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

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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 ...

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

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

Sky News contributor Joe Hildebrand has slammed independent Senator Lidia Thorpe following her remarks on Opposition leader ...

The new year in Australian politics, an all-important election year, began on a high with a host of Albanese government ...

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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 ...

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Rubio’s confirmation vote passed with overwhelming bipartisan support, 99-0. Rubio also was able to cast a vote for himself.

An energy expert has unleashed on former New South Wales Liberal MP Matt Kean, accusing the Climate Change Authority chair of making “absolutely false” statements during a Senate Estimates appearance.