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Crossbench dilemma solved as David Van assigned his seat

Crossbench dilemma solved as David Van assigned his seat

Van, planning to return to the upper house next week, will sit as far away as possible from his accuser, fellow independent Lidia Thorpe.

  • by James Massola and Angus Thompson

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Tread carefully when jumping to judgment at work

Tread carefully when jumping to judgment at work

It might be fun to laugh about office ‘clowns’ but there’s not that many outright incompetents going around.

  • by Jonathan Rivett
‘It was hell’: Former Sydney hospital doctor speaks out

‘It was hell’: Former Sydney hospital doctor speaks out

Dr Matthew Isfahani says his workload as a junior doctor at Concord and Canterbury hospitals left him and his family at breaking point.

  • by Angus Thomson
Headphone dependency is muting the office buzz

Headphone dependency is muting the office buzz

Instead of the industrious buzz of work conversation and banter, there now reigns an eerily muted soundscape of tapping keyboards, the metallic fizz of headphone overspill, and disjointed fragments of video calls.

  • by Jane Shilling
When will things improve for women in parliament? They already have

When will things improve for women in parliament? They already have

Parliament still has a poisonous legacy for women, but enduring change is now locked in. There is no going back.

  • by Licia Heath
Top prosecutor mulled charging Lehrmann himself, inquiry told

Top prosecutor mulled charging Lehrmann himself, inquiry told

Evidence presented to an inquiry into Bruce Lehrmann’s criminal trial says the ACT’s Director of Public Prosecutions pondered circumventing police.

  • by Angus Thompson
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Van’s salary cut, parliamentary workplace safety agency delayed until October

Van’s salary cut, parliamentary workplace safety agency delayed until October

Independent MP Kylea Tink says she is concerned at the length of time it is taking to establish a new parliamentary workplace safety agency.

  • by James Massola, David Crowe and Angus Thompson
Van refuses to quit over sexual harassment allegations but will take leave

Van refuses to quit over sexual harassment allegations but will take leave

Senator David Van is staring down calls to quit federal politics but will miss the final week of sitting before the winter break.

  • by James Massola
Senator David Van resigns from Liberal Party

Senator David Van resigns from Liberal Party

Writing to Victorian Liberal Party president Greg Mirabella to resign, Van said he was deeply distressed he had not been afforded procedural fairness over misconduct claims.

  • by Anthony Galloway
Secrets and lies: If the walls in Parliament House could talk

Secrets and lies: If the walls in Parliament House could talk

There are hushed murmurings that exist in the space between rumour and common knowledge, often passed between women as warnings about those to avoid in the building.

  • by Lisa Visentin
Dutton leads Liberal pressure for David Van to quit parliament

Dutton leads Liberal pressure for David Van to quit parliament

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton confirmed he had been made aware of a third allegation of sexual harassment against the embattled Liberal senator, a day after booting him from the Liberal party room.

  • by James Massola, Angus Thompson and Caroline Schelle