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“Used and let down” paramedics have written to NSW Premier Chris Minns, urging his government to honour an election promise to drastically improve pay and conditions.More than 1900 NSW paramedics have pledged to boycott renewing their…

Chants to “free Palestine” have echoed out in the Senate chamber as the government continued to reject demands it call for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict. Draped in a keffiyeh, Mehreen Faruqi, was flanked by her Greens colleagues…

A row that descended into two senators accusing each other of racism has the president of the chamber vowing to take a heavier hand. The ugly clash between Senator Lidia Thorpe and Senator Hollie Hughes kicked off during a late night debate…

A wisecrack over Scott Morrison’s secret ministries saga had the former prime minister duking it out with Anthony Albanese on the floor of the house. Mr Morrison took a place on the opposition backbenches next to his right hand man Alex…

A Labor backbencher has been accused of throwing a “slur” at opposition early childhood spokeswoman Angie Bell as tensions boiled over in the House. Ms Bell alleges during a debate in the chamber on the economy that Hawke MP Sam Rae…

Barnaby Joyce has sensationally taken aim at the government over the Voice to Parliament, insisting it is not racist to vote against the proposal. After months of consultation, the federal government unveiled the wording of the referendum…

Clive Palmer may have spent roughly $100m to install his man in the Senate but that doesn’t mean he’s always going to show up. Ralph Babet, who also goes by the name Deej Babet, traded his real estate business in Melbourne’s southeast for a…

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese revived his “boofhead” Peter Dutton sledge in a rowdy display that saw two MPs booted from question time. The opposition picked up where it left off on Monday, attacking the government over the rising cost of…

Anthony Albanese’s desire for parliament to act more decently was in tatters in question time as he engaged in a fiery war of words with the opposition. On the floor of the house, the Prime Minister got caught up in a tit-for-tat with Angus…

One-in-ten people would eventually be affected by Labor’s proposal to slash tax concessions on the biggest super balances according to new modelling revealed in parliament.Treasury has forecast 10 per cent of Australians will have enough…