Australian Federal Election 2016

Senator Ian Macdonald with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in Cairns during the federal election campaign.

Coalition won't challenge 37-vote Herbert election loss

Majority in Federal Parliament will remain at one.

Xi Jinping implores Malcolm Turnbull at G20 over rules for Chinese investment in Australia

Chinese president Xi Jinping wants 'fairness' on Australia's investment rules.

Philip Wen

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.

George Christensen cleared of electoral bribery allegations

The Australian Federal Police will not pursue Dawson MP George Christensen over electoral bribery allegations.

Cameron Atfield

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.

Labor's Cathy O'Toole has claimed victory in Herbert.

Federal election 2016: Final Herbert result to be known next week

Cameron Atfield

Labor claims 35-vote victory in cliffhanger Herbert seat

Amy Mitchell-Whittington

One Nation wants 'PBC' to replace ABC

Public Broadcasting

New One Nation senator uses maiden speech to call for a 'Patriotic Broadcasting Corporation' to replace an ABC taken over by 'cultural Marxists'.

Federal government passes CFA legislation

Boris Johnson was a key figure in the campaign to leave the EU.

Boris Johnson wanted the leadership, not Brexit, claims Tory MP

Latika Bourke

Your personally curated news with six things you need to know before you get going.

Pauline Hanson's howlers in a speech off-key

In her first speech in the Senate last week, Pauline Hanson said Australia was in danger of being "swamped" by Muslims.

ANALYSIS
Daniel Flitton

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.

Treasurer Scott Morrison and Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer address the media during a press ...

Retrospective? Pull the other one, but it's a win for PM

ANALYSIS
Peter Martin

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.

It's our democracy, we should stand up for it

Winston Churchill had it right when he said democracy was the worst system of government except for every other.

COMMENT
Stephanie Peatling

Political activism is not retweeting a petition about the live cattle trade while watching an episode of The Bachelor.

Dastyari had to go, now the rules have to change

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten was backing senator Sam Dastyari just hours before he quit.

ANALYSIS
Michael Gordon

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?

Face it: there will be no free vote of marriage equality

The image of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull giving money to a begger in Melbourne on Wednesday has been widely shared.

COMMENT
Matthew Knott

A proposal designed to delay and divide is doing exactly that. And conservatives are loving it.