Politics, theatre and policy: Your guide to Australia’s Senate estimates

It’s a spectacle known as Senate estimates, in which members of Australia’s upper house grill senior public servants from ...

Australia’s wish for a kinder, gentler politics seems doomed to disappointment

In one of the saddest and most horrific weeks in Australian politics I can remember, let’s start with the good news and the ...

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Ed Husic urges brakes on data centres ‘swamping’ Australia

The former industry minister said Australia is ‘going too fast’ and ‘been swamped by US tech’ building data centres here to ...