Crossbench senators and other MPs pledging not to comply with rules for the census will be treated like any other citizen and risk fines of $180 per day, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Tuesday.
Moves to coincide a referendum on Indigenous recognition in the Australian constitution with the 50th anniversary of the landmark 1967 vote on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander rights have been abandoned, as a consultation report is delayed until mid-2017.
Former US Ambassador and Labor leader Kim Beazley has warned that "immense responsibilities" will fall on Australia's shoulders to steer Donald Trump towards a more responsible foreign policy should the erratic billionaire become US President.
Treasurer Scott Morrison has confirmed plans to water down some of the superannuation changes announced in the budget, but says he'll hold the line on the most important elements.
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The Turnbull government's renewed enthusiasm for climate science will result in a new capacity to predict fluctuations in the ...
The ABC should engage more with the business community by encouraging its journalists to lunch with corporate leaders and ...
Newly elected One Nation senator Rod Culleton has had his larceny conviction annulled in court but will have to again defend ...
Senate powerbroker Nick Xenophon has declared he will refuse to provide his name on the 2016 census form this week amid ...
Newly elected One Nation senator Rod Culleton has handed himself in to police as he tries to have a larceny conviction ...
Pauline Hanson is a "highly intelligent" and competent person who will hold One Nation together despite its poor record of ...
Bill Shorten's push for a banking royal commission is a "populist whinge" that threatens to undermine a key pillar of the ...
One of Australia's newest senators, One Nation's Malcolm Roberts, sent a bizarre affidavit to then Prime Minister Julia ...
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