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Special Minister of State Don Farrell, who’s also minister for trade and tourism and the government’s deputy leader in the Senate, is a numbers man from way back.

Government says electoral reforms are needed for transparency, but Coalition has vowed to resist ‘tooth and nail’

A short-term windfall tax on gas companies would be better solution to the energy crisis than hard-to-reverse price caps, teal independent Kate Chaney says.

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Women across Australia do not have equal access to abortion services and an independent federal MP is calling on the government to harmonise related laws.

Greens senator David Shoebridge and independent MP Sophie Scamps among those calling for investigation of former PM

The federal Liberals are in a parlous state, after an election that was not just lost to Labor but where “teals” stripped them of a batch of traditional seats.

The Greens have signalled support for the federal government's climate change bill after Labor agreed to a series of amendments.

When the new federal parliament opened last week, a record number of female politicians took their seats: 38% in the House of Representatives and 57% in the Senate. This changing of the guard, with women at the forefront, brings an opportunity to accelerate Australia’s efforts on climate change.