Tony Abbott: Societies can't 'remain in denial about the massive problem within Islam'

Lisa Cox 8:43 AM   Former prime minister Tony Abbott has said Islam must change and called for a "hearts and minds campaign against the versions of Islam that make excuses for terrorists."

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Bolt to star in ABC documentary

Matthew Knott 7:03 AM   Conservative commentator and vocal ABC critic Andrew Bolt is set to star in a new ABC series about the recognition of indigenous Australians in the constitution.

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Borrowing, cutting and boosting: How Turnbull found $1.1b

Matthew Knott 7:02 AM   The Turnbull government's innovation package was launched on Monday with all the trappings of a budget - in a media lock-up accompanied a blizzard of fact sheets and costings. And, like any budget, some creative accounting.

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Abbott: I would have won the election

Mark Kenny 7:01 AM   Tony Abbott has declared he would have led the Coalition to a victory at the next election, while flagging he intends to stay around in Parliament.

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Leaked COAG agenda reveals 8 GST proposals

James Massola 7:01 AM   Massive increases to the GST that would raise up to $45 billion annually will be on the table when Malcolm Turnbull and state premiers meet on Friday, according to a leaked document obtained by Fairfax Media.

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Raising the GST to 15 per cent is far harder than it seems

Peter Martin 7:36 PM   The agenda paper prepared for Thursday's treasurers meeting ought to come with a big red stamp that reads "danger".

Mr Hockey goes to Washington

Mark Kenny 6:57 PM   Ever noticed how the loudest advocates of free enterprise and the private sector, are also the most reluctant to leave the public sector? How those politicians who lecture us daily on the evils of bloated government, seem to suckle most determinedly on the public teat?

$20m spent on flights to Nauru and Manus Island

Nicole Hasham 5:30 PM   The federal government spent $1.2 billion running Australia's offshore detention centres last financial year, including $20 million on charter flights alone – more than the budget cuts required to fund Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's innovation cash-splash announced this week.

Ex-treasury chief flags 'once in a lifetime' opportunity for tax reform

Gareth Hutchens 4:35 PM   Former treasury secretary Martin Parkinson has warned that Australia's living standards have already started to fall, and the country must act to pursue serious tax reform.

Liberals weigh bid to poach Warren Truss seat

James Massola, Lisa Cox 1:23 PM   Queensland Liberals may attempt to snatch the Nationals-held seat of Wide Bay as political pay back for the defection of former cabinet minister Ian Macfarlane.

10 times it genuinely was exciting to be Australian

Judith Ireland and Stephanie Peatling 1:15 PM   Malcolm Turnbull may be feeling optimistic, but we can think of at least 10 instances it has "been a more exciting time to be an Australian".

Turnbull backs away from company tax cut

Heath Aston 1:05 PM   Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull appears to have put the brakes on recent momentum towards tax relief for corporate Australia, saying a company tax cut would be "an enormous charge on the budget at the present time".

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'Delusions' setting Australia up for a big budget shock

Nassim Khadem 12:51 PM   The case for company tax cuts for large business has not been subject to "rigorous analysis" according to leading economist Ross Garnaut.