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MP Stuart Robert strongly defends a property developer in parliament - but who wrote the script?
MP Stuart Robert strongly defends a property developer in parliament - but who wrote the script?
Labor prosecutes its allegation that Attorney-General George Brandis has broken one of the cardinal rules of parliament.
PM Malcolm Turnbull has met with CFA volunteers on the day legislation to protect Victorian country firefighters is expected to pass the Senate.
Watch as things get fiery as Senators Derryn Hinch and Pauline Hanson clash over Donald Trump's recent lewd comments about women.
See what Australia's VIP planes are being upgraded to. The KC 30A is replacing the old but still flash Boeing business jets.
After 25 years of uninterrupted economic growth, is this the most agile and innovative way to reduce the deficit?
An energy blueprint is on its way to guarantee electricity security - and to develop a pathway to greater use of renewable energy. Courtesy ABC News 24.
Find out what led to the South Australian blackout as Energy Ministers meet to discuss the fallout and renewable energy targets.
The CEOs of the four big banks sing from the same song sheet at a parliamentary inquiry - to a hard-to-please audience.
The National Australia Bank has stopped donating to political parties, concerned about the public perception.
NAB boss Andrew Thorburn has been questioned at the parliamentary banking inquiry over targeting customers and the financial planning scandal.
Labor's Mark Dreyfus has accused the Attorney General of lying to Parliament while George Brandis says he's just making hysterical claims.
Incorrect fees charged to customers, poor banking culture and financial planners breaching the law are some of the issues raised at the parliamentary banking inquiry.
Attorney General George Brandis has to hand over his diaries to Labor's Mark Dreyfus after losing his bid to keep his meetings secret. Courtesy ABC News 24
The former PM is globetrotting, spruiking his credentials and says he now supports Brexit. There're also talk he believes he could be PM again.
First he tried to fix it, now Simon Birmingham has axed the vocational education loan scheme all together - clamping down on unscrupulous operators. Courtesy ABC News 24.
A shake-up of the RSL's leadership looms as questions emerge about financial management. David Wroe explains.
The Labor Party wants to know what the former Federal Director of the Liberal Party Brian Loughnane has been up to at the Commonwealth Bank.
Why hasn't Commbank CEO Ian Narev signed the Banking and Finance oath, developed to ensure ethical behaviour?
The banks stand accused in a parliamentary committee of trawling through customer accounts to target and sell new products.
CEO Ian Narev under pressure: why did Comminsure deny a life insurance claim in contradiction of a coronial finding?
MP Stuart Robert strongly defends a property developer in parliament - but who wrote the script?
A shake-up of the RSL's leadership looms as questions emerge about financial management. David Wroe explains.
Why have recent comments by Federal Education Minister Simon Birmingham caused such a furore? Matthew Knott explains.
The geopolitics behind Malcolm Turnbull's announcement that Australia will accept more refugees from an assessment centre in Costa Rica.
A radical proposal being considered by government could see all Australian default super contributions flow into one super fund.Peter Martin explains.
The five Indigenous MPs of the new Parliament have sat down together for the first time to discuss their priorities and the challenges ahead.
Philip Lowe and Guy Debelle are the unlikely duo taking the reigns at the Reserve Bank of Australia.
Richmond Air Force base near Sydney and Laverton near Melbourne could be shut down under a new proposal. Analysis with David Wroe.
It costs tax-payers more than half-a-million dollars for each asylum seeker detained on Manus Island and Nauru, a new report concludes.
Speaker Tony Smith has a tough day in the chair, evicting five people during Thursday's question time.
It's a tough game politics - there's been plenty of ups and downs in Malcolm Turnbull's first year as prime minister.
You know you've made it in politics when illustrators and cartoonists start lampooning you. Some of Fairfax's best.
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