Rachel Withers

Power-sharing is a standard part of parliamentary democracy. It's time the major parties started acting like it.

Arguing for the affirmative in this week's Friday Fight: columnist Rachel Withers.

The independent senator won't try to stay in Parliament when her six-year term comes to an end. But she hopes to pass her Senate seat onto another proud Blak activist

UAP Senator Ralph Babet was always quite weird. But lately he seems to be heading further down the MAGA-hole.

The Jacqui Lambie Network is running candidates in Queensland, NSW and SA at the next election. What does it mean to be a JLN rep, beyond having vague Lambie-esque values? And who is she lending her name to?

Independent MP Zali Steggall tells Crikey she wasn't planning to call the opposition racist but did so after heckling.

Maybe the revolution will be televised after all (on TikTok). Jordan van den Lamb, aka @purplepingers — the newly announced Senate candidate for the Victorian Socialists — wants to talk about alternatives to capitalism.

One car ride, one question: what drives Bob Katter? Bob Katter is at the Kingo ordering a bag of chips to eat with his oysters.

The Greens housing spokesperson annoys the hell out of Labor. He reckons he's speaking for the majority.

The Albanese government is reportedly giving away 'nothing' in negotiations with the Greens on housing. It might be smarter to give an inch.