Tag: politics

"There is no doubt that there is a level of disillusionment with politics, with government, and with the major parties. Our own included," Mr Turnbull admits as vote counting continues.

Bullish ALP leader Bill Shorten says situation is "farcical" and Malcolm Turnbull has "Brexited himself".

VIDEO: A taste of things to come... Cheeky Senator Sam Dastyari is looking forward to having One Nation's Pauline Hanson back in parliament.

OPINION: The votes are in, the choice is made: Britons have voted OUT. Amidst the claims that markets will collapse and the country is ruined, we have at least the answer to one question.

Eligible Australian voters living, working or holidaying overseas need to act now to make sure their vote counts in the 2016 federal election, says AEC.

OPINION: If you find yourself surrounded by mutterings of ‘I’m not racist, but…’ you probably need to remove your blinkers, if not your frontal lobe.

Easily the best thing so far to come out of this otherwise mind-numbingly boring Aussie election.

Australia House in London is the biggest polling station in federal elections, either at home or abroad. In 2013, over 15,000 votes were cast there. And here we go again... Dates and times to have your say.

OPINION: Australia’s Constitution does not protect our freedom of speech. It should be amended to. It’s time to speak out against repressive policing of speech and political correctness whilst we still can, before they brand even that as 'offensive.'

BREXIT VOTE: "Whatever side you come down on, the most important thing is that you have your say. Don’t miss the opportunity to vote in this historic moment." - Minister of State for the Commonwealth urges expats to register and have their say on 23 June.

WATCH: "Isn't it heartening in a way to find out we're not the only dumb country, though? To find out that it's not just us doin' stupid stuff?" Kimmel asks Depp.

Labor opposition leader Bill Shorten halts election campaign after aiding crash victims.

Victims, survivors and leaders gather in Tasmania to mark the 20th anniversary of the tragic Port Arthur killing spree.

We'll give you a hint; she sits on a front bench in Canberra and wants you to enrol to vote.

It seems absurd to me that we four Commonwealth citizenries, our ‘Family of Four,’ should suffer such mistreatment at the hands of our supposed political betters.

Double dissolution election is about giving the people their say, says Prime Minister Turnbull.

Belgium’s ambassador to Australia rejects PM’s blaming Syria refugee crisis for terrorist attacks, saying the suspects are European.

The political rise of billionaire Donald Trump is a “big problem”, says Christopher Pyne.

Malcolm Turnbull wells up when discussing Indigenous Australian culture and experiences with Stan Grant during interview at The Lodge.

Opposition leader trades insults with senator over investigation in to program aimed at stopping bullying of gay and transgender students.

Documents released under freedom of information detail lavish London dinner for then prime minister thrown by his former government colleague, Alexander Downer.

An amendment to parliamentary rules means that nursing MPs may now breastfeed their babies on the floor of the lower house chamber of Australia’s parliament.

Q&A: Conservative candidate for London Mayor, Zac Goldsmith, discusses the value of Aussie migrants to the city and if beer should be chilled, with Chloe Westley.

Conservative election wiz says Aussies “punch above their weight in London”.

EXCLUSIVE! Tony Abbott's New Year's Dishonours List found behind sofa cushion in Monkey Pod Room. By contributing sleuth-at-large, Shylock Moriarty Agapanthus Poirot Holmes.

WATCH: Clinton campaign posts video of former Australian PM warning that Trump-like rhetoric could cause years of damage.

UN general secretary urges PM Malcolm Turnbull to review Operation Sovereign Borders.

THIS is a newspaper! NT News ups the anti on Malcolm Turnbull's recommendation to Barack Obama.

Malcolm Turnbull sets off to meet 20 world leaders on his first global mission as prime minister.

Queen agrees to Malcolm Turnbull’s doing away with Aussie knights and dames.

Women of the NSW Parliament take over gents to protest gender toilet inequality.

Former Australian PM raises eyebrows, saying Christian instinct is “leading much of Europe into catastrophic error”.

Former prime minister Tony Abbott’s address to the 2015 Margaret Thatcher Lecture at Guildhall in London, 27 October 2015

Special contributor TESS LAWRENCE says with Malcolm Turnbull as prime minister it is time for Opposition Leader Bill Shorten to disappear… completely.

Wait a minute. Are you telling me the NSW premier appeared for an interview... out of a DeLorean?

The National Broadband Network debate rages on. With this month's launch of the first NBN satellite, what is the project's progress and what is the difference between FTTP and FTTN?

“Ding dong, Tony is dead,” declares Last Week Tonight host John Oliver from Emmy Awards red carpet, thanking Australia for all the laughs.

SATIRE: Real Time host slams ethnic Aussies for taking US bar, surfing and acting jobs. But he has a plan.

Malcolm Turnbull snatches prime ministership from Tony Abbott; committing to freedom, the individual and the market, saying Australia needs a vision in exciting times.

VIDEO AND FULL TRANSCRIPT: “We need advocacy, not slogans. We need to respect the intelligence of the Australian people.” – Malcolm Turnbull on announcing his challenge to Tony Abbott for the top job.

OPINION: Change of heart: a refugee policy we can all applaud. Now, what are you doing USA and Britain?

OPINION: I am deeply ashamed of my country’s bigoted response to the greatest humanitarian crisis of our time.

Tony Abbott unrepentant for saying Islamic State are worse than the Nazis, saying at least the Nazis “had a sufficient sense of shame to try to hide it”.

Australian born leader of Green Party has resiliently refused to stand down in the wake of the UK elections.

2015 saw a surge in support for Nigel Farage and the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP). But with the Tories claiming a majority victory at last week’s election and UKIP only one elected MP, this support has not resulted in the coalition chaos that the media so fervently predicted. So ...

Tories returned to power, perhaps with a majority, while Labour and Lib-Dems routed in stunning UK election result. SNP’s Salmond says Tories will have “no legitimacy whatsoever in Scotland”.

PM says Australia’s ambassador to France is “a friend” while defence minister says same-sex partner snub story is a “beat-up”.

WATCH: Some hilarious parallels between the UK elections and Game of Thrones.

The Australian Greens have a new leader following Senator Milne’s shock resignation.

An Australian Twitter user and ISIS supporter, who encouraged the attack on the Prophet Mohammed cartoon contest in Garland, Texas has posted a guide to the Islamic State and threatened celebrated Australian cartoonist, Larry Pickering.