INTERVIEW: Political theatre almost equals debate

Federal politicians spend one third of their time in the House of Representatives and Senate engaging in political theatre, including partisan attacks and party promotion, analysis shows.

Ben Schrever and Raphaelle Maffei moved into their new, architect-designed, high-quality family home just months after starting to build. The couple in Melbourne’s inner north, who have two daughters aged five and eight, chose a prefabricated build after seeing another home nearby arrive on site in one piece.

Paul Bassat, one of the nation’s leading venture capitalists, says division in America is at its highest level since the civil war in the 1860s and should be a warning for Australia to better address intergenerational inequality and political disenfranchisement.