FACTION FRICTION: Labor rebels rock boat, former PM weighs in on Lib vote

South Australia’s two major parties are gearing up for factional upheaval, with a former Prime Minister weighing into the fray for the Liberal Party’s state presidency and two Labor members – including a former MP – challenging their party’s factional picks for preselection in key seats.

Xenophon and Howard trade barbs

Senator Nick Xenophon says former Prime Minister John Howard’s attack on him shows how “panicked” the Liberals have become about the threat posed by his candidates.

Firearms seized under a 2004 amnesty. Photo: AAP/Mick Tsikas

Keeping gun control tight: a matter of national conscience

On the anniversary of the Port Arthur massacre, legal commentator Morry Bailes sifts through the evidence in favour of John Howard’s gun control laws.