'It's never been a better time to vote for anyone else': Malcolm Turnbull hit by hoax text campaign

Katie Burgess   This time it's the prime minister telling people to vote for someone other than himself.

Cowboy Katter 'shoots two dead' in campaign video

Maverick Queensland MP Bob Katter is well known for his fast-shooting mouth.

Anti-gay Islamic preacher's visa under review

David Wroe, Adam Gartrell   The Turnbull government is urgently reviewing the visa of an anti-gay Islamic preacher who sermonised in Orlando ahead of the Pulse nightclub massacre and is now visiting Australia.

Greens put Nile candidate before gay Lib

Heath Aston   Greens give preference to the Christian Democratic Party of Reverend Fred Nile above the Liberal candidate for Sydney, an indigenous gay man who is wants same-sex marriage.

Prioritise Reef over coal: survey

Nicole Hasham   A thumping majority of Australians want the health of the Great Barrier Reef prioritised over coal mining, according to a survey of more than 63,000 Fairfax Media readers.

Greens to preference Labor in every Queensland seat

Cameron Atfield   ALP election chances in Queensland get significant boost.

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PwC advises multinationals 'read the play'

Nassim Khadem   Multinationals will still strategise how to pay less tax in the new political landscape, just with a new spin.

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Public servants to Armidale: the missing evidence

Noel Towell   Business case for forced relocation of public servants should have been done by now: reports.

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Health matters 'more than economy': over 50s

Peter Martin   Health care is by far the most important issue determining the votes of older Australians, eclipsing economic management for the first time.

Shorten slams Trump for 'demonising' Muslims

David Wroe   Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has taken Donald Trump to task over the presumptive Republican candidate's claims the Orlando shooting shows he was right to call for a ban on Muslims entering the United States.

Labor's big internet play - faster broadband, same price range

Mark Kenny, James Massola   Twice as many Australians would get faster fibre-to-the-home internet connections under a future Shorten Labor government, but the rollout of the NBN would cost taxpayers at most only $1 billion more and would be completed in the same time, Labor says.

Greens push PM on republic with cake stunt

Michael Koziol   The Greens will attempt to put the elusive republic back on the menu today with a cake-based stunt atop Parliament House.

Greens pledge to crack down on 'free-range' eggs

Cameron Atfield   The federal Greens will push for a national standard for free-range eggs that would slash the number of farm hens per hectare by 85 per cent.

Dissident voice in Parliament still speaking out

Nicole Hasham   When former rebel MP Judi Moylan departed the party room after railing against Liberal policies, less daring colleagues often approached her in solidarity.

Rudd 'overturned' prize for 'sex lives' book

Michael Koziol   Judges of the prestigious Prime Minister's Literary Award say then prime minister Kevin Rudd overruled their decision on the 2013 history prize.

Record field for Queensland Senate ballot paper

Cameron Atfield   Queenslanders will have 40 more Senate candidates to choose from than they did at the 2013 election, after 122 candidates put their names forward for election.

The truth about Sir John Kerr’s Paris option

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ALP candidate to remove army billboards

Cameron Atfield   Pat O'Neill used billboards depicting him in his army uniform.

Penny Wong lavishes praise on Anthony Albanese

Deborah Snow   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   Warning on public service messiahs.

Defence eyes campaign ban on wearing uniforms

David Wroe and Tom McIlroy   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.

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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.

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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.