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Palmer deregisters United Australia Party

Mining magnate Clive Palmer has deregistered his United Australia Party, leaving its sole senator Ralph Babet to sit as an independent on the cross bench.

AAP

Rare metals, racehorses and vintage cars: the peculiars of pecuniary interests in Canberra

Designed to provide transparency, the register of pecuniary interests can offer insights into what makes our politicians tick, and tock

The Guardian - AU

Palmer senator hits out at political class

The United Australia Party’s Ralph Babet and the Greens’ Barbara Pocock have given their first speeches in the Senate.

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Government pulls teeth of Australian Building and Construction Commission

The government this week will take the first step in killing off the controversial Australian Building and Construction Commission by stripping back its powers “to the bare legal minimum”.

The Conversation

Welcome, new content creators of the 47th Parliament (and au revoir, Craig Kelly et al)

With George Christensen, Craig Kelly and others gone, some great content mines are lost. With your help, Crikey looks forward to some potential loose units over the next three years.

Crikey

How TNT Radio became the home of Australian conspiracy-promoting politicians and personalities

After a series of abandoned media operations, TNT Radio is the latest project of a pair who’ve found success in catering to conspiracists.

Crikey

WTF Is Going On With Senator Babet, Our New Grindset Politician?

"The more successful you are the more people will hate you." So true bestie.

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Final Senate results: Labor, the Greens and David Pocock will have a majority of senators

The final buttons to electronically distribute preferences for the Senate were pressed in NSW, Victoria and Western Australia on Monday. I wrote about the distribution of preferences in Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania on Saturday, and the climate activist’s David Pocock’s ACT Senate victory on Tuesday.

The Conversation

A sporting chance

Good morning, early birds. Olympic swimmer Cate Campbell has backed the world’s peak swimming body banning trans women competing in the women’s category in elite competition, and the lawyers representing the man accused of raping Brittany Higgins have asked to delay the case following Lisa Wilkinson’s Logie speech. It’s the…

Crikey

Australia’s newest Senator is a viral internet sensation who never left the fringe

“I literally see the future of Australia hinging on people like me,” incumbent Senator Ralph Babet said in an audition video for party bosses.

The New Daily

Labor steady, Coalition down, crossbench up: who’s who in the new Senate

The upper house results from the May federal election have been released, and Labor will need the support of 13 crossbenchers to pass legislation

The Guardian - AU

Victoria elects UAP candidate Ralph Babet to Senate seat

Clive Palmer's United Australia Party has claimed its only seat in the upper or lower houses of federal parliament, with Ralph Babet claiming the sixth and final Senate seat in Victoria.

ABC News

UAP wins final Victorian Senate seat

Labor will need to rely on the United Australia Party, Jacqui Lambie, One Nation or David Pocock alongside the Greens to pass legislation in the Senate.

Crikey

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