Lockdown love
Rumour has it there's a new power couple in Canberra— Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young and The Australia Institute's executive director Ben...
Australia Institute director says Gore-Palmer ploy reset climate debate
Former Greens staffer Ben Oquist, one of those who brought the two men together, said the move was a step forward.
Canberra is increasingly outsourcing its national role. That needs to stop
In the final days before the federal election was called, the new South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas came to Canberra to deliver a...
Greens senator’s lobbyist husband gets free pass on $50k of taxpayer-funded flights
Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young's husband Ben Oquist works for a high-powered lobbying firm but taxpayers paid for his flights to work in...
Why Anthony Albanese’s decision to call The Lodge home matters
The thing that strikes you when reading about how The Lodge used to be, is just how humble an abode it once was. How, when Robert Menzies...
‘Genuine concern’: Albanese warns on Hanson-Young’s expense claims
Revelations that senior Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young claimed 78 airfares through family reunion entitlements to shuttle her lobbyist...
Ben Oquist new Australia Institute executive director
Former Greens strategist Ben Oquist has been appointed executive director of think tank The Australia Institute, following Richard Denniss stepping down after...
Greens senator charged taxpayers $50K to ferry lobbyist husband to and from Canberra
Senior Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young has charged taxpayers almost $50000 to ferry her husband Ben Oquist to and from Canberra,...
Former adviser to Bob Brown now has the ear of Clive Palmer
Ben Oquist is one of the most savvy political advisers in the business. He used to be Bob Brown's right-hand man and stayed on with Christine Milne when she...
Politics podcast: Ben Oquist on the direction of the Greens and the Senate crossbench
Ben Oquist is Executive Director of the Australia Institute and former chief of staff to former Greens leader Bob Brown. Ben sat down with...
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As a political strategist and advocate, Oquist has criticized the Australian government's policies related to Nauru, particularly regarding refugee treatment.