Tag: politics

ANALYSIS & OPINION: A federal parliamentary committee has recommended foreign citizens and entities be banned from making political donations.

The Western Australia state election is set to be close, with Pauline Hanson's One Nation potentially taking the balance of power in the upper house. WA overseas voters are being encouraged to have their say.

OPINION: The shaming of veterans and Centrelink debt victims must stop before there is further injury, writes TESS LAWRENCE.

ANALYSIS: The prime minister calls out One Nation's Pauline Hanson over her stance on vaccination and praise for Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

Maverick Aussie filmmaker urges the other superpower – ordinary people - to speak out before it’s too late in latest documentary, The Coming War on China.

A disastrous Newspoll showing the Coalition trailing Labor 45-55%, One Nation gaining ground and Malcolm Turnbull’s ratings falling will fuel the alarm and anger in the Coalition as it returns to parliament in the wake of Tony Abbott’s outburst.

VIDEO: He's angry, he's mad and he's just saying what so many people are thinking.

ANALYSIS: Israel can count on only a handful of friends on the international stage. Australia is one of them. While the government says it is opposed to “one-sided resolutions against Israel”, four Labor statesmen – Bob Hawke, Bob Carr, Kevin Rudd and Gareth Evans – have called for diplomatic recognition ...

OPINION: Malcolm Turnbull's "know your place" speech was terrific, writes TESS LAWRENCE.

Because no-one is better at kissing America's ass than Australia...

"The level of public disenchantment with the major parties, the lack of confidence in our political process and the concern about the direction of our nation is very, very strong. This is a direct product of us, the political class, being out of touch with the hopes and aspirations of ...

VIDEO: Donald Trump's now infamous call with Malcolm Turnbull ends in a hysterical threat of war, on SNL.

OPINION: Airbnb has had perhaps the most long-standing and significant influence in Australia, in most cases prior to any specific legislation being created to regulate it. And if trade and commerce are free of regulation, they are also free of government control, protection and taxation.

Donald Trump reportedly hung up on Malcolm Turnbull over refugee deal in testy phone call, accusing Australia of trying to export "the next boston bombers".

OPINION: It's a post-truth world we now live in. Two perspectives on fake news

Julie Bishop says Australia requests the same preferential treatment afforded the UK and Canada for dual nationals caught up in Donald Trump's harsh new immigration ban.

OPINION: Donald Trump is delusional and utterly obsessed with himself, and this is a danger to Australia and the rest of the world, writes TESS LAWRENCE.

President Donald Trump celebrates Australia Day and close ties, in the same week he pulls out of TPP and threatens to end visa-waiver program.

SPECIAL REPORT FROM WASHINGTON DC: "It seems that Australia too is sadly moving to the right, although not as far as the US has. We need to take a lesson from what happened here." - Aussie expat on Women's March.

OPINION: There is no precedent for the Trump presidency in modern times, and no limit to where he can go from here. He has transgressed and broken taboos all the way to the White House, and been rewarded.

OPINION: The United States of Obama' — TESS LAWRENCE revisits that halcyon time of promise and the fruition of audacity and hope.

OPINION: It remains to be seen whether America’s celebrated checks and balances will prove any hindrance to Trump giving full expression to his monumental egomania and self-obsession.

OPINION: Sussan Ley will have breached the standards if she was found not to be acting in the public interest, or if her entitlement claims are judged to be illegitimate. But the rules on claiming ministerial entitlements are unclear and very complex.

Bald-faced lies are, thankfully, fairly rare in Australian politics. Being caught in an outright fib or blooper is still seen as shameful. The problem in Australia is that facts and statistics are frequently twisted to paint a misleading picture.

'Presidents, Republicans and Democrats, have understood that our goal must be to reduce the number of nuclear weapons, not expand them.'

OPINION: "We live in a deeply unsettled world, where once again the great questions of war and peace rumble across the international headlines, casually, almost as a matter of routine, as if we have become inoculated to their actual meaning," says former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, arguing there are ...

OPINION: Optimism may be shared by the likes of Australia and Canada, which are big players in the Commonwealth and where the monarchy still looms large in the public imagination. But it is not shared globally.

OPINION: Peaceful activism and protest is our right so keep calm and get a grip, Christopher, writes TESS LAWRENCE.

The settlement follows days of confusion, with key players changing position, and months of uncertainty for farmers.

Question Time was suspended on Wednesday amid chaotic scenes as pro-refugee activists disrupted the chamber.

OPINION: Peter Dutton, the minister for crimmigration and incrimmigration, has a distaste and contempt for refugees that borders on hate, writes TESS LAWRENCE.

OPINION: Do Facebook’s filtering algorithms explain why so many liberals had misplaced confidence in a Clinton victory? And is the fake news being circulated on Facebook the reason that so many Trump supporters have endorsed demonstrably false statements made by their candidate?

OPINION: Sentenced from Australia for the term of your natural life, regifted to USA, our huddled refugee masses yearning to breathe free, writes TESS LAWRENCE.

OPINION: Nearly six months after the UK’s vote to leave the EU, the path to Brexit is still uncharted.

OPINION: Donald Trump's election win will embolden the far right on the world stage, including our own back yard, fears TESS LAWRENCE.

VIDEO: Donald Trump has already been a disaster of a president... in The Simpsons.

As results came in, it became apparent that the polls had it wrong. All eyes will now be on the US Dow Jones opening in Trump's America.

Emails suggest former Australian PM was seeking council from senior US political powerbroker around the same time as his bid for the position of United Nations general secretary.

It all started with a simple tweet prompting Twitter users to tweet about Donald Trump using the hashtag #TrumpDrSeuss. Cue clever, kiddy Trumping rhymes…Dr. Seuss style.

OPINION: The spectre of George Brandis fossicking about for a "G spot" is just too horrid to contemplate; notwithstanding the other politicians already mentioned. So don't read this article more than once. It could put you off sex for ever.

Australia's politicians have almost unanimously condemned Donald Trump's comments about sexually molesting women. Almost... Pauline Hanson suggests cutting him some slack.

Senior policy advisor expresses regret for embarrasing Australian government as part of so-called 'Budgie Nine' controversy.

Former Australian PM tells London audience he has changed his mind and is now quite excited about Britain leaving the EU.

The Australian government has flinched on its proposed 32.5% rate of so-called backpacker tax. Working holiday maker age to increase though.

Half of Aussies agree with right-wing xenophobe Pauline Hanson that Muslim migration into the country should be stopped, survey reveals.

A three-way regional war of words has erupted in the chambers of Australian power... over the humble Chiko Roll.

“A plebiscite will be harmful, it’ll be divisive, it’ll be expensive and we should never put questions of human rights to an opinion poll," Senator Di Natale said.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announces Royal Comission following appalling footage of child mistreatment aired on Four Corners.

VIDEO: Scott Dooley gets up close and personal with some patriotic, gun-toting, Constitution protecting 'Merican voters.

"After the longest campaign in 50 years, this could well be one of the shortest parliaments in 50 years," Shorten says, telling Labor to be ready to go back to the polls.