2+ mon, 3+ day ago   (1074+ words) July 11, 2026 — 2:19pm Micro-parties which receive a tiny share of votes will no longer be able to use complex preference deals to leapfrog into parliament, with the Allan government to legislate against the practice when MPs return from the winter break. The…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago   (596+ words) June 12, 2026 — 11:45am Political lobbyists and corporate representatives with privileged access to Parliament House will be publicly identified under a major overhaul of the parliamentary pass system, ending decades of secrecy around who can roam the building’s private corridors. Bureaucrats and party…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (267+ words) In his new role as director of the Greens’ think-tank, Max Chandler-Mather argues that the major political parties and parts of the media often limit policy debate – which, on issues such as housing and wealth inequality, shuts down real alternatives…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (752+ words) May 26, 2026 — 5:00am The revolving door between public office and the multibillion-dollar lobbying industry thrives on opacity. What little we do learn about it, meanwhile, generally comes from the attorney-general’s lobbyist register, hosted on one of the most poorly designed websites on…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (219+ words) It is easy to forget that what we think of as ‘constitutional democracy’ covers fewer than half of the world’s sovereign states. Constitutional democracy as we know it was developed in England over the course of about 500 years, and was…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (504+ words) Expect to hear a lot about "Australian values" between now and the next federal election. Liberal leader Angus Taylor has made it clear that immigration policy will be a central part of his push to win back voters from One…...