A three-tiered system of loan limits will be introduced, with loans capped at $5000, $10,000 and $15,000 depending on the cost of teaching the course.

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The national RSL president and three NSW colleagues received a share in nearly $1 million in "consulting fees" paid by an arm of the veterans organisation.

Former Liberal Party federal director Brian Loughnane has been recruited by the Commonwealth Bank as an adviser.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has invested in Wall Street tech funds that hold shares in Apple, Google, Facebook and Microsoft - companies heavily criticised for their agility in shifting profits to low tax jurisdictions.

A staffer for Turnbull government frontbencher Christopher Pyne is among the nine Australians jailed in Malaysia after stripping at a Formula One race.

"Unlike most, I'm not sulking because Britons failed to take my advice".

At eight-years-old, Rose Cox's path through her childhood and into adult life took a sharp turn.

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Voters are unconvinced by Malcolm Turnbull's move to drag bank executives before a parliamentary committee beginning this week, suggesting many regard it as an attempt to forestall a full royal commission, according to a new survey of community attitudes.

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"Things will be said which will hurt people. Many of them are already vulnerable. There's definitely risk involved."

Tax Office denies it wants a fast-track-to-the-sack for workplace slackers.

Sometimes, it's the things that go unsaid that say everything.

Australia will honour a multi-million dollar pay-off promised to Papua New Guinea to settle unwanted refugees - despite PNG moving to shut down the Manus Island detention camp.

It was more than a century in the making, so it was probably fitting the first train to depart Kippa-Ring Station on the new Redcliffe Peninsula Rail Line was 20 minutes late.

Labor has not given up its fight for a royal commission into the nation's banking sector, as the Big Four prepare to face the first of what Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has promised will be an annual accounting of their actions.

The storm – both real and political – continues to rage over South Australia, with Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg admitting initial inquiries had found renewable energy was not to blame for the statewide blackout, while refusing to back down from attacks on "aggressive" state Labor renewable energy targets.

When an employer reported David Evers to Centrelink, saying he had failed to show up for work, his welfare payments were swiftly cut.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has said "all trust has broken down" between the United States and Russia over Syria.

Kevin Rudd has said another country offered to nominate him for the top job at the United Nations after the Turnbull government knocked back his bid.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has flagged the possibility of a "Lockerbie-style" international prosecution to bring the perpetrators of the downing of flight MH17 to justice.

There is no reason Australia can't have energy security and a network increasingly reliant on renewables, energy experts say, as the Federal Government steps up its attacks on Labor state governments' "aggressive" targets.

Turnbull government MP Stuart Robert has close ties to an African church that supports harsh anti-gay laws and is run by a man described as "one of the most homophobic people in the world".

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EXCLUSIVE: Data reveals some wealthy schools are over-funded by up to $7 million a year while many others remain significantly underfunded.

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President urges board members to delete an email in which he promises to be "ruthless in looking after the team" following an audit.

Clean energy providers, including market giant AGL, have called for more certainty in government policy amid warnings the fight over renewables between the Turnbull Government and Labor states will drive investment out of Australia.

A 35-day delay to ship capping technology to Australia in the event of a major oil spill has prompted warnings the Great Australian Bight could suffer an environmental disaster to rival the 2010 Deepwater Horizon catastrophe.

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton's army of spin doctors and communications staff is costing taxpayers more than $8 million a year.

Bill Shorten is talking up the underdog. Malcolm Turnbull is quietly confident of victory. Sound familiar? It's footy finals season in Parliament House.

Victorian Premier has slammed Malcolm Turnbull for promulgating "ignorant rubbish" in the energy debate.

Australia has selected US defence company Lockheed Martin Corp as its preferred bidder to supply the combat system for its new fleet of submarines.