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Maverick MP Bob Katter has reflected on the power of independents in a minority government, taking credit for the ousting of former prime minister Julia Gillard during the 2013 Labor leadership spill.

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Federal Parliament has passed what the government calls Australia’s toughest laws against hate speech and hate crimes. Labor ...

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Co-Chair of the Parliamentary Friends of Australian Red Meat Senator Susan McDonald,MLA chef Sam Burke, agriculture minister ...

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Australians are celebrating and protesting across the country as Australia Day draws attention to political differences over Indigenous rights months out from a federal election.