At the time of publication, the final numbers from South Australia's state election aren't yet finalised, which hasn't stopped various people from claiming they've made history, and making sweeping predictions for the political future of the nation.

While Sussan 'Sideshow' Ley took Anthony Albanese to task for wearing a Joy Division T shirt last week, the real work of government went on, with Labor both federally and in NSW making it easier for corporations to destroy the natural world for profit, while pretending to do the complete opposite.

The Albanese Government is currently considering whether billions of extra taxpayers' dollars should go to prop up the Middle Arm gas hub in the Northern Territory, which will facilitate the fracking of the Beetaloo Basin shale gas reserve, one of the world's great carbon bombs.

The ALP has just held its national conference, in Brisbane, but most of the progressive ideas were discussed only on the fringes, and on the streets outside, with the official debate constrained. Down in Sydney, things pushed further into crazy-land at the Conservative Political Action Conference, an Australian version of the Trump-worshipping American event.

Why have Federal Labor 'gifted $50,000 to Corazon Mining to continue drilling operations at the junction of the Mann and Clarence Rivers’ is the question being asked by the Clarence Catchment Alliance.

Federal Labor had a cracking week of reform, something that even the last prime minister (Liberal) admitted was their thing.

Andrew Broadley has been named the NSW Labor candidate for Ballina for the March 2023 election.

There’s been a great deal of self-congratulation over Federal Labor’s first 100 days in office. The 47th parliament, with its tinge of green, seems set to address climate change, constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians, and issues of parliamentary integrity.

The start of the new federal Labor age saw advances in one short week that the previous government had failed to achieve in nine years. 

Justine Elliot is the incumbent member for the seat of Richmond. She has held the seat since 2004, representing Labor and winning six elections.