Turnbull's wings clipped before he even gets airborne
Turnbull was given a face-saver or a hospital handpass, depending on how you spin it.
Turnbull's wings clipped before he even gets airborne
Petty and weak: Labor slams PM's decision not to back Rudd
Australia won't nominate Kevin Rudd to be the next United Nations secretary-general, after Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull decided not to back the former Labor leader amid strong cabinet opposition.
Turnbull, Brandis defend royal commission
The government has defended the choice of former Northern Territory chief justice Brian Martin to lead the royal commission into juvenile detention amid tensions about who was - and wasn't - consulted on the details of the joint Commonwealth-NT inquiry.
Cabinet leaves Rudd decision in Turnbull's hands
The Turnbull government has delayed a decision on whether to nominate former prime minister Kevin Rudd to become United Nations secretary-general.
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NT government and racism role to be probed
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Inquiry 'needs a big gun from Sydney or Melbourne'
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'What's the point of plebiscite?', asks government minister
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Cabinet ministers split on Rudd's bid for UN top job
Government ministers appear split on whether Australia should support Kevin Rudd's bid to become UN secretary-general, ahead ...
Greens take Tasmania's final Senate seat
The Greens have taken the final Senate seat in Tasmania and the Australian Electoral Commission has confirmed the return to ...
Turnbull rejects calls for national royal commission
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is resisting pressure to expand the royal commission into the juvenile justice system beyond ...
Julie Bishop speaks out against death penalty as Indonesian executions loom
Julie Bishop has stressed Australia's opposition to the death penalty as Indonesia counts down the hours until it executes ...
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Turnbull's youth abuse royal commission is doomed to fail
The commission, however searching, is destined to be an expensive distraction and waste of time.
Merkel stands by refugee policy after spate of attacks
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Pay no attention to big coal. Wind power is doing just fine
First it was dead birds, then noise. Now wind farms are being blamed for destroying the electricity market and pushing prices ...
Warnings ISIS attacks will continue to rise in Europe after 84-year old priest slain in France
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Abuses breach Australia's international obligations
Teenagers tortured on Australian soil. Cruel, degrading and inhuman punishment. Luckily there is international laws to ...
Turnbull pulls the right lever with royal commission
Nobody can accuse Malcolm Turnbull of sitting on his hands once the vision of shocking systemic abuses, including Abu ...
Bernie Sanders booed for backing Hillary Clinton as DNC gets off to rocky start
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Reckless splitting of the Defence portfolio will result in ongoing paralysis
This is perhaps one of the worst decisions to affect Defence in the past 20 years, because the structure is now askew.
Russia escapes Olympic ban as Aussie athletes arrive to 'uninhabitable' village
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It's all downhill from here for Bill Shorten
Bill Shorten surprised his enemies as much as his friends with a federal election he almost won.
Latika's Double Shot: Trump staffer takes the fall for Melania's plagiarised speech
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Twists and turn in 2016 vote count
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Women Liberals low priority
The Liberals may well be an election-winning machine, but it is a machine with a remarkable inability to elect women.
Boris squirms in hostile media conference as he defends 'rich thesaurus' of 'misconstrued' insults
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