Strengthening our cyber defences
The Australian Signals Directorate, a grey and dull-looking building in the defence precinct on a hill above Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra, houses the nation's offensive cyber capability.
Senator Headline, just warming up for Canberra
Senator Hinch was in hot form, declaring Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull had taken only five months to present himself as an emperor with no clothes and Pauline Hanson was "repugnant".
Morrison ratchets up the heat on Labor to pass savings
Treasurer Scott Morrison has called on the opposition to pass more than $6 billion in savings measures contained within its budget costings submitted to the Parliamentary Budget Office prior to the election, as the first shots were fired in the gathering legislative battle facing the Turnbull government.
Rudd accused PM of 'monstrous intrusion'
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has confirmed that, when rejecting Kevin Rudd's United Nations ambitions, he told the former prime minister that he didn't have the "interpersonal skills" or the "temperament" for the powerful global position of secretary-general.
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Costings back up Labor's long-term savings pitch
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One Nation becomes pivotal political force
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Greens, One Nation senators may find common ground
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Hunt orders CSIRO climate science U-turn
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Shorten rubbishes Turnbull's 'empty lecture and tax cut' for banks
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Outgoing RBA board member says an inquiry into banks 'would be helpful'
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Sacked Territory minister comes out of hiding
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'Destroy Don Dale, pour salt on the ground'
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Emirates flight crash-lands at Dubai airport
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PM can still find rhythm after messy start
Defibrillating Australia's flat lining political and economic mindset after a troubled first half of 2016 may be a job tailor ...
Did Barnaby Joyce mislead Australia?
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Turnbull must find courage to avoid a bleak future
Stable government via a strong majority was Malcolm Turnbull's most fundamental promise - a pledge repeated so often in the ...
Kevin goes all Pink at just another brick in his wall
Apart from the increasingly florid hue to his chubby cheeks, it has long been difficult to imagine Kevin Rudd occupying the ...
Rudd laments 'brick wall' Turnbull thwarting his UN ambition
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Rudd never had a hope of getting the UN gig
If you meet someone, anyone, who thinks Rudd's been dudded by being "denied" the nomination, treat them gently. They ...
How the campaign for same-sex marriage could fail
Supporters of same-sex marriage are in danger of falling victim to a classic political maxim - divide and conquer.
Good intentions compromised by haste
Another excruciating exercise in administrative mediocrity. The result of important policy action constructed with inadequate ...
Father of Muslim soldier says Trump is a 'black soul' after the presidential candidate attacked grieving family
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Turnbull hamstrung by a divided party even after the election
Turnbull was given a face-saver or a hospital handpass, depending on how you spin it.
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