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Abbott's return to fray caps another scrappy week for PM
Former prime ministers are usually afforded a degree of latitude in defending their policies from their own time in office.
Former prime ministers are usually afforded a degree of latitude in defending their policies from their own time in office.
Former prime minister Tony Abbott says his government should have pursued less ambitious reform of section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act, in comments that will spur debate in the conservative wing of the Liberal Party about changing the Act and potentially create a new headache for Malcolm Turnbull.
Last February, at what ought to have been the height of preparations for this year's census, its head, Duncan Young, sent the Bureau of Statistics executive a crisis memo.
The Turnbull government's struggle to explain exactly went wrong in the Australian census intensified on Friday, with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull forced to rebuke a senior minister's assertion that the alleged cyber attacks originated in Australia.
A school group has distanced itself from controversial One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts.
Australians who suffer from a rare disease that causes gigantism will benefit from a new Turnbull government subsidy.
Australia's top cyber security agency is reaching out to high schools students as it seeks to build an army of "white hat" ...
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Bob Katter has little love for the capital and its people, preferring to stay in Queanbeyan.
There's a huge difference between good debt and bad debt, writes Mark Kenny.
The Conservative Leadership Foundation and the Australian Conservatives appear to share headquarters in Adelaide.
A combination of tougher laws and growing discontent about the lack of taxes multinationals pay, has made revenue agencies ...
The ATO has sent warning letters to 136 multinationals which may be subject to tough penalties under the federal government's ...
With the chief executive's contract still under a cloud is it time for him to go?
For a man seeking to mobilise a new mass movement on the right of Australian politics, the normally outspoken Senator Cory ...
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has levelled criticism at the company in the aftermath of the census bungle - but it may be ...
Australia's paramilitary Border Force is charging taxpayers for regular visits to a luxury coastal resort.
There's a huge difference between good debt and bad debt, writes Mark Kenny.
With the chief executive's contract still under a cloud is it time for him to go?
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There was high anxiety in the family as the census night of 1966 approached.
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'Reckless' doesn't begin to describe the culture at the top of the Bureau of Statistics.
The government tries to explain when an attack isn't an attack.
Your personally curated news with six things you need to know before you get going.
Your personally curated news with six things you need to know before you get going.
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All the signs are that an enlarged right-wing cross bench will create new tensions, dragging Turnbull's party in unhelpful ...
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