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Coalition won't challenge 37-vote Herbert election loss
Majority in Federal Parliament will remain at one.
Majority in Federal Parliament will remain at one.
China has accused Australia of bowing to protectionist sentiment for blocking the Ausgrid bid, as well as for an earlier decision against a Chinese-led consortium to buy cattle company Kidman & Co.
Queensland federal MP George Christensen will not face electoral bribery charges following a probe into one of his Facebook posts.
After a long and bitter campaign, Katy Gallagher and Zed Seselja have officially declared the winners of the ACT's two senate seats.
MP Stuart Robert strongly defends a property developer in parliament - but who wrote the script?
Your personally curated news with six things you need to know before you get going.
Pauline Hanson's first speech as a senator is maddeningly thick with selective statistics, wild assertions and untested claims, but a handful of howlers stand out.
Limiting the amount anyone could contribute out of their own money into tax-advantaged super on top of employer contributions was never retrospective, but those who thought it was can relax. The government is imposing a limit by another means.
Political activism is not retweeting a petition about the live cattle trade while watching an episode of The Bachelor.
Bill Shorten presented himself as a champion of reform but how could he be taken seriously if he was seen to condone Sam Dastyari's bewildering stupidity?
A proposal designed to delay and divide is doing exactly that. And conservatives are loving it.
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