Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Kylea Tink

Australia’s embrace of independent political candidates shows there’s no such thing as a safe seat

At the last federal election, Australia elected the largest lower house crossbench in its post-war federal history.

The Conversation

Take two in Bradfield: hundreds of teal volunteers head down a familiar road

Independent candidate Nicolette Boele has high hopes of being next in line to wrest a northern Sydney seat from the Liberals at the federal election

The Guardian - AU

Swag that sways: from It's-Time skivvies to Albo socks

In the world of political merchandise, Liberal polo shirts, Greens totes and Labor socks are de rigueur on the election trail. But do they win votes?

AAP

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Stage set for teal challenge in blue-ribbon seat of Bradfield as Paul Fletcher resigns

Moderate faction to rally behind Gisele Kapterian, a Salesforce executive and former Liberal staffer, in the North Sydney seat to combat independent Nicolette Boele

The Guardian - AU

Seatless independent backs neighbour as PM hits WA

Federal MP Kylea Tink has decided not to run again at the next election, instead throwing her support behind a neighbouring independent.

AAP

Australian father of teen sextortion victim backs banning young children from social media

Wayne Holdsworth became an advocate for banning Australian children younger than 16 from social media because his son took his own life after falling victim to an online sextortion scam

The Independent UK

Fess up! Independents push parties on climate targets

Independent MPs are demanding that Labor reveal its 2035 climate target, saying voters deserve to know as climate change is contributing to higher living costs.

AAP

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Independence of parliamentary support service questioned amid Marles’ dispute with former chief of staff

Exclusive: Jo Tarnawsky’s lawyer Michael Bradley claims ‘adversarial’ legal letter raises serious questions about role of PWSS

The Guardian - AU

Teal MP won't 'cannibalise' crossbench as seat scrapped

The teal-held seat of North Sydney will be abolished at the next election, forcing its independent MP to reconsider her political future.

AAP

MPs urge tougher standards for politicians acting badly

Independent MPs have taken aim at a proposed watchdog for not going far enough in addressing misconduct at Parliament House

AAP

Greens condemn ‘deeply flawed’ deal – as it happened

This blog is now closed.

The Guardian - AU

Call for 90-day detention cap to end asylum 'cruelty'

Asylum-seeker advocates say a proposal to cap immigration detention at 90 days would be the first step to addressing Australia's 'crisis of detention'.

AAP

A new bill is proposing a human right to housing. How would this work?

There’s a new bill before federal parliament calling for housing to be considered a fundamental human right.

The Conversation

Independent MPs push to make housing a human right

Laws introduced to federal parliament would force governments to meet targets to build new homes and improve affordability, under an independent proposal.

AAP

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - AU

Should Australia recognise housing as a human right? Two crossbenchers are taking up the cause

The Australian Human Rights Commission thinks so, including it in a list of rights that should receive legislative protection

The Conversation

The AEC has redrawn the boundaries for federal seats. How will this affect the next election?

Redistributions are held to keep the number of enrolled voters in each seat roughly equal. In Australia, this equal population per seat is possible for a particular state or territory’s seats, but not for all seats in the House of Representatives.

The Guardian - AU

‘More secretive than the Morrison government’: Labor accused of transparency failure

Independent MPs are frustrated by the Albanese government’s slow progress, saying its actions have not matched its words

The Guardian - AU

Electoral shake-up leaves awkward questions for the teals – and headaches for the major parties

Liberal party now has candidates preselected for seats that no longer exist while Labor dealt a blow in the seat of Bennelong

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Teal MP’s seat facing abolition; attempted murder charge over Wakeley stabbing; and Elon Musk’s $68bn pay package

The Australian electoral commission has recommended the North Sydney seat held by independent Kylea Tink should be abolished

The Guardian - AU

Independent MP Kylea Tink’s electorate of North Sydney to be abolished under AEC proposal

New South Wales draft boundaries would also affect the seats of Bennelong and Bradfield, held by Labor and Liberals respectively

AAP

Axed seat doesn't sit well with MP as she mulls future

An independent federal MP could be left in the lurch if a proposed electoral redistribution goes ahead, but a neighbouring seat has become more enticing.

The Conversation

Dutton won’t announce medium term emissions targets before election – Albanese says that’s walking out of Paris

Peter Dutton has taken a further controversial step in his climate change policy, indicating a Coalition government would only announce its medium term emission reduction targets after the election.

The Guardian - AU

Federal Human Rights Act could help prevent policy failures like robodebt, parliamentary inquiry says

Proposed act would mean rights must be considered when making laws but opposition rejects ‘excessive restrictions’ it could impose

The Guardian - AU

Rushed bill forcing hundreds of non-citizens to facilitate own deportation passes lower house

Human Rights Law Centre says bill ‘deliberately separates families’ and risks non-compliance with obligations under refugee convention

The Guardian - AU

‘I’ve got tears in my eyes’: how the ‘world’s most beautiful pool’ became a multimillion-dollar hole in the ground

When the North Sydney Olympic Pool closed for an upgrade, locals expected to be back in the pool the following year. Three years and tens of millions of dollars later, they are still waiting

1 2 3 4

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

House of Representatives

1,270 stories

Salesforce

968 stories

the House of Representatives

the Australia Institute

the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute

16 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.