Scott Morrison received the biggest individual political donation in Australian history. Behind it was a love story – and a man who asked for nothing in return.

Current and former Red Cross staff have criticised the way the organisation is handling donations during Australia’s bushfire crisis.

The refusal of the major parties to hold a parliamentary inquiry into Crown Casino speaks to a larger relationship between politics and the gambling lobby. It’s not just donations: Labor draws millions in profits from poker machines it owns.

The pendulum that is used to predict outcomes in elections is broken. One unexpected consequence is for the role of money in politics.