Politics
Federal
Hanson billed taxpayers $9000 for charter flight to opening of Rinehart-funded building
The Queensland senator defended her attendance at the Victorian event celebrating the contribution from Australia’s richest person.
- by Brittany Busch
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Question time as it happened: Canadian PM Mark Carney addresses parliament, Labor’s FOI bill ditched in Senate
Question time returns to the House of Representatives after Canadian leader Mark Carney addressed a joint sitting of parliament earlier today.
- by Nick Newling
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Political leadership
Labor offered Coalition more staff to support dead FOI bill, says Bragg
Liberal senator Andrew Bragg has revealed a negotiating tactic from the government in seeking support for the controversial bill that was shelved on Thursday.
- by Nick Newling
The latest illustrations from artist Alan Moir
The Sydney Morning Herald’s political cartoonist, sketches the political unreality.
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International affairs
Carney: Australia and Canada must ‘combine for strength’ or face domination
The Canadian prime minister said smaller nations were concluding that they must pursue “greater strategic autonomy” in an era of great power competition.
- by Matthew Knott
Joyce accuses Littleproud of throwing in the towel: ‘No general!’
Barnaby Joyce told this masthead that David Littleproud’s remarks about the upcoming Farrer byelection, to be held days before the federal budget, were remarkable.
- by Paul Sakkal
Opinion
Political leadership
One Nation may well win Sussan Ley’s seat – that would be terrible for all of us
Smart Liberals believe the coming Farrer byelection could be a two-horse race, with neither horse wearing Liberal or National colours. That would be bad enough. What would be worse, for everyone, is if One Nation won. That too is possible.
- by Niki Savva
Best of cartoons, March 5, 2026
The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
Ukraine warns Canberra: Don’t let Iran conflict distract from Kyiv
A high-level delegation of Ukrainian MPs has arrived in the capital to urge the federal government to maintain military support, warning that a Russian victory would reshape global security far beyond Europe.
- by Rob Harris