Josh Butler
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the Senate has overwhelmingly voted to censure Pauline Hanson for her burqa stunt
Motion passed 55 to 5 - only One Nation and Ralph Babet voted against
Hanson will be barred from overseas parliamentary delegations
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Motion passed 55 to 5 - only One Nation and Ralph Babet voted against
Hanson will be barred from overseas parliamentary delegations
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 AM
the Senate has overwhelmingly voted to censure Pauline Hanson for her burqa stunt
Motion passed 55 to 5 - only One Nation and Ralph Babet voted against
Hanson will be barred from overseas parliamentary delegations
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Motion passed 55 to 5 - only One Nation and Ralph Babet voted against
Hanson will be barred from overseas parliamentary delegations
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The National Anti Corruption Commission says it has prepared an investigation report on a matter which “relates to a grants scheme” relating to a commonwealth official
40 corruption investigations on foot - 7 related to current or former politicians
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40 corruption investigations on foot - 7 related to current or former politicians
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November 4, 2025 at 6:56 AM
The National Anti Corruption Commission says it has prepared an investigation report on a matter which “relates to a grants scheme” relating to a commonwealth official
40 corruption investigations on foot - 7 related to current or former politicians
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
40 corruption investigations on foot - 7 related to current or former politicians
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Nats MP Michael McCormack has once again done his "Melbourne Cup of Politics" mock horse race call in the parliament
"Canning [Andrew Hastie] has gone hard and fast, maybe a bit too Hastie"
"New England [Barnaby Joyce], maybe changing stables"
"Canning [Andrew Hastie] has gone hard and fast, maybe a bit too Hastie"
"New England [Barnaby Joyce], maybe changing stables"
November 4, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Nats MP Michael McCormack has once again done his "Melbourne Cup of Politics" mock horse race call in the parliament
"Canning [Andrew Hastie] has gone hard and fast, maybe a bit too Hastie"
"New England [Barnaby Joyce], maybe changing stables"
"Canning [Andrew Hastie] has gone hard and fast, maybe a bit too Hastie"
"New England [Barnaby Joyce], maybe changing stables"
Labor government announces major changes to superannuation tax proposal, in a big backdown
$3 million super threshold to now be indexed up to $10m
Also increasing the low-income super tax offset - says changes will "better target superannuation concessions for large balances"
$3 million super threshold to now be indexed up to $10m
Also increasing the low-income super tax offset - says changes will "better target superannuation concessions for large balances"
October 13, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Labor government announces major changes to superannuation tax proposal, in a big backdown
$3 million super threshold to now be indexed up to $10m
Also increasing the low-income super tax offset - says changes will "better target superannuation concessions for large balances"
$3 million super threshold to now be indexed up to $10m
Also increasing the low-income super tax offset - says changes will "better target superannuation concessions for large balances"
Government announces billions in new climate/energy funding
- $5b Net Zero Fund for decarbonising, renewables, manufacturing
- $2b for Clean Energy Finance Corporation
- $1.1b for Clean Fuels
- $40m for EV charging
- $85m to help household and business
- $50m for sports clubs
- $5b Net Zero Fund for decarbonising, renewables, manufacturing
- $2b for Clean Energy Finance Corporation
- $1.1b for Clean Fuels
- $40m for EV charging
- $85m to help household and business
- $50m for sports clubs
September 18, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Government announces billions in new climate/energy funding
- $5b Net Zero Fund for decarbonising, renewables, manufacturing
- $2b for Clean Energy Finance Corporation
- $1.1b for Clean Fuels
- $40m for EV charging
- $85m to help household and business
- $50m for sports clubs
- $5b Net Zero Fund for decarbonising, renewables, manufacturing
- $2b for Clean Energy Finance Corporation
- $1.1b for Clean Fuels
- $40m for EV charging
- $85m to help household and business
- $50m for sports clubs
great moments in press conference transcript history:
August 27, 2025 at 3:51 AM
great moments in press conference transcript history:
Breaking: PM Albanese says ASIO has evidence the Iranian government "directed at least two" anti-Semitic attacks in Australia
Government expelling Iranian ambassador - and will list IRGC as a terror organisation
Government expelling Iranian ambassador - and will list IRGC as a terror organisation
August 26, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Breaking: PM Albanese says ASIO has evidence the Iranian government "directed at least two" anti-Semitic attacks in Australia
Government expelling Iranian ambassador - and will list IRGC as a terror organisation
Government expelling Iranian ambassador - and will list IRGC as a terror organisation
🚨breaking: PM Albanese says Australia will recognise a Palestinian state at the UN general assembly next month
August 11, 2025 at 3:09 AM
🚨breaking: PM Albanese says Australia will recognise a Palestinian state at the UN general assembly next month
major statement from PM Albanese on Gaza, Australia's strongest condemnation yet:
"The situation has gone beyond the world’s worst fears"
"Israel’s denial of aid and the killing of civilians, including children, seeking access to water and food cannot be defended or ignored"
"The situation has gone beyond the world’s worst fears"
"Israel’s denial of aid and the killing of civilians, including children, seeking access to water and food cannot be defended or ignored"
July 25, 2025 at 2:43 AM
major statement from PM Albanese on Gaza, Australia's strongest condemnation yet:
"The situation has gone beyond the world’s worst fears"
"Israel’s denial of aid and the killing of civilians, including children, seeking access to water and food cannot be defended or ignored"
"The situation has gone beyond the world’s worst fears"
"Israel’s denial of aid and the killing of civilians, including children, seeking access to water and food cannot be defended or ignored"
"ADF personnel and aircraft are being deployed to the Middle East... to help Australians, they are not there for combat" foreign minister Penny Wong says
emphasises a 2nd time the Defence deployment "is to assist Australians & not for combat purposes. It is part of contingency arrangements"
emphasises a 2nd time the Defence deployment "is to assist Australians & not for combat purposes. It is part of contingency arrangements"
June 20, 2025 at 1:53 AM
"ADF personnel and aircraft are being deployed to the Middle East... to help Australians, they are not there for combat" foreign minister Penny Wong says
emphasises a 2nd time the Defence deployment "is to assist Australians & not for combat purposes. It is part of contingency arrangements"
emphasises a 2nd time the Defence deployment "is to assist Australians & not for combat purposes. It is part of contingency arrangements"
PM Albanese's office says it's "understandable" Trump is going back to Washington, and that Australia is concerned about Middle East situation
A meeting with Trump at the G7, before the President leaves today, is now not expected by Australian officials
A meeting with Trump at the G7, before the President leaves today, is now not expected by Australian officials
June 17, 2025 at 1:15 AM
PM Albanese's office says it's "understandable" Trump is going back to Washington, and that Australia is concerned about Middle East situation
A meeting with Trump at the G7, before the President leaves today, is now not expected by Australian officials
A meeting with Trump at the G7, before the President leaves today, is now not expected by Australian officials
BREAKING: senator Dorinda Cox announces she's leaving the Greens to join Labor
At a presser with PM Albanese, he says she will be admitted as a Labor member tomorrow and that she didn't ask for anything in return for the party switch
At a presser with PM Albanese, he says she will be admitted as a Labor member tomorrow and that she didn't ask for anything in return for the party switch
June 2, 2025 at 7:27 AM
BREAKING: senator Dorinda Cox announces she's leaving the Greens to join Labor
At a presser with PM Albanese, he says she will be admitted as a Labor member tomorrow and that she didn't ask for anything in return for the party switch
At a presser with PM Albanese, he says she will be admitted as a Labor member tomorrow and that she didn't ask for anything in return for the party switch
🚨 Coalition shadow ministry:
- treasury: O'Brien
- defence: Taylor
- Julian Leeser back in as attorney general
- Tim Wilson in industrial relations
- Jacinta Price as defence industry
- foreign affairs: Cash
- energy: Tehan
- home affairs: Hastie
- social services: Liddle
- treasury: O'Brien
- defence: Taylor
- Julian Leeser back in as attorney general
- Tim Wilson in industrial relations
- Jacinta Price as defence industry
- foreign affairs: Cash
- energy: Tehan
- home affairs: Hastie
- social services: Liddle
May 28, 2025 at 4:27 AM
🚨 Coalition shadow ministry:
- treasury: O'Brien
- defence: Taylor
- Julian Leeser back in as attorney general
- Tim Wilson in industrial relations
- Jacinta Price as defence industry
- foreign affairs: Cash
- energy: Tehan
- home affairs: Hastie
- social services: Liddle
- treasury: O'Brien
- defence: Taylor
- Julian Leeser back in as attorney general
- Tim Wilson in industrial relations
- Jacinta Price as defence industry
- foreign affairs: Cash
- energy: Tehan
- home affairs: Hastie
- social services: Liddle
Senator David Pocock at a Parliament House event with Dr Mohammed Mustafa, recently returned from Gaza
"If the horror unfolding in Gaza is not our country's red line for stronger action, then I don't know what is"
~1100 people registered for this event
"If the horror unfolding in Gaza is not our country's red line for stronger action, then I don't know what is"
~1100 people registered for this event
May 27, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Senator David Pocock at a Parliament House event with Dr Mohammed Mustafa, recently returned from Gaza
"If the horror unfolding in Gaza is not our country's red line for stronger action, then I don't know what is"
~1100 people registered for this event
"If the horror unfolding in Gaza is not our country's red line for stronger action, then I don't know what is"
~1100 people registered for this event
PM Albanese says it's is an "outrage" that Israel is blocking supply of aid into Gaza
"We find Israel's excuses and explanations completely untenable and without credibility. People are starving. The idea that a democratic state withholds supply is an outrage"
"We find Israel's excuses and explanations completely untenable and without credibility. People are starving. The idea that a democratic state withholds supply is an outrage"
May 26, 2025 at 12:14 AM
PM Albanese says it's is an "outrage" that Israel is blocking supply of aid into Gaza
"We find Israel's excuses and explanations completely untenable and without credibility. People are starving. The idea that a democratic state withholds supply is an outrage"
"We find Israel's excuses and explanations completely untenable and without credibility. People are starving. The idea that a democratic state withholds supply is an outrage"
Trade Union protesters, critical of Dutton's nuclear plan, have gate crashed his photo op at a local footy club in Gilmore with fake Geiger counters and air raid sirens
Dutton has abandoned a planned press conference after interruption. Members of the footy club have called the protesters "muppets"
Dutton has abandoned a planned press conference after interruption. Members of the footy club have called the protesters "muppets"
April 29, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Trade Union protesters, critical of Dutton's nuclear plan, have gate crashed his photo op at a local footy club in Gilmore with fake Geiger counters and air raid sirens
Dutton has abandoned a planned press conference after interruption. Members of the footy club have called the protesters "muppets"
Dutton has abandoned a planned press conference after interruption. Members of the footy club have called the protesters "muppets"
Dutton ✈️ campaign in Labor-held CALWELL to talk about Coalition plan to scrap the Suburban Rail Loop and prioritise the airport rail link
We're quite a bit north of where the rail line will go, however... nice view from the top of the hill though
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We're quite a bit north of where the rail line will go, however... nice view from the top of the hill though
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
April 1, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Dutton ✈️ campaign in Labor-held CALWELL to talk about Coalition plan to scrap the Suburban Rail Loop and prioritise the airport rail link
We're quite a bit north of where the rail line will go, however... nice view from the top of the hill though
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
We're quite a bit north of where the rail line will go, however... nice view from the top of the hill though
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
🚨 Peter Dutton's first campaign event (at the XXXX brewery in Brisbane) gate crashed by an environmental protester brandishing a "no new coal or nuclear" sign
"Why are you lying about the cost of nuclear?"
the woman quickly grabbed by security and dragged out down the stairs
"Why are you lying about the cost of nuclear?"
the woman quickly grabbed by security and dragged out down the stairs
March 29, 2025 at 12:04 AM
🚨 Peter Dutton's first campaign event (at the XXXX brewery in Brisbane) gate crashed by an environmental protester brandishing a "no new coal or nuclear" sign
"Why are you lying about the cost of nuclear?"
the woman quickly grabbed by security and dragged out down the stairs
"Why are you lying about the cost of nuclear?"
the woman quickly grabbed by security and dragged out down the stairs
🚨 election May 3, PM Albanese announces
March 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
🚨 election May 3, PM Albanese announces
Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young just pulled out a very large dead salmon in the Senate in a protest over the environmental laws and salmon farming 🐟
March 26, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young just pulled out a very large dead salmon in the Senate in a protest over the environmental laws and salmon farming 🐟
🚨AFP calls the Dural caravan explosive "fake terrorism" - "part of a fabricated terrorist plot, essentially a criminal con job"
"an elaborate scheme contrived by organised criminals domestically and from offshore"
Incredible development
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"an elaborate scheme contrived by organised criminals domestically and from offshore"
Incredible development
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
March 10, 2025 at 6:21 AM
🚨AFP calls the Dural caravan explosive "fake terrorism" - "part of a fabricated terrorist plot, essentially a criminal con job"
"an elaborate scheme contrived by organised criminals domestically and from offshore"
Incredible development
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
"an elaborate scheme contrived by organised criminals domestically and from offshore"
Incredible development
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
it's 2017 again, Donald Trump is blasting Malcolm Turnbull on social media
this from Trump's Truth Social: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
this from Trump's Truth Social: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
March 10, 2025 at 4:15 AM
it's 2017 again, Donald Trump is blasting Malcolm Turnbull on social media
this from Trump's Truth Social: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
this from Trump's Truth Social: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
Clive Palmer says his new party - Trumpet of Patriots - will "adopt many of the policies of Donald Trump and drain the swamp in Canberra"
Rightio then
Rightio then
February 19, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Clive Palmer says his new party - Trumpet of Patriots - will "adopt many of the policies of Donald Trump and drain the swamp in Canberra"
Rightio then
Rightio then
NACC says "As a result of the decision made by its independent reconsideration delegate, Mr Geoffrey Nettle AC KC, on 10 February 2025, the Commission will investigate the 6 referrals it received from the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme."
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February 18, 2025 at 3:44 AM
NACC says "As a result of the decision made by its independent reconsideration delegate, Mr Geoffrey Nettle AC KC, on 10 February 2025, the Commission will investigate the 6 referrals it received from the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme."
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Minister Don Farrell and Zali Steggall argue about electoral reform in parliament - Steggall, walking by, crashed his press conference to criticise the changes
Farrell: "there are no secret loopholes", criticising "candidates supported by millionaires and billionaires"
Farrell: "there are no secret loopholes", criticising "candidates supported by millionaires and billionaires"
February 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Minister Don Farrell and Zali Steggall argue about electoral reform in parliament - Steggall, walking by, crashed his press conference to criticise the changes
Farrell: "there are no secret loopholes", criticising "candidates supported by millionaires and billionaires"
Farrell: "there are no secret loopholes", criticising "candidates supported by millionaires and billionaires"