Bridget Archer and Fatima Payman sign letter pushing for total ban on gambling ads as independent MPs urge free vote
More than 20 parliamentarians – including Jacqui Lambie and Lidia Thorpe – sign letter calling for blanket ban
June 2024
Labor under pressure from within to act on gambling reform as one-year anniversary of landmark report nears
Nine independent MPs and Greens back UN call for Australia to ban fossil fuel advertising
March 2024
Andrew Wilkie tells parliament of alleged secret drug tests on AFL players
Allegations include ‘prevalence of drug abuse’ across the sport, MP tells House of Representatives
December 2023
Australia went to war in Iraq based on ‘oral reports’ to cabinet from John Howard
Cabinet papers from 2003 show there was no formal submission before decision was taken to join US-led ‘coalition of the willing’
July 2023
Pressure builds for Scott Morrison to resign after damning robodebt report findings
Early robodebt critics outraged by how long Coalition persisted with unlawful scheme
May 2023
Pressure grows on Albanese government to end native forest logging
Exclusive: Labor facing calls from 15 crossbenchers, as well as party insiders, to transition to plantation timber as part of reform to environmental laws
Labor accuses Coalition of playing politics over changes to secretive intelligence committee
Opposition says plan to include crossbenchers in committee is ‘part of a grubby back-room political deal’
Julian Assange: Australian MPs urge US ambassador to end extradition bid
Independent MP Andrew Wilkie was ‘grateful’ for the opportunity to meet Caroline Kennedy to discuss broad concern for the WikiLeaks founder
March 2023
‘Radical intervention’ needed to stop online gambling harm, man who lost $8m tells federal MPs
Iraq war: 20 years on
Labor’s opposition to Iraq war ‘vindicated’, Richard Marles says
Hillsong under investigation by charities regulator over explosive allegations aired in parliament
Hillsong accused of money laundering and tax evasion by Australian MP under parliamentary privilege
November 2022
'Groomed for future gambling:' Andrew Wilkie tables bill targeting in-game gambling – video
Australian independent MP introduces bill aimed at regulating 'loot boxes'
Andrew Wilkie’s claims in parliament of coal industry fraud ‘concerning’, resources minister says
Madeleine King seeks briefings from Asic and industry department about allegations some companies lied about export quality
Coal companies in Australia ‘lying for years’ about quality of exports, Wilkie claims – video
Independent MP says he’s been provided with thousands of documents from a coal industry whistleblower
September 2022
Move to disallow $18m leadership program grant pitched by David Hurley
Greens senator David Shoebridge says grant impacts ‘independence’ of governor general’s office and Scott Morrison should have rejected requests for support
August 2022
Assange family barred from taking book about WikiLeaks founder into Australia’s parliament
Family planned to distribute book, deemed ‘protest material’ by security, to MPs and media as they urged government to intervene in proposed extradition
June 2022
Labor MP Milton Dick emerges as frontrunner for Speaker role despite factional divisions
Member for Oxley in Queensland is in close contest with Victorian MP Rob Mitchell for the coveted position
