Australian Senate

Question marks linger over Senator Fatima Payman’s future in Labor following move to side with the Greens.

Senator Gerard Rennick—a long-time opponent of vaccination—says a ‘TGA whistleblower’ has told him that the Agency is turning down most vaccine injury claims.

Some fruit and vegetable growers have not been given price rises in 15 years, causing young people to abandon the industry and risking future food shortages.

While the motion doesn’t trigger a Senate inquiry, it is symbolic of rising concern among many politicians at rising excess mortality figures each year.

The deal agreed today means Labor needs just one more vote to get its workplace relations laws passed.

Several bodies, including the human rights commissioner, have called for a Royal Commission into the country’s response to the pandemic.

A Senate inquiry is examining the impact 600 bank closures in regional communities have had since 2017.