Political News
Labor may rethink single mum welfare cuts
12:01pm "We sent all the wrong messages": Labor leadership contenders flag change to welfare cuts
Ruddock warns new ministers
BIANCA HALL Liberal Party elder Philip Ruddock has warned the new government to beware of conflict-of-interest pitfalls that brought down seven of former prime minister John Howard's cabinet ministers in two years.
Morris leads in lobby powers
PHILLIP THOMSON Grahame Morris has became the most powerful lobbyist in Canberra.
Rudd saved Labor, leaked polling shows
Jonathan Swan, Bianca Hall, Rick Feneley Labor would have been reduced to a parliamentary rump worse than in the Whitlam defeat of 1975 had it not replaced Julia Gillard with Kevin Rudd as prime minister, according to leaked internal polling.
Libs to keep charged MP Shaw in party
FARRAH TOMAZIN Victorian Liberals will try to keep Geoff Shaw on side by retaining his membership of the party.
Not sure why, but Shaw's their man
John Elder and Nicky Moffatt People running businesses in downtown Frankston give Geoff Shaw a thumbs up.
Rudd saved 15 seats, says Labor polling
Jonathan Swan and Bianca Hall Labor was on track to lose at least 15 seats more than it did, according to the party's pollster.
Ruddock warns of conflicts of interest
Bianca Hall and Phillip Thomson Liberal Party elder warns of pitfalls that brought down seven Howard's cabinet ministers.
Narrow win gives victor Palmer a sinking feeling
BIANCA HALL Mining giant Clive Palmer narrowly won the seat of Fairfax on Saturday by just 36 votes.
Clive Palmer wins Fairfax by just 36 votes
BIANCA HALL Mining giant Clive Palmer has narrowly won the seat of Fairfax by just 36 votes, in a knife-edge result destined for a recount.
On the inside looking out
EMMA MACDONALD Windows to the World gives Canberrans unprecedented access to many of the ACT's embassies, Emma Macdonald writes.
The talented Miss Julie
Deborah Snow Australia's new Foreign Affairs Minister, and the only woman in the Abbott cabinet, set her sights high very early.
This man has a big job - stop the boats
DAVID WROE An impressive military CV bodes well but this remains an onerous task.
Clamp on boat arrival figures
DAVID WROE Immigration Minister Scott Morrison's office has clamped down on information about asylum seekers issued by his department and border protection agencies.
Few women, lots of private school Catholics
Matt Wade The lopsided gender balance of Tony Abbott's cabinet has caused a stir. But how does it compare with the Australian population on other major demographic characteristics such as age, religion, schooling and occupation?
Catholics mark Liberals' turnaround
Matt Wade, Gemma Khaicy How well does Tony Abbott's cabinet represent the population in major demographics?
Parties seek candidates for Shaw's seat
HENRIETTA COOK Liberal and Labor scrambling to find candidates to contest seat of Frankston.
Veil of silence descends on asylum boat arrivals
DAVID WROE Immigration Minister's office clamps down on information released about asylum-seekers.
Happy birthday Mr (former) PM Lee Kuan Yew
DANIEL FLITTON Famous for branding Australia the ''poor white trash of Asia'', Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew has been around long enough to collect prime ministers in a scrapbook.
