Trade Minister Steve Ciobo says there is merit in re-examining whether foreign donations should be banned, following revelations Chinese interests have paid the personal bills of prominent Labor Senator Sam Dastyari.
Australia set to negotiate a post Brexit free trade agreement with Britain.
High-profile members of the federal government's Climate Change Authority have launched a stinging critique of their colleagues, accusing them of giving "untrue and dangerous" advice that ignores what science demands.
The Grattan Institute has identified superannuation as the most important test of Malcolm Turnbull's leadership.
While Labor was pushing for donation reform at the last election, Mr Turnbull was forking out millions from his own pocket doing everything he could to cling to office.
Want Tony Abbott's attention? Get him while he's vulnerable, right after a 40-kilometre bike race.
Australian Quakers have called on Malcolm Turnbull to drop plans for a plebiscite on same-sex marriage, breaking ranks with Christian churches.
Conservative senator says he is more in touch with Liberal voters and has better judgement than Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
Malcolm Turnbull has warned G20 leaders they risk a mistake of historic proportions if they "hide under the doona" and ignore economic scaremongering.
Chinese Mr Xi Jinping has congratulated Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on his re-election as the leaders met on the sidelines of the G20 summit.
Labor says it could use parliamentary tactics to bring about a vote on gay marriage, days after it secured the first loss by a majority government in the lower house in more than 50 years.
Theresa May is to open talks on a landmark new free trade deal with Australia, as she declares Britain will lead the world in global commerce outside the EU.
Even Coalition supporters are in favour of using the courts to challenge mining projects, a survey finds.
Australians with rare cancers and other diseases will be given early access to experimental and potentially life-saving drugs under major Turnbull government changes to the nation's medical approvals system.
The number of older Australians on the dole is rising rapidly, raising fresh concerns about the Turnbull government's plan to cut unemployment benefits.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull could force voters to the polls another three times in the next two years.
Chinese bombers and missiles could threaten Australia from new artificial islands in the South China Sea, prompting calls for a missile defence shield.
Paris Aristotle, the pre-eminent adviser to both sides of politics on refugee issues over the past two decades, says Australia should be among the countries considered for resettling refugees from Manus Island and Nauru.
"A lot of students would be left in the lurch.
Labor factional powerbroker Sam Dastyari is facing ongoing scrutiny over his close connections to Chinese-Australian interests, with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull questioning whether donations led to the NSW senator contradicting his party's policy in a "cash for comment" arrangement.
A humiliated Malcolm Turnbull has warned Coalition MPs to lift their game and show more discipline, as Labor celebrated exposing the government's porous control of the Parliament.
Michael Keenan noticeably thrilled when Fairfax Media insisted on inquiring about his longevity as a frontbencher.
A notorious group of rape cases at the Australian Defence Force Academy will remain unresolved after the government's defence abuse taskforce announced neither a Royal Commission nor an Australian Crime Commission probe will go ahead.
But heads won't roll over scathing report into consultancies at air traffic agency.
The federal government concedes the cost of moving public servants from Canberra to northern NSW doesn't stack up.
Asked why it had backed down, the ATO said though a spokeswoman it had made a political judgement.
One in five of the mobile phone towers funded in the first round provided little to no new coverage for consumers.
The fallout from concerns about the growing influence of foreign-linked donations in Australian politics has reached China, with nationalist newspaper the Global Times attacking anti-Chinese hype and paranoia.
Australia may have the right to collect more tax from multinationals that send profits through low-tax nations following this week's historic EU ruling on Apple.
WA MP Christian Porter has offered no excuse for his unapproved absence during Thursday's night's chaotic scenes in Federal Parliament, saying he had apologised to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and explaining that he "was just outside in the car" when the government embarrassingly lost a vote on the floor of the House of Representatives.
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