting in a fiery race row as One Nation leader Pauline Hanson pursues Independent Fatima Payman ... The people of Australia should know what is going on here." Several ...

West Australian Senator Fatima Payman broke party ranks, joining the Greens and Independent David Pocock in the vote. Labor tried to amend the motion to reflect the party position, but ultimately ...

Senior Tasmanian Liberal MP ­Leonie Hiscutt faces claims she is breaching party rules by supporting her son – an independent ...