The first is whether parliamentary representation simply means the number of votes per MP, or does it refer to people's capacity to interact with MPs, so that an MP might understand and serve them, their family,

Former senior Labour parliamentarian Keith Vaz should never get an ex-MP’s pass back after being found to have committed “sustained and unpleasant bullying, with a real and enduring psychological impact” on the victim.

It comes as Citizens Advice warned the decision could force 1.5 million working people into hardship this winter.

Ukraine's parliament has passed a law to order "oligarchs" to register and stay out of politics, a day after an attempt to kill a top aide to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, which officials said could have been a response to the reform.

Liberal MP Dave Sharma says the world is moving towards net-zero by 2050 and Australia is already "well on the way". It comes as Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said Australia will "aim" for net-zero by 2050,

Australia will need world-class diplomacy to deal with the ongoing risks and opportunities created by the new partnership with the US and Britain on nuclear submarines.

As if a primary challenge wasn’t enough, first-term Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi must face the reality that he’s only modestly popular among likely Democratic voters and has low name ID, according to a new poll provided to Playbook.

Embattled Liberal MP Terry Stephens admits he accidentally registered for the last state election at the wrong address.

Former Prime Minister Julia Gillard is calling for a new mental health regulator to be set up to improve the transparency of a “patchwork” system that is failing to meet the needs of many Australians.

THE BUZZ — WHO DECIDES? Much post-recall punditry has posed an incredulous question: Why didn’t the California Republican Party run a more moderate candidate? In this reading, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s landslide victory was enabled by a critical GOP misstep.