Palmer announces Qld Senate team

Clive Palmer has again denied his party is fuelled by nepotism after announcing two business figures and repeat candidates closely tied to him as his Queensland Senate team.

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Liberals investigating 'black ops' meeting

Michael Koziol   The NSW Liberal Party is investigating an attempted leadership coup at a chaotic Young Liberal branch meeting, which sources say represents the thin end of the wedge for the factionally-riven party.

Shorten shifts focus to the economy

James Massola   Focus shifts back to the economy as Labor releases economic plan in an attempt to get on the front foot and as the govt attacks Shorten over company tax.

The torment of women at Nauru

Nicole Hasham   The sky was fast plunging into darkness when a car pulled up to Amina*, and the male driver leaned out to warn her about wild dogs.

Public servants could face court over death: lawyers

Noel Towell   Canberra bureaucrats could find themselves in the dock over young asylum seeker's death.

Subs could be vulnerable to new weapons technology: Beazley

Deborah Snow   Former Labor leader and onetime defence minister Kim Beazley has cautioned that dramatic changes in military technology over the next decade could have an impact on Australia's $50 billion submarine replacement program, given the rapid development of unmanned submersible platforms that are better able to detect conventional submarines. 

Bob Brown's new campaign: development through the Tarkine

Adam Morton   Former Greens leader Bob Brown is trying to get backing for a development in pristine Tasmanian wilderness – in order to save it.

Hundreds of detention centre abuses go unreported

Bianca Hall and Noel Towell   Asha was only 12 months old when she pulled over container of boiling water on Nauru, severely scalding herself.

Childcare plan wins backing

Carolyn Webb   Malvern East mother-of-one Kate King says she would be better off under the Labor childcare policy

Family mourns for Jamie Bright, killed by an Islamic State bullet

David Wroe   Jamie Bright's body lies frozen in a Kurdish hospital in the centre of one of the most geopolitically fraught places on Earth.

PM falters amid company tax, super confusion

Mark Kenny   The Coalition government has slipped behind Labor for the first time since Malcolm Turnbull replaced Tony Abbott, led by a continuing collapse in Mr Turnbull's once stratospheric personal standing, according to the latest Fairfax-Ipsos poll.

Losing it, one mistake at a time

Mark Kenny   This election has often been described as Malcolm Turnbull's to lose. How prophetic because that seems to be what he is busy doing. Losing it.

'It shows our parliament is stuck in the dark ages'

Latika Bourke   Even if 1 million Australians signed an online petition, the Parliament would be able to completely ignore it.

Europe needs a Tony Abbott-style approach to stopping the boats, says Tory MEP

Latika Bourke   Europe needs to take an Australian approach to stemming the flow of migrant votes, including turning back boats, two of which have recently arrived in the channel, a prominent tory MP says.

The question that nearly threw Albanese

Deborah Snow   The question that threw Anthony Albanese on the campaign trail.

Hunt spruiks renewables rebound

Nicole Hasham   Australia is on track to meeting official clean energy targets after the rise of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull buoyed investors, Environment Minister Greg Hunt says, amid new figures showing 18 large-scale wind, solar and biogas projects worth at least $2.2 billion are set to be built.

Refugee takes David and Goliath fight to News Corp

Bianca Hall   ISLAM MUST CHANGE, screamed the Herald Sun headline, and Muslim refugee Aladdin Sisalem - no stranger to conflict with News Corp Australia - took action.

State Libs split with feds on domestic violence leave

Noel Towell   Government must lead by example, says state premier.

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Canberra politicians' perks belong in 'days gone by': expert

Noel Towell   "Make the politicians responsible ... then it's between them and the taxman."

Hunt under fire over bat decision

Peter Hannam   Environment Minister Greg Hunt accused of using laws to protect threatened species of the political kind.

Norfolk Island elects council that supports self-determination

Marcus Strom   In the first elections to its new regional council, Norfolk Islanders have voted in a majority that supports political self-determination. 

Private school students to receive $1000 more than public students by 2020

Timna Jacks, Matthew Knott   Australia's education funding model is so dysfunctional that simply pumping billions of extra dollars into the system will not reverse the ghettoisation of our schools, a new report has found.

'Solar revolution': Labor climate plan warms up to renters, pensioners

Nicole Hasham   Groups of renters could share a "garden" of solar panels and the technology would be encouraged in public housing and aged-care homes in a $98.7 million Labor push to bring the "solar revolution" to those who do not own a home.

Hockey sought to block Cabcharge details

Sean Nicholls   Former treasurer's office said the release of five-year-old hire car travel details could put him at risk in a heightened terrorism environment.

Canberra pollies paid extra for going to work

Noel Towell   Getting $86-a-day for driving across town.

Aussie guy 'transformed' into Kurdish fighter, says comrade

David Wroe   A British fighter with Kurdish forces in Syria has told of Australian man Jamie Bright's "transformation" into a seasoned mine clearer who blended in with local Kurds, adopting the dress and learning the language.

Cabcharge revelations: Turnbull called on to back police investigation

Sean Nicholls   Senator calls for the PM to act after Fairfax Media revealed rules were broken.

Australian killed fighting against IS

David Wroe   An Australian man has reportedly been killed fighting with Kurdish forces against the Islamic State terror group in Syria.