Deputy Labor Leader Tanya Plibersek is returning to the domestic political fray, taking on the role of shadow education minister in a reshaped Labor ministry that Opposition Bill Leader hopes will help oust the Coalition from government.
Bill Shorten's incoming frontbench will include 13 women and 19 men.
Another Lazarus-like return from the political dead is under way in Tasmania.
The ABC has been cleared of systemic "anti-business" bias in a major review of its coverage, with former ANZ boss Mike Smith confessing he has rethought his negative perceptions of the broadcaster.
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Australia has banned an Indian engineer from studying in Melbourne over weapons of mass destruction fears.
Liberal MP David Coleman says Australia should hold a referendum in 2019 and set fixed four year terms for the federal parliament.
Less than half of Australians want a plebiscite on same-sex marriage, a national poll has found, with support for a national ...
There are now seven female department heads, more than at any other time.
Indigenous referendum council chair says bi-partisan support could make One Nation's opposition irrelevant in the Senate.
When Parliament returns, it will see at least 47 fresh faces joining the ranks of parties major and minor in both houses.
Bill Shorten surprised his enemies as much as his friends with a federal election he almost won.
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Election 2016 was like a soccer match where the overwhelming favourites found themselves stuck at one-all at half-time, still ...
The Liberals may well be an election-winning machine, but it is a machine with a remarkable inability to elect women.
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Rearranging a ministry after an election is a bit like sorting out the seating arrangements at a wedding.
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