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Shalailah Medhora

Canberra

Political Reporter, Triple J Hack at ABC News (Australia)

Political Reporter @triplejhack. Come for political analysis, stay for food / reality TV chat. Views are mine, not ABC's

Articles

  • 4 days ago | abc.net.au | Evelyn Manfield |Isobel Roe |Shalailah Medhora |Stephanie Boltje

    The Greens have ditched their internal investigation into West Australian senator Dorinda Cox, saying they have no jurisdiction over her and cannot apply any sanctions now she has left the party. Senator Cox spectacularly quit the minor party on Monday to join Labor, announcing the move alongside Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Perth. Following her defection, state director of the WA Greens Dean Smith told ABC News the investigation had not been concluded on Tuesday.

  • 1 week ago | abc.net.au | Shalailah Medhora

    Before the federal election, Labor made a promise to cut student loan debts like HECS and HELP debts by 20 per cent if it was re-elected. Well, Labor won and the new session of parliament is due to start again in July. So what does that mean for you if you have an outstanding student loan? We answer some of your biggest questions. Nothing. If you still have an outstanding HECS or HELP loan as of June 1 this year, then the cut will automatically be applied by the Australian Tax Office, or ATO.

  • 1 week ago | abc.net.au | Shalailah Medhora

    Independent senator Fatima Payman has disclosed that she was subjected to sexually suggestive and racially insensitive comments by an older male parliamentary colleague, leading to a formal complaint through the Parliamentary Workplace Support System (PWSS). Senator Payman told triple j hack that the comments were made by a senior colleague who she alleges "had had too many drinks" at a social function she attended through the course of official parliamentary business.

  • 3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Shalailah Medhora

    Sometimes in election campaigns, politicians say things that make you go "eek". For Peter Dutton, one of those moments came days out from the federal election and related to the crucial issue of housing. "People are renters for longer, and generally that means that they're more inclined to support the Labor Party. And then, as their views mature politically, they come across the Liberal Party," Mr Dutton told news.com.au.

  • 1 month ago | abc.net.au | Shalailah Medhora |Angel Parsons

    Dozens of young Australians reached out to Gabby Petito's family for help after a documentary series on her death launched in Australia, according to Gabby's father Joe Petito and her stepfather Jim Schmidt. The three-part Netflix series American Murder: Gabby Petito became available on the streaming service in February and spent weeks on the platform's most-watched list. It outlined the coercive control Gabby Petito experienced from her fiance Brian Laundrie in the lead-up to her death.

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