Politics

14 September, 2015. 15:36 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact FORMER PRIME MINISTER Julia Gillard has reportedly visited the openly-republican communications minister Malcolm Turnbull this morning after speculation over his leadership aspirations reached boiling point. Ms Gillard was seen walking the yard with the 60-year-old in his Point Piper enclave early this morning. Adding fuel to the fire, Mr Turnbull was observed...

8 September, 2015. 10:10 CROUCH CHARLES | Canberra | Contact According to insiders, two of the country's highest profile federal senators Jaqui Lambie and Nick Xenophon are official! This news comes alongside news that the two have forged a political alliance in an attempt to win more seats at the next election. Sources close to both parties have confirmed that Nick Xenophon secured the heart...

2 September, 2015. 12:10 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact A viral video that has been seen by over 2.3 million people online is said to be the funniest example of racist Australian humour since the golden era of Rodney Rude and Kevin Bloody Wilson in the late 1980's. Released late last week, the video, which is a snippet from an upcoming Australian...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact An explicit film that was directed and produced by one of Australia's most controversial filmmakers has been given the all clear to continue being shown during school hours, despite homoerotic themes and a blatant pro-same-sex parenting agenda. Federal Minister for Education, Christopher Pyne has spoken to The Betoota Advocate today, about why the 2004 epic biblical...

21 August, 2015. 15:07 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact AUSTRALIA'S FIRST OPENLY libertarian politician smoked a cigarette in parliament today, stating that he should be able to do so. Senator David Leyonhjelm says the laws that prohibit smoking in public buildings are just another example of how frivolous government legislation is keeping the people in shackles. "There shouldn't be a law that...

18 August, 2015. 11:10 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact Prime Minister Abbott has announced a "hygienic compromise" today after Labor's insistence that Royal Commissioner Dyson Heydon should resign or be dismissed from the inquiry into trade unions, following the revelation that he had booked to speak at a fundraiser in support of the NSW Liberal Party. The Federal Government has made...

16 August, 2015. 13:01 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact A spokesman for Immigration Minister Peter Dutton says claims that asylum seekers at Nauru detention centre were water-boarded were "down right incorrect" and "false". The government has explained that the guard at the centre of the waterboarding allegations got his aquatic-boardsport terminology mixed up. In a report published by the Abbott Government earlier...

14 August, 2015. 14:44 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact FORMER SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE Bronwyn Bishop said she "actually enjoyed the experience" after she was spotted on a commercial flight today. Mrs Bishop was returning to Sydney from Canberra this afternoon when she told her fellow passengers that flying commercially wasn't as bad as she thought it was. "Normally I wouldn't be looking...

12 August, 2015. 11:10 CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | Contact After nearly six hours of debate yesterday, the Coalition party room voted not to allow a conscience vote, instead binding MPs to support traditional marriage. However, it appears Prime Minister Abbott is concerned he may have put a few lifelong friends off-side with the decision, and has spent the last twelve hours...

6 August, 2015. 11:59 ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact HE'S THE ONLY Member of Parliament to make the BRW Rich List. With an estimated net worth of around AU$200 million, Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull may be forced into a political role he never wanted. The harsh reality that Mr Turnbull is facing right now is that he's the only representative who can afford...