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Forget the Frontbench

Who are the players shaking up our two (and a half) party system? In her Crikey column, Rachel Withers probes and profiles those who wield power beyond the major parties.

Forget the Frontbench

Queensland MP Bob Katter (Image: AAP/Private Media/Zennie)

Riding in cars with Bob

Sep 05, 2024

Jordan van den Lamb, aka Purplepingers (Image: AAP/Private Media/Zennie)

‘Purplepingers’ wants a ‘cheeky revolution’. But does he have a real plan for the Senate?

Aug 29, 2024

Independent MP Zali Steggall (Image: AAP/Private Media/Zennie)

Zali Steggall stands by telling Dutton to ‘stop being racist’, yet is no Green on Gaza

Aug 22, 2024

Kate Chaney (Image: Zennie/Private Media)

Against the odds: Chaney believes the government could still change its mind on gambling

Aug 15, 2024

(Image: Zennie/Private Media)

Jacq Jacq Jacqui: Who will Senator Lambie parachute into politics next?

Aug 08, 2024

Senator Ralph Babet (Image: Private Media/Zennie)

‘Demonic and deranged’: Should we be worried about our MAGA-pilled Victorian senator?

Aug 01, 2024

(Image: Zennie/Private Media)

Lidia Thorpe sees her Senate spot as the Greens ‘paying the rent’

Jul 18, 2024

L-R: Zoe Daniel, Bob Katter, Monique Ryan, Peter Dutton, Max Chandler-Mather and Dai Le (Images: AAP/Private Media/Zennie)

Dutton panics over ‘Muslim candidates’. But our parliaments are designed to be hung

Jul 11, 2024

Independent MP Kylea Tink (Image: Private Media)

Hard Solo and human rights: Why Kylea Tink won’t go quietly

Jun 20, 2024

Independent MP Andrew Wilkie (Image: Private Media/Zennie)

‘Like being king hit’: How Andrew Wilkie weaponises whistleblowing

Jun 13, 2024

Monique Ryan, independent MP for Kooyong (Image: Private Media/Zennie)

As Frydenberg’s kite-flying flames out, Monique Ryan stays locked on TikTok

Jun 06, 2024

(Image: Private Media/Zennie)

Forget the Frontbench: A new column interrogating the players shaking up Australian politics

May 30, 2024

There are 12 articles in Forget the Frontbench