Family First

Family First anti-gay tweets 'not Wendy's'

Confusion reigns at Family First as chairman Bob Day blames a staffer for comments on Senate candidate Wendy Francis' Twitter page.

All in the family

Linton Besser and Kate McClymont Federal Labor is reeling from the arrest of its former MP Craig Thomson on fraud charges, but the NSW corruption inquiry, centred on whether Labor powerbroker Eddie Obeid and his family enriched...

No Sex Party please, we're Google

Asher Moses The Australian Sex Party will tomorrow lodge formal complaints against Google with the US Department of Justice and the Australian competition watchdog, accusing the search giant of corrupt practices...

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When political stunts go bad

Phillip Thomson They are the political high wire acts devised to win public support. But it often ends disastrously with a political staffer weeping in the background

Frustration with Greens poses fresh Labor leadership strains

Phillip Coorey, Sean Nicholls FEARS are growing within Labor that the fight with the Greens may have leadership consequences as ministers and MPs vent their spleens at the minor party and some begin to question the power-sharing...

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Pollies tweet-talk electors

It's the new doorknock. Where once a politician might have turned up at your house or gotten a line on the nightly television news, these days they're just as keen to get into your Facebook feed or...

Greens pull ahead in Melbourne by-election

THE GREENS were pulling ahead last night of Labor on a two-party preferred basis with more than a third of the votes counted in the Melbourne by-election.

The ad that dared to use the V-word

Shelly Horton FIFTY PER CENT of the population has one, yet the use of the word ''vagina'' in the latest Carefree advertisement has conservative groups shocked and complaints piling up.

Unis plan for more life on campus with return of fees

Dan Harrison UNIVERSITIES are promising more vibrant campuses and expanded support services after the compulsory student amenities fee is reintroduced next year.

Walkley winners for 2011

Catch up on the best in Australian journalism over the past year - here is the full list of Walkley Award winners and their work.

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Age pair win Walkley for RBA reporting

Rebecca Thistleton Two Age reporters have won Australia's top prize for investigative journalism at this year's Walkley Awards.

Glad rags and ballot gags, but grey hairs banished in new-look Senate

With their suits starched and hair freshly dyed and coiffed, the Senate has welcomed its 12 newest members.

New senators sworn in

With their suits starched and hair freshly dyed and coiffed, the Senate has welcomed its 12 newest members.

This time with meaning: Abbott renews calls for carbon tax vote

Federal Opposition leader Tony Abbott has repeated a call for a plebiscite on the carbon tax despite the move being sunk last month as a stunt.

Abbott renews plebiscite push

Federal Opposition leader Tony Abbott has repeated a call for a plebiscite on the carbon tax despite the move being sunk last month as a stunt.

Green tide washes into the red-seated chamber

Phillip Coorey WHEN Parliament resumes on Monday, there will be nine Australian Greens in the Senate, equalling the minor party record set by the Australian Democrats after the 1998 election.

Upper house gets a facelift

Jessica Wright IN A year of extraordinary events, the nation is about to witness yet another significant slice of Australian political history.

Fielding dumped as White Balloon patron

Richard Willingham Family First Senator, and sexual abuse survivor Steve Fielding, has been dumped as the patron of White Balloon Day, an awareness campaign for child sexual abuse victims, on his last day in...

Fielding's last stand is to vote down plebiscite

Phillip Coorey THE Family First senator Steve Fielding has left Parliament so opposed to Tony Abbott that the Coalition was accusing the government yesterday of secretly offering him a job.