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Your partner in Parliament. CCH Political Alert provides immediate and unbiased political monitoring. Follow us for regular updates from Parliament House.

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Greens Leader Adam Bandt announced today that the Greens would preference Labor ahead of the Liberals across the country #ausvotes
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Labor won't be supporting the Super Home Buyer Scheme. "What we saw today was a last desperate act from a dying government." @JasonClareMP #ausvotes
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Here’s the moment the #MarriageEquality bill passed the Australian Parliament #auspol
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Notification of resignation of the Hon Scott Morrison MP as Prime Minister #ausvotes
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Labor will establish a Royal Commission into Robodebt by the end of this year if elected @AlboMP @billshortenmp #ausvotes
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Questions @ScottMorrisonMP must answer about @Barnaby_Joyce 's water buybacks @Tony_Burke #auspol
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Statement from the President of the New South Wales Bar Association regarding the rule of law #auspol
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The UK Government’s decision to uphold the application by the US Department of Justice to extradite Australian publisher Julian Assange imperils journalists everywhere, says the union for Australia’s journalists #auspol
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Bridget Archer: "In 2022 I can't believe we're even having this conversation. The Bill is an overreach. In its current form I cannot support the Bill" #auspol
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Leader of the Australian Labor Party @AlboMP has been sworn in as the 31st Prime Minister of Australia #auspol #ausvotes
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Liberal Member for Bass @BridgetArcherMP says she'll be voting for the Climate Change Bill 2022 #auspol
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3 years
The Morrison Government has today launched an outrageous authoritarian-style assault on Australian democracy in a report into the 2019 Federal Election, Labor's Don Farrell #auspol
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Statement from Rosie Batty: this unspeakable act of violence should give pause for all our elected leaders to think deeply about their leadership on this epidemic #auspol
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First home buyers should not be forced to choose between a home and their retirement savings @FinServCouncil #ausvotes
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3 years
Joint statement by Western and South Western Sydney Labor Federal MPs #COVID19nsw #auspol
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#BREAKING The Government will cancel the visa of @DjokerNole says Immigration Minister @AlexHawkeMP #AusOpen #auspol
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Dietitians Australia is pleased to advise the Prime Minister that a 1L bottle of milk and standard loaf of bread currently costs around $5.75. This is on par with the average spend on food per resident in aged care which is $6 per day. #auspol
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will welcome the Prime Minister of the Republic of Finland @MarinSanna to Australia next week. This will be the first visit by a Finnish Prime Minister to Australia #auspol
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Independent Member for Fowler, Dai Le delivering her first speech @AboutTheHouse #auspol
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Greens Leader moves to refer former Prime Minister to Privileges Committee #auspol
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6 years
BREAKING: The Senate has passed legislation to legalise same-sex marriage. The Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 received 43 Ayes and 12 Noes. It will now go to the House of Representatives for debate next week #auspol #MarriageEquality
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2 years
On the recommendation of the Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, the Governor General today appointed Professor Glyn Davis AC as the new Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet #auspol
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2 years
Opposition Leader @AlboMP "And I say to this Prime Minister, who himself declared months ago he was campaigning and not governing: Call the election. Call it now. And let the Australian people decide." #budget2022 #auspol
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Member for North Sydney, Trent Zimmerman will support Labor amendments to the Religious Discrimination Bill 2021. "I could not live with myself if I did not." #auspol
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#MerryChristmas from the CCH Parliament team, have a good one 🍻🎄
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Statement on Mr Novak Djokovic @AusBorderForce #AusOpen #auspol
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2 years
“The Greens have put the Coalition, Palmer’s United Australia Party, One Nation and other extreme right wing parties last across every seat in Australia. In a number of Liberal seats, we’re recommending people vote 1 Greens then preference an independent." @AdamBandt #ausvotes
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2 years
"You shouldn't have to raid your super to buy a home, and you won't under Labor," says @JasonClareMP #ausvotes
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4 years
NSW Teachers Federation Executive met this morning and unanimously endorsed the following: "Normal school operations must end to put the health and safety of students and staff first on school sites." #auspol #nswpol #COVID19au
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Morrison humiliated at National Cabinet, says @Tony_Burke #auspol
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Shadow Home Affairs Minister @KKeneally : "This must prompt the question, why did Mr Morrison's Government grant him a visa to come to Australia in the first place?" #auspol
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7 years
Prime Minister and Immigration Minister statement on Refugee Resettlement from Regional Processing Centres #auspol
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4 years
Labor's @KristyMcBain has been elected as the Federal Member for Eden-Monaro #auspol
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4 years
Statement from @PharmGuildAus on News Corp reporting on medicine prices. “What sort of unethical, tawdry show are they running at News Corp?” #auspol
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7 years
GetUp is launching a campaign to condemn @Nick_Xenophon for passing tax cuts for business at the expense of schools and hospitals #auspol
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2 years
"We will establish a National Anti-Corruption Commission and I have asked for that work to begin already." PM @AlboMP #auspol
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3 years
Time for Nades, Priya and their girls to head home to Biloela @KKeneally @andrewjgiles #auspol
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Antony Green has called Kooyong for @Mon4Kooyong #ausvotes
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Quad Leaders’ Summit @AlboMP #auspol
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NSW Labor Leader Chris Minns and Shadow Minister for Health Ryan Park will hold a press conference at 11:00am to comment on the current COVID-19 crisis in New South Wales #nswpol #Covidnsw
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2 years
Greens win a mandate for action on climate and inequality @AdamBandt #ausvotes
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3 years
Greens @SenatorSiewert on the Cashless Welfare Bill passing the second reading stage: "Centre Alliance didn't even have the guts to vote with the Government, they just didn't turn up." #auspol
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2 years
The @australian 's seat predictions #ausvotes
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AEC has referred a candidate to the AFP who has nominated for two separate divisions for two separate political parties #ausvotes
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3 years
Shadow Minister for Government Accountability @KKeneally has written to the Auditor-General asking him to consider conducting a performance audit of Peter Dutton and the Safer Communities Fund #auspol
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"I have been informed by the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet that between March 2020 in May 2021, the Prime Minister Scott Morrison was appointed to five additional portfolios." @AlboMP #auspol
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7 years
Australia's 3 month National Firearms Amnesty has seen more than 50,000 guns handed in across Australia #auspol
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2 years
The Government has released the report of the Secretary of the Department of Home Affairs regarding the decision of the former government to direct the public announcement of SIEV 915 on the day of the 2022 federal election #auspol
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Tim Wilson will be making a formal statement to the media at 3:30pm #Goldstein #ausvotes
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Labor calls on the Morrison Government to make Rapid Antigen Tests free for Australians via Medicare @AlboMP @Mark_Butler_MP @JEChalmers #auspol
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1 year
The Australian Government will introduce pre-departure testing for COVID-19 for people travelling to Australia from the People’s Republic of China including Hong Kong and Macau @Mark_Butler_MP #auspol
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Statement regarding Mr Novak Djokovic @AlexHawkeMP #auspol
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Ministry list @AlboMP #auspol
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2 years
The head of the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission the Hon Dr Gary Johns has announced he will step down from the role at the end of July. #auspol
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3 years
Statement from Brittany Higgins #auspol
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Statement on Hong Kong @SenatorWong #auspol
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Minister for Communications @PaulFletcherMP statement on Australia Day #auspol
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A-G @MarkDreyfusKCMP has tabled a letter to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee regarding disclosure of cabinet information by @ScottMorrisonMP #auspol
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Statement from Home Affairs Minister @ClareONeilMP : "I am aware of reporting regarding communications between Mr Michael Pezzullo and Mr Scott Briggs. Last night I referred this matter to the Australian Public Service Commissioner, Dr Gordon de Brouwer." #auspol
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2 years
Bridget Archer's speech on the Religious Discrimination Bill 2021. "When young people feel they do not belong, and are unable to live and flourish as their authentic selves, the results can be catastrophic." #auspol
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3 years
Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (Victorian Branch) is calling on city protesters to stop thinking only of themselves, stop the violence and put the health and welfare of the Victorian community first #COVID19 #springst
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NSW must release updated modelling showing impact of easing #COVID19 restrictions on health system @ama_media #nswpol
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Labor’s plan to put nurses back into nursing homes and give carers more time to care @AlboMP #budget2022 #auspol
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4 years
Treasurer @JoshFrydenberg & Finance Minister @MathiasCormann statement on the Economic and Fiscal Update #auspol
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3 years
Media statement - Michael Johnsen @JohnBarilaroMP #auspol #nswpol
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2 years
The Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC) has recommended that mask wearing no longer be mandated in airport terminals from 11.59pm this Friday 17 June. Masks will still be required on all flights. @Mark_Butler_MP #COVID19 #auspol
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1 year
Statement from @AdamBandt on the Liberal Party's decision to oppose the Indigenous Voice to Parliament #auspol
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5 years
Labor Leader @billshortenmp : "The Australian people loved Bob Hawke because they knew Bob loved them, this was true to the very end. With his passing, the labour movement salutes our greatest son. " #auspol
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"Turnbull’s Snowy Hydro announcement unravels by lunchtime", says @Mark_Butler_MP #auspol
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Readout of @POTUS call with Prime Minister-Designate @AlboMP #ausvotes
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Statement from @GetUp #auspol
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Governor-General tests positive for COVID-19 #auspol
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The Governor-General, His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), will conduct a swearing-in ceremony at Government House, Canberra at 9:00am #ausvotes
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Senator for Tasmania @JacquiLambie has announced she will be voting no on the mobile phone ban bill: #auspol
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Kooyong has been removed from the 'close seats' list @AusElectoralCom #ausvotes
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Senator Katy Gallagher has been sworn in as Minister for Finance, Minister for Women, and Attorney-General #auspol #ausvotes
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Statement from ALP National President @SwannyQLD #ausvotes
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First question to the Prime Minister from @latingle #NPC #auspol
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ABC's @AntonyGreenElec predicts Labor will win the Melbourne seat of Macnamara, giving the Government 76 seats in the House of Representatives #ausvotes
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Super for housing inflationary and contrary to retirement income objective @IndustrySuper #ausvotes
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The Greens have secured agreement from the government on amendments to the National Reconstruction Fund Bill that will prevent future governments using the fund to invest in coal and gas projects or log native forests #auspol
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Premier Daniel Andrews has extended the pandemic declaration to apply to the state of Victoria from 11.59pm Wednesday 12 January for three months #springst
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Premier, Daniel Andrews, and Deputy Premier, James Merlino, will make an announcement at 9:30am #springst
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1 year
The Member for Cook @ScottMorrisonMP has been censured by the House of Representatives, Ayes 86; Noes 50 #auspol
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Motion to censure the Member for Cook for failing to disclose his ministerial appointments to the House of Representatives, the Australian people and the Cabinet #auspol
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Federal Member for Cook, The Hon. Scott Morrison MP will hold a press conference, 12.15pm Sydney #auspol
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Motion to censure the Member for Cook for failing to disclose his ministerial appointments to the House of Representatives, the Australian people and the Cabinet #auspol
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Independent MP @zalisteggall has reintroduced Climate Change (National Framework for Adaptation and Mitigation) Bill 2021 #auspol
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The Prime Minister will recommend an amendment to the Constitution and a referendum question for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament at #garma2022 tomorrow @ulurustatement #auspol
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4 years
Nature Conservation Council CEO Chris Gambian said: “Wanting to retain the right to kill koalas is an extraordinary hill for the Nationals to want to die on, but here we are. The departure of Mr Barilaro from the government benches could only be good news for nature..." #nswpol
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Premier @DanielAndrewsMP responds to the Treasurer: It's all about the politics with this bloke. That's all he does. He is not a leader, he is just a Liberal." #springst #auspol
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With Vic case numbers in low single digits, it’s time for small businesses to reopen in a COVIDsafe way - creating jobs & getting Victorians back to work. Every day of the lockdown, 1000+ jobs in Victoria have on average been lost.
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The government has secured 450,000 doses of the new third-generation monkeypox virus (MPX) vaccine by Bavarian Nordic. The first delivery of around 22,000 doses will arrive in Australia later this week. The remainder will arrive later this year and in 2023 @Mark_Butler_MP #auspol
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"Tony Abbott not the 'envoy' First Nations people need", says @SenatorDodson #auspol
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An Albanese Labor Government will encourage cheaper, cleaner transport by establishing a new Driving the Nation Fund, building a National Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Network, and investing in Hydrogen Highways for heavy transport #ausvotes
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Member for Fadden @stuartrobertmp has announced he will resign from Federal Parliament in the coming weeks #auspol
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"Australians have chosen and they have chosen change. Australians have chosen and they have chosen hope. Australians have chosen and they have looked to the future." @SenatorWong #ausvotes
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Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, is in Melbourne today with the Premier of Victoria, Daniel Andrews, and will launch The Alfred’s Melanoma and Cancer Centre, 10am #auspol
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