The government has been extraordinarily secretive when questioned in recent months about where the investigation was up to and why it was so prolonged.
- Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
How Barnaby Joyce plays things in the next few months will be relevant to Michael McCormack’s ability to run a united team.
Politics Podcast: Peter Dutton on balancing interests in Home Affairs
Peter Dutton says there is no basis to concerns about the excess power of the home affairs department.
Michael McCormack’s challenges include uniting his party behind him, making himself widely known among rural and regional voters, and forging a strong relationship with Malcolm Turnbull.
Demoralised Nationals will meet on Monday morning to replace Barnaby Joyce.
Barnaby Joyce, the larger-than-life politician, has always been a distinctive brand. But then his personal flaws and indulgences cost him all he’d worked and schemed for.
At a Nationals meeting on Monday morning, Barnaby Joyce will resign as Nationals leader and deputy prime minister, but will stay on as the member for New England.
Michelle Grattan discusses the week in Australian politics with Nicholas Klomp.
Barnaby Joyce’s position appears to have been weakened rather than strengthened by his publicity tactic.
Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce is under intense new pressure.
Barnaby Joyce, supposedly on ‘leave’, is out in the media as part of his fightback against those who would like him out of the deputy prime ministership.
Barnaby Joyce has dismissed a call from the Western Australian state Nationals for him to stand down.
Sources in the Barnaby Joyce camp say there is no way he will step down before Monday’s party meeting.
The two-party vote has the Coalition trailing Labor 47-53%, compared with 48-52% a fortnight ago.
As the crisis within the Coalition deepened, Barnaby Joyce held a news conference to respond to Malcolm Turnbull’s denunciation of his personal behaviour.
Michelle Grattan sits down with Deep Saini to review the week in politics.
In the most spectacular manner, Malcolm Turnbull has publicly trashed his relationship with Barnaby Joyce.
Malcolm Turnbull has announced that sexual relations between ministers and their staff will be prohibited.
On Wednesday Barnaby Joyce shored up support within the Nationals to continue as leader, but on Thursday he was seriously on the back foot.
Some Liberals have been unhappy at the prospect of Barnaby Joyce being acting prime minister when Malcolm Turnbull visits the US.
Barnaby Joyce’s greatest protection in the short term remains the absence of a strong alternative.
Politics Podcast: Brian Howe on Revisiting Henderson, Poverty and Basic Income
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Brian Howe says the targeted nature of Australia's social security system goes hand-in-hand with stigmatising welfare recipients.
Barry O'Sullivan has declared that Barnaby Joyce remains a big asset to the Nationals despite the sharp grassroots reaction to his affair with his former staffer.
The tenth Closing the Gap report shows only three of the seven targets are on track to be met.
Labor is eyeing possible openings to exploit in the liaison between Barnaby Joyce and his former staffer Vikki Campion.
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