Politics

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The ABC’s election analyst Antony Green called the south Melbourne seat of Macnamara for Labor last night, after a nail-biting vote count brought the Labor Party to a majority in the 151-member lower house. There is still the possibility of Labor winning one more seat, as they pull ahead of the Liberal Party on postal votes in the South...

EFFIE BATEMAN | Lifestyle | ContactIn some strange news, Labour MP Tanya Plibersek has today apologised for calling Peter Dutton ‘Voldemort’, despite it being a nickname everybody uses to describe the porpoise like liberal MP. This insult, used within an inch of its life by publications such a Pedestrian TV, is admittedly quite accurate, seeing as Dutton as he has no discernable features except...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles barely contained his laughter at a press conference this morning in Canberra where he was asked by The Advocate if parachuting Kristina Keneally into Fowler was a pretty dumb fuck thing to do in hindsight. "Well, when you say it out loud," he said. "Parachuting a rich person from the Northern...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT There's been little rest for the people behind Peter Dutton, with their work going into overdrive after the weekend's election. While plenty of people on the Blue side of politics are taking a few days to re-calibrate and figure out where everything went wrong, Dutton's team has been furiously working to get their boss the leadership of the...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT Former Wallabies captain David Pocock has this week shown a blistering return to form. However, while many of his highlights have come from the four corners of a footy field, this big moment has actually arisen from the voting booths of the Australian Capital Territory. Because, as is almost certain now, Pocock has successfully secured the turnover. Reports...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact Member for Kennedy Bob Katter released a statement earlier today inviting Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to join the Ancient Order of Outback Lefties, one of the oldest and most secretive clubs in Australia. While Mr Albanese is jetting off to Japan for the Quad Summit Meeting, there's a hive of activity in the Central West...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT The Leader of the Greens is basking in his success this week, it can be confirmed. With 4 members now in parliament, the Greens are also on track to have their largest-ever presence in the upper house with 12 senators — two from each of the states.  That means that Labor will need the Coalition's support or the Greens' support if it...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT Ever feel like you've had enough of being lied to by elected officials? Especially when you are paying them to live a lavish lifestyle where they take everyday people's lives into their hands and make whatever decisions they feel like? Ever feel like it would be nice to just see a politician tell the truth without using phrases like 'situational...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has called his team into a huddle today. So, the Australian Labor Party have come together to try and figure out how it could possibly go wrong. With the Coalition Government in tatters as a result of a decade of leadership scandals, rorts, criminal behaviour and mismanagement of their jobs, political commentators have earmarked the ALP...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT As the final days of the Federal Election campaign are dominated by Scott Morrison's calculated decision to tackle a junior soccer player, Australia's political reporters have been ordered by their bosses Peter Costello and Rupert Murdoch to avoid any major policy announcements that might result in a change of government. After the Super Home Buyers Scheme failed to land...