Politics

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The Prime Minister has told the media this morning that he admits failures were made on his government's part in delaying the Royal Commission into the banking industry. In addition to that, Malcolm Turnbull also conceded and defending his judgement - saying he had to give the banks time to prepare for the investigation. "Mistakes were made and I accept...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Australian Treasurer Scott Morrison and Financial Services Minister Kelly O'Dwyer will announce on Friday new criminal penalties of up to 10 years' jail and maximum fines of $945,000 for individuals doing stuff that he has known about for years. Some of the initial findings shows rampant breaching of the Corporations Act, actions which have ruined the lives of  thousands of...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The former Prime Minister has told reporters today in the bush capital that he's not out to depose Malcolm Turnbull as leader. Tony Abbott, who famously lost the job to the more popular merchant banker in 2015, made the statement with his left hand cocked behind his back with his fingers crossed. "Malcolm Turnbull will take...

Australian Conservatives federal leader Cory Bernardi has returned from his Easter long weekend with a new highly personalised grievances that have somehow become national news. It appears his conspiracies about lefties taking the Christianity out of the chocolates and bunny rabbits have taken a back seat as the very minor party Senator informs the world of some other shit that's...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT Malcolm Turnbull’s on and off lead over Bill Shorten as the preferred prime minister has come to a standstill, following the chaos that resulted from Barnaby Joyce's  love-child scandal and blatant bias towards upper-middle class baby boomers with a new collection of coalition policies on the table, The sharp drop in the Prime Minister’s personal ratings in the past...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT As excitement brews in the office of Home Affairs about a possible leadership spill, Peter Dutton MP has today thrown on what he calls 'civilian clothes' in an attempt to prove to the Australian public that he is in fact a normal human. It is believed Dutton went searching through the basement of his Canberra rental this morning to...

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT The man that was behind a trust fund set up to fund civil cases against One Nation in the 1990s, which eventually saw Pauline Hanson incarcerated for electoral fraud, has today launched her newest biography in a weird showing of unity. Tony Abbott, who was sic'd onto Pauline by John Howard when her party began to look like a threat...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The Prime Minister is creeping closer to securing a deal on his big business tax cuts in the Senate today as the fallout from the ball-tampering saga continues to dominate headlines. Malcolm Turnbull told our reporters that he's hours away from getting the controversial legislation through the red room, making it law. He remains hopeful that he'll get it all...

ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact The Prime Minister has reportedly begun voicing concerns this morning that his dream of being remembered as the greatest leader this country has ever known might not come true. Speaking candidly to The Advocate this morning via telephone, Malcolm Turnbull said that a few things have happened recently which might, in the future, look bad. "I didn't get into politics...

WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | Contact After the Greens shock loss in the Batman by-election on the weekend, left-wing figures around the country have been asking questions. Questions, which have been answered today, by spiritual guru and leader of the Greens, Richard Di Natale. Di Natale has told The Advocate, that Alex Bhathal's 6th electoral loss in Batman can be attributed to...