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ALP candidate to remove army billboards
Cameron Atfield 10:33 AM Pat O'Neill used billboards depicting him in his army uniform.
Penny Wong lavishes praise on Anthony Albanese
Deborah Snow 12:18 AM Penny Wong and Anthony Albanese's political love-in points to a strong alliance between the pair after the election
Public service boss slams 'corrosive' sackings
Noel Towell 9:30 PM Warning on public service messiahs.
Defence eyes campaign ban on wearing uniforms
David Wroe and Tom McIlroy 6:19 PM The Australian Defence Force is seriously considering asking the next government to change the law to prohibit election campaign material featuring military uniforms, Fairfax Media understands.
The tax havens costing Australia $6b a year
Nassim Khadem The world's poorest people, and women in particular, bear the brunt of global tax dodging, says Oxfam.
Australians quick to embrace China, survey finds
David Wroe Australians think China already dominates Asia – more than the Chinese even believe it themselves.
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.
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.
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.