The Budget
Tax levy debated
1:59pmShould the government impose a tax levy to restore the budget surplus? Should it intervene to lower superannuation fees? With Labor's Andrew Leigh and Liberal Andrew Laming.
Latest
MH370: 'We haven't found anything anywhere'
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7:32am Tony Abbott says he's "baffled and disappointed" no debris has been found, as the search for MH370 shifts focus.
Federal Budget
Budget battle
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2:48pm Tony Abbott uses YouTube to set budget expectations, Bill Shorten responds to reports of a new levy. Nine News.
Carbon Reduction
Unveiled: Direct Action white paper
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Cross bench support is crucial to pass the emissions reduction scheme, and the government is confident of its support. Nine News.
Royal Visit
Royals visit Parliament
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are received by the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition at Parliament House.
The Budget
Hockey targets pensions
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The Treasurer makes his clearest case yet for cutting spending on aged pensions as he prepares next month's budget.
F-35 is 'crown jewels of US tech'
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The government has announced that it will purchase a further 58, fifth-generation fighters which will provide Australia's air defence until 2050.
Bill Shorten calls for party reform
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The Labor Party needs to be a party of members, not factions, says Opposition leader Bill Shorten.
Louise Pratt attacks Bullock, backs party reform
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Joe Bullock's spot on the Labor senate team was a 'factional power grab' says outgoing Senator Louise Pratt in a scathing press conference. Nine News.
Western Sydney infrastructure blitz
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Billions of dollars will be spent upgrading western Sydney infrastructure the Prime Minister has announced. Nine News.
Bob Carr
Bob Carr: I make no apologies
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He's making democracy better with his 'vivid' diary, so no need for sorry, says former Foreign Minister.
Politics in pictures
April 25th 2014
Pomp, ceremony and politics
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CHRIS HAMMER There was Easter, royalty and Anzac Day, but also plenty of politics - the political week as told through music, photos and video.
April 17th 2014
The political week
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The week in politics - told through a montage of photos, music, and video.
April 11th 2014
The political week
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CHRIS HAMMER Tony Abbott's Asian trip and the politics of the week told through video, music and photographs.
April 4th 2014
The week that was
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CHRIS HAMMER The week in politics, told through photos, video and music.
March 28th 2014
The week in politics
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CHRIS HAMMER It was the week that knighthoods returned to Australia, as told through music, video and photographs.
March 21st 2014
The week in politics
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The political events of the week told through music, video and photographs.
March 7th 2014
The week that was
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CHRIS HAMMER The past week in politics, told through photography, sound bites and music.
February 28th 2014
The week that was
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CHRIS HAMMER The political week told though a montage of video and photos.
February 21st 2014
The political narrative
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A montage of photographs and video tells the story of the week in federal politics.
February 14th 2014
The week that was
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The past week in Canberra, told through a montage of video and the photography.
Interviews
Greens surge
Greens historic polling, Maules Creek and a federal ICAC?
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A recent Fairfax-Nielsen poll has put the Greens at 17 per cent nationally - a record - Senator Larissa Waters explains why she thinks her party has done so well.
Badgery's Creek
Airport infrastructure key
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A second Sydney airport won't win the support of Labor MP Michelle Rowland unless the government builds adequate supporting infrastructure.
Chinese FTA, budget cuts and Badgerys.
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Details of FTA negotiations with China have emerged, with suggestions Chinese workers could come to Australia to work on state enterprise projects. Senator Scott Ryan interview on this and more.
The Budget
Budget spending cuts
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Labor's Andrew Leigh and Liberal Andrew Laming debate where Joe Hockey can find budget savings, including raising the pension age.
Pension Age
Should the pension age rise?
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Should the old-age pension start at 70? Liberal Senator Zed Seselja says 'definitely', but Labor's Amanda Rishworth is less sure..
UN access to detention centres, FTA and charity red tape
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The UN should be able to inspect Australia's offshore detention network Greens Senator Larissa Waters argues.
Foreign investment and Bob Carr
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The dollar limits to foreign investment don't pass the pub test, Nationals MP Andrew Broad says.
Question Time
Question Time
'Fools', 'sooks' and Madam Speaker
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CHRIS HAMMER Tempers fray and insults are thrown during a tempestuous question time on Thursday, as Labor and Speaker Bronwyn Bishop engage in a battle of wills.
Question Time
New tactic: 'infectious laughter'
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CHRIS HAMMER Speaker Bronwyn Bishop struggles to control a boisterous question time on Wednesday, at one stage accusing Labor of using laughter as a political tactic.
Question Time
Bigotry or free speech?
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CHRIS HAMMER Question time on Tuesday is dominated by proposed changes to the Racial Discrimination Act.
Question Time
'Gossip and scuttlebutt'
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CHRIS HAMMER Question time Monday: Tony Abbott responds to reports the government is massaging economic forecasts and that he was warned against appointing Arthur Sinodinos to his ministry.
From left field
Tony Abbott visits the DMZ
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Raw vision: during his trip to South Korea Prime Minister Tony Abbott takes time to see the border with North Korea.
Turnbull pokes fun at the knights and dames
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The knighthood honours system isn't a throwback to imperial times, but in line with many great republics like Guatemala, Turnbull jokes at a Free TV event on Wednesday.
Parliament
Laughter crackdown in Parliament
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Labor MP Julie Collins is thrown out of Parliament for laughing as the Speaker, Bronwyn Bishop accuses the opposition of employing a new parliamentary tactic.
Knights and Dames: Tony Abbott mocked
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'Winter is coming' warns labor's Sam Dastyari, invoking medieval drama Game of Thrones in mockery of Tony Abbott's decision to reinstate knighthoods.
WA Senate Election
A most polite spray
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Greens Senator Scott Ludlam invites Tony Abbott to visit Western Australia - and then unloads on the Prime Minister in a Senate speech earlier this week that has since gone viral.
Featured
Explained: Emissions Reduction Fund
The carbon tax will be replaced with an Emissions Reduction Fund if the government has its way. We explain the key differences.
Joint Strike Fighter: why now?
Australia is buying 58 more next-generation fighter jets. Defence correspondent David Wroe explains why.
Royals commemorate Anzac Day
The Prime Minister, Governor-General and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge lay wreaths at the Australian War Memorial.
Shorten's Labor reform logic
Why does Bill Shorten want to reform Labor and what are his chances of success? Analysis with Mark Kenny and Chris Hammer.
'We cannot let unions dominate'
Senator Louise Pratt calls for Labor's rank and file to select the party's senate ticket, following her loss at the West Australian senate election.
Support for republic slumps
Support for an Australian republic has hit its lowest level in 22 years. according to the latest Fairfax/Nielsen poll.
Reforming Labor
'We need to have the most broad-based, democratic party we can,' says Labor MP Amanda Rishworth.
Greens surge in polls
Support for the Greens is at a record high as support for the Abbott government eases.
What's in the book?
Bob Carr's 'Diary of a Foreign Minister' is causing quite a stir even before its official release. Fairfax reporter Jonathan Swan is one of the few who have read it.
Reforming Labor
The Left's John Faulkner wants party members to select the ALP's Senate ticket, but the Right's Ed Husic disagrees.
Tony Abbott in China
The PM arrives in China on Wednesday. What can he expect and what does he hope to achieve?
Greens savour WA result
It's not just Labor struggling in Western Australia - Greens Senator Scott Ludlam says the Liberal vote is also in long-term decline.
Discrimination Act consultation, Qld irrigation and 'good blokes'
The Coalition's racial discrimination act consultation is a good outcome, while you should only be knighted if you can ride a horse and can joust says Nationals MP Andrew Broad.
Qld irrigation, bigotry and... 'Sir Rupert?'
Diverting half a million mega litres of water from Queensland's Gilbert River to irrigate sugar cane is unlikely to work Greens Senator Larissa Waters believes.
Knighthoods, freedom of speech and the budget
How conservative is the Abbott government? Labor's Ed Husic and the Liberal's Christian Porter discuss knighthoods, the roll back of the Racial Discrimination Act and the budget.
100 days in photographs
The first 100 days of the Abbott government seen through the lens of Fairfax Canberra photographers Andrew Meares and Alex Ellinghausen.
