Australian politics

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull attends an Australia China Business Council (ACBC), 2018 Canberra Networking Day event at Parliament House in Canberra. Photo: EPA

Australia passes law banning covert foreign interference in politics

The conservative government says the legislation is the major cause of a rift in diplomatic relations with China

28 Jun 2018 - 9:42pm 14

Australian parliament is expected to pass foreign interference laws later this month amid tensions with China over alleged efforts to influence policy, politics and government over the past decade. Photo: EPA

Australia’s foreign meddling laws aimed at China could take effect soon

8 Jun 2018 - 9:37pm 8

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Photo: EPA

PM Turnbull gets the finger for bad Aussie pub etiquette

18 May 2018 - 4:10pm

China’s influence in Australian politics comes under scrutiny in Silent Invasion by Clive Hamilton.

China has insidious influence on Australian politics, book claims

11 May 2018 - 7:31am 7

Opposition Senator Katy Gallagher became a test case in the High Court in its interpretation of the ban on dual nationals being elected to Parliament. File photo: EPA

Five Australian MPs quit parliament because of this 117-year old law

9 May 2018 - 9:48pm 1

Malcolm Turnbull’s government lost a 30th straight opinion poll on Monday – an uncomfortable milestone for Australia’s prime minister. File photo: EPA

Australia’s PM may be feeling a little awkward right now

9 Apr 2018 - 9:08pm

Former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott. Photo: EPA

Former Australian PM Abbott hints at ambition to return

27 Mar 2018 - 3:07pm

Former deputy prime minister was forced to resign amid claims of sexual harassment and controversy over an affair with a now-pregnant former aide

Australia has a new deputy PM after sex scandal

26 Feb 2018 - 11:00pm

US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump welcome Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and his wife Lucy. Photo: Reuters

Should Australian PM Turnbull school Trump on successful gun control?

24 Feb 2018 - 10:31pm 8

Barnaby Joyce, Australia's deputy prime minister, has announced he will resign. Photo: Reuters

Australian deputy PM Joyce to quit amid new harassment claims

23 Feb 2018 - 10:51pm

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull waves as he boards a plane in Sydney bound for the US, where he will meet President Donald Trump. Photo: EPA

Australian PM plays nice with China before jetting off to meet Trump

22 Feb 2018 - 9:55pm 11

George Christensen posted a photo on Facebook on Saturday, February 17, 2018 showing him at a shooting range with the comment: ‘You gotta ask yourself, do you feel lucky, greenie punks?’ Photo: Facebook

Australian lawmaker slammed for gun range photo on Facebook

19 Feb 2018 - 10:20pm

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce during Question Time in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra on February 15, 2018. Photo: EPA

Australian PM Turnbull and Deputy Joyce meet to resolve row

17 Feb 2018 - 10:59pm

Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce (right) and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. File photo: AFP

Australia’s PM and his deputy are arguing over sex

16 Feb 2018 - 1:00pm

Australia's Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce has admitted to an affair with 33-year-old former staff member Vikki Campion, who used to work in his office, leaving his shattered wife of 24 years and their four daughters. Photo: Facebook

Australia bans sex between government ministers and staff

15 Feb 2018 - 3:33pm 2

Australian Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce in the House of Representatives at Parliament House, Canberra. Photo: Reuters

Australian deputy PM’s own party is urging him to quit over affair

14 Feb 2018 - 8:54pm

Australian Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce. Photo: Reuters

Pressure mounts on Australia’s deputy PM over affair

13 Feb 2018 - 9:30pm

Aboriginal peformers, dressed in traditional bodypaint, peform a welcoming ceremony. Photo: Reuters

Aboriginal activists revive lost language for state election campaign

4 Feb 2018 - 10:11pm

Australia’s capital Canberra, and the country’s Parliament House.

Australia’s national secrets revealed in two old filing cabinets

31 Jan 2018 - 8:43pm

Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull with China’s President Xi Jinping. Photo: AFP

How China influences Australian society and monitors students

31 Jan 2018 - 9:51pm 7

The US has a network of agents stationed in different corners of the globe to make the world more congenial to American interests. The Americans know only too well what these “foreign agents” can do, and they are not about to let other nations do likewise. Illustration: Craig Stephens

How America wrote the rule book on ‘foreign agents’

22 Dec 2017 - 7:33pm 1

New Liberal member for Bennelong John Alexander watches Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull celebrate the by-election victory at the West Ryde Leagues Club. Photo: EPA

Australian government scrapes through by-election test

16 Dec 2017 - 7:29pm

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s parliamentary majority is to be decided by the by-election of a small, outer Sydney seat. Photo: EPA

Turnbull’s leadership on the line as by-election decides majority

16 Dec 2017 - 9:21pm

Supporters of same-sex marriage celebrate in front of Parliament House in Canberra. Photo: AFP

Australian gay couples could spend US$490m on weddings in 2018

8 Dec 2017 - 10:54pm 1

Equality ambassadors and volunteers from the Equality Campaign celebrate in front of Parliament House in Canberra ahead of the parliamentary vote on same sex marriage, which was passed. Photo: AFP

Australian parliament passes gay marriage bill in landslide vote

7 Dec 2017 - 10:05pm

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Photo: EPA

Australia to ban foreign political donations to curb Chinese influence

5 Dec 2017 - 10:00pm 26

British political commentator Milo Yiannopoulos. Photo: EPA

‘Petulant babies’ protest far-right firebrand’s Australian visit

5 Dec 2017 - 10:00pm

Tim Wilson at the end of his speech popped the question to his partner of seven years Ryan Bolger, who was watching from the public gallery

Watch Australian lawmaker make marriage proposal during speech

4 Dec 2017 - 8:58pm

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on November 30, 2017. Photo: EPA

Australian PM vows to lead government to next election

3 Dec 2017 - 9:58pm

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