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Anne TwomeyBrisbane Times |
Victoria’s political donations laws favour the major parties - and now a High Court challenge may test their constitutional validity.
Jack Lang was fond of saying that you should always put your money on self-interest. But when it comes to campaign finance laws, politicians use...
The federal government’s proposed legislation on misinformation and disinformation has passed the House of Representatives, but faces a rocky time...
Last November, the high court kicked the hornet’s nest of immigration detention, by requiring the release of detainees who could not be deported...
Sir Thomas More died, on the block, in 1535 rather than swear an oath on Succession to the Crown that was contrary to his beliefs. Politicians today...
Sir Thomas More died, on the block, in 1535 rather than swear an oath on Succession to the Crown that was contrary to his beliefs. Politicians today...
Sir Thomas More died, on the block, in 1535 rather than swear an oath on Succession to the Crown that was contrary to his beliefs. Politicians today...
Sir Thomas More died, on the block, in 1535 rather than swear an oath on Succession to the Crown that was contrary to his beliefs. Politicians today...
Queensland Premier Steven Miles this week declared his party would hold a plebiscite on nuclear power if it returns to office at the forthcoming state...
Australia’s new Governor-General, Sam Mostyn, recently said that she does not fit the usual idea of a governor-general – especially the type of...
The South Australian government has proposed banning political donations because of the risk and the perception that they buy undue influence and fuel...
Can the job of being a federal member of parliament be shared by two or more persons? Two prospective candidates for the inner-Melbourne federal seat...
The sponsored pass system for lobbyists to access Parliament House opens the door to undue influence and potentially corrupt behaviour. Facilitating...
Need to hide an embarrassing document? Want to avoid scrutiny? In the past, public servants could look to their hero, Sir Humphrey Appleby of Yes...
Need to hide an embarrassing document? Want to avoid scrutiny? In the past, public servants could look to their hero, Sir Humphrey Appleby of Yes...
Need to hide an embarrassing document? Want to avoid scrutiny? In the past, public servants could look to their hero, Sir Humphrey Appleby of Yes...
Need to hide an embarrassing document? Want to avoid scrutiny? In the past, public servants could look to their hero, Sir Humphrey Appleby of Yes...
The government will be on tenterhooks again next month when the High Court of Australia hears another case that could lead to the release of a further...
King Charles III’s cancer diagnosis will turn minds to the question of what happens if he becomes unable to fulfil his constitutional duties....
The release of detainees as a consequence of the High Court’s decision in NZYQ v Minister for Immigration resulted in a frenzy of law-making, which...