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Orange “sponsored passes” give lobbyists access to Parliament House.

Decades of secrecy to end with Parliament House lobbyists unmasked

A major overhaul of the parliamentary pass system will force the public disclosure of business representatives roaming private corridors.

  • Rob Harris

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Treasurer Dr Jim Chalmers and Opposition Leader Angus Taylor walk past each other during a division on Thursday.

Coalition and Greens put Labor’s major budget bills in limbo

The Senate could team up to derail Labor’s agenda, with the Coalition seeking a longer tax inquiry while the Greens want more time to investigate sweeping changes to the NDIS.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos and Shane Wright
Teal MPs Allegra Spender, Zali Steggall, Sophie Scamps, Zoe Daniel, Monique Ryan.

Independents must learn to embrace the power of one

Malcolm Turnbull’s push to congeal the teals into one party could be a death warrant for strong and independent liberal thinkers.

Dionne Gain

The budget fallout has Angus Taylor back in contention. But there’s something askew about this battle

Labor has delivered the most disruptive, controversial budget since at least Abbott’s 2014 offering. Labor is under siege, and yet the situation is deceptively complex.

  • Waleed Aly
Australia’s oil and gas industry went on an ad blitz in response to support for a new tax on exports.

Gas giants’ $11.2m ad blitz before government killed off windfall profit tax idea

The industry increased its spending by about 50 per cent from the year before as it battled a major tax change that could have cost it billions.

  • Calum Jaspan
Ladbrokes is a major sponsor of sporting events around the country.

Ladbrokes warns customers: gamble, or have accounts depleted

The gaming regulator is examining emails that don’t tell users they have a legal right to withdraw their balance instead of paying fees after 18 months.

  • Elias Visontay
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Melbourne Cup hopeful Buckaroo, left, runs a narrow second in the Cox Plate.

$6b betting giant had 500 problem-gambling breaches, but the regulator took too long to fine it

The lack of fines for the company behind Ladbrokes and Neds has sparked claims that current gaming laws are “useless” and the regulator is hamstrung.

  • Elias Visontay
Julie Bishop’s role at the ANU is expected to conclude in December.

Threats of imprisonment, seized phones: The chaos inside ANU

Problems meeting disclosure obligations is the latest in a series of scandals plaguing the troubled institution.

  • Sally Rawsthorne
Most of the gas produced on the east coast is converted into LNG and exported. The federal government is developing a scheme to force producers to reserve some for the domestic market.

Australia is one of the world’s biggest gas exporters. Labor will now force companies to save some

The prime minister has rejected a campaign to increase taxes on gas exports, but the industry is no fan of the plan for an east coast reservation scheme.

  • Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
Labor party members and government associates fill a disproportionate number of board seats.

How Labor put hundreds of loyalists on Victoria’s most influential public boards

Hundreds of Labor loyalists, ex-MPs and fellow travellers have secured plum roles on Victoria’s 843 public boards.

  • Clay Lucas