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View from The Hill: Coalition crisis explodes after Sussan Ley wields the whip against defiant Nationals

View from The Hill: Coalition crisis explodes after Sussan Ley wields the whip against defiant Nationals

The federal Coalition was imploding on Wednesday night, with all Nationals frontbenchers, including leader David Littleproud, quitting the shadow ministry. They were retaliating against Opposition Leader Sussan Ley’s insistence three Nationals senators must resign for defying shadow cabinet solidarity. The Nationals ratified the mass walkout in a ...
Visa plan strategies for long-term success

Visa plan strategies for long-term success

Obtaining a visa is an exercise in foresight, patience, and organisation. As global mobility continues to increase, people and families are often looking for more permanent, secure alternatives. This methodical approach will help ensure a successful transition with minimal impact and provide retroactive counseling for years to come. read now...
Brave Nationals defied Shadow Cabinet solidarity

Brave Nationals defied Shadow Cabinet solidarity

Australians were deeply impressed yesterday when many Nationals listened to the people and voted down a bad, rushed, and potentially harmful set of laws. The omnibus bill, which mysteriously popped into life with dubious parentage, was carved in half and offered up as a gun buyback bill and hate speech bill. Neither of these were a demonstration of ...
Sharks are terrorising Australia

Sharks are terrorising Australia

This is a summer that Australians want to forget. Australia was shocked and outraged by last month’s Bondi massacre of the innocents by Islamist fanatics. Its government and parliament have descended into angry chaos in Bondi’s wake. Massive bushfires devastated much of the states of Victoria and New South Wales this month, and a tropical cyclone ...
The Offence of Use Carriage Service to Menace, Harass or Cause Offence in NSW

The Offence of Use Carriage Service to Menace, Harass or Cause Offence in NSW

New South Wales police officers arrested a 26-year-old woman at her home on Wallumedegal land in the Sydney suburb of Meadowbank at 4.30 pm on 22 December 2025, and she was subsequently charged at Gladesville police station over allegedly making an offensive phone call to a well-known nutritionist, but as the case went to court last week, it appears ...
The shamer’s dilemma

The shamer’s dilemma

When Australia’s foreign minister Penny Wong issued a statement on Iran earlier this month, she didn’t mince her words: “We strongly condemn the killing of protestors, the use of violence, arbitrary arrests, and intimidation tactics by the Iranian regime against its own people.” This is not new. Last year she

View from The Hill: Coalition crisis explodes after Sussan Ley wields the whip against defiant Nationals

View from The Hill: Coalition crisis explodes after Sussan Ley wields the whip against defiant Nationals
The federal Coalition was imploding on Wednesday night, with all Nationals frontbenchers, including leader David Littleproud, quitting the shadow ministry. They were retaliating against Opposition Leader Sussan Ley’s insistence three Nationals senators must resign for defying shadow cabinet solidarity. The Nationals ratified the mass walkout in a ...

Visa plan strategies for long-term success

Visa plan strategies for long-term success
Obtaining a visa is an exercise in foresight, patience, and organisation. As global mobility continues to increase, people and families are often looking for more permanent, secure alternatives. This methodical approach will help ensure a successful transition with minimal impact and provide retroactive counseling for years to come. read now...

Brave Nationals defied Shadow Cabinet solidarity

Brave Nationals defied Shadow Cabinet solidarity
Australians were deeply impressed yesterday when many Nationals listened to the people and voted down a bad, rushed, and potentially harmful set of laws. The omnibus bill, which mysteriously popped into life with dubious parentage, was carved in half and offered up as a gun buyback bill and hate speech bill. Neither of these were a demonstration of ...

Sharks are terrorising Australia

Sharks are terrorising Australia
This is a summer that Australians want to forget. Australia was shocked and outraged by last month’s Bondi massacre of the innocents by Islamist fanatics. Its government and parliament have descended into angry chaos in Bondi’s wake. Massive bushfires devastated much of the states of Victoria and New South Wales this month, and a tropical cyclone ...

The Offence of Use Carriage Service to Menace, Harass or Cause Offence in NSW

The Offence of Use Carriage Service to Menace, Harass or Cause Offence in NSW
New South Wales police officers arrested a 26-year-old woman at her home on Wallumedegal land in the Sydney suburb of Meadowbank at 4.30 pm on 22 December 2025, and she was subsequently charged at Gladesville police station over allegedly making an offensive phone call to a well-known nutritionist, but as the case went to court last week, it appears ...

The shamer’s dilemma

The shamer’s dilemma
When Australia’s foreign minister Penny Wong issued a statement on Iran earlier this month, she didn’t mince her words: “We strongly condemn the killing of protestors, the use of violence, arbitrary arrests, and intimidation tactics by the Iranian regime against its own people.” This is not new. Last year she