A long-serving Victorian Labor MP has called for the party to reform, days after announcing his decision to quit politics. Carlo Carli, who has been the member for Brunswick for 15 years, says the party needs to re-engage with the community and become more democratic. He says the Brimbank scandal, which exposed political interference at
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Australia’s major political parties have reported significant increases in debts for 2010-11 despite a big jump in donations. According to data released from the Australian Electoral Commission this morning, political parties disclosed more than $230 million in “receipts” – which include donations and returns on investments – in the last financial year. This is up
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It’s on … Queensland Premier Anna Bligh and Opposition Leader Campbell Newman. Photo: Michelle Smith THE federal leadership spill prompted Queensland’s main political leaders to claim underdog status yesterday as media attention swung back to the local contest. The Premier, Anna Bligh, said it had been damaging for her campaign but the Opposition Leader, Campbell
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Tony Abbott said he thought about an approach in the 1990s to join the Labor Party. Photo: Glen McCurtayne Opposition frontbencher Tony Abbott says he was once “quite interested” in joining the Labor Party. The revelations come after the Federal Government claimed that Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull repeatedly lobbied senior Labor figures during the 1990s
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Click for more photos Christmas Island Boat Tragedy On December 15, 2010, an asylum seeker boat crashed onto rocks at Christmas Island. The West Australian state coroner has criticised the federal government for failing to provide rescue vessels on Christmas Island despite the likelihood a marine tragedy would occur as increasing numbers of flimsy wooden
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Former treasurer Peter Costello has dropped a bucket on the organisational wing of the federal Liberal Party, saying it has done nothing since the coalition lost government in 2007. In a broadside aimed at the federal party’s president, Alan Stockdale, and its federal director, Brian Loughnane, Mr Costello says the party needs to rebuild with
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Former ALP candidate Peter Watson. Photo: QueenslandLabor.org THE dumped Queensland state Labor candidate Peter Watson was making neo-Nazi comments on the internet as recently as last month, and yesterday said he stood by his racist remarks. Mr Watson, who was to stand in the state election, was expelled from the ALP yesterday after admitting to
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UNIVERSITIES are promising more vibrant campuses and expanded support services after the compulsory student amenities fee is reintroduced next year. Five years after amenities fees were scuppered by the Howard government, universities are gearing up once again to levy all students up to $263 a year. The new fee is expected to fund non-academic services
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