Martin Lumb and Scott Bennett provide an overview of the war service record of Australian parliamentarians since federation.

John Howard made unexpected concessions last week to avert a backbench revolt in parliament. But why is crossing the floor seen as such a major step? Paul Rodan looks at the precedents.

Independent rural MP, Peter Andren, stood his ground on asylum seekers and became more popular than ever. In this article, Peter Browne reports on new findings about why the voters supported their local member.