Attorney-General George Brandis has avoided a humiliating defeat in Parliament by repealing a controversial directive restricting access to the government's chief legal adviser hours before it was set to be struck down by the Senate.
The Turnbull government has ratified the Paris climate agreement, formalising Australia's commitment to a global effort to curb carbon emissions and reduce the risk of dangerous climate change.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Donald Trump discussed the Asia-Pacific region, trade and the fight against Islamic State in their first call.
Donald Trump's victory should be a wake up call to mainstream political parties and the global establishment, according to Cory Bernardi
If dealers and independent repairs shared information about cars, repairs would be a lot cheaper. But that's not happening.
The success of rogue Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has forced the Turnbull government into a furious recalibration of policy.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has sought to reassure Australians its alliance and deep relationship with the US will continue after the shock election of Donald Trump as its next President.
The Prime Minister called him "loathsome". Christopher Pyne said his rise was "terrifying". The Opposition Leader deemed him "entirely unsuitable" for the job. Now he's got it.
A split has emerged inside the Human Rights Commission over the latest move to amend section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act, with Race Discrimination Commissioner Tim Soutphommasane not on board with a proposal backed by commission president Gillian Triggs.
The Turnbull government and Labor are in a stand-off over the backpacker tax, with claims Australia workers will be left worse off than the foreigners working alongside them.
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"Decreased entitlements for employees with a proportionately negative impact on female employees."
Top senior executive pay goes to $326,400 as three-year dispute rumbles on.
Feud between Malcolm Turnbull and Kevin Rudd escalates, with the former PM accusing Mr Turnbull of lying about their private discussions.
Toxins have been detected at more than 300 times the maximum safe levels in ground and surface water at numerous defence sites around Australia, prompting warnings of a "national crisis" requiring intervention from the Turnbull government.
Attorney-General George Brandis misled Parliament over his dealings with the government's chief legal adviser, a Senate committee has concluded.
The national president of the RSL, Rod White, has been stood down as the scandal in the NSW branch over consultancy payments to voluntary directors deepens.
Labor will vote against the Turnbull government's plan to impose a lifetime ban on refugees and asylum seekers who arrive by boat from entering Australia, throwing doubt over whether the controversial plan can pass the Parliament.
Malcolm Turnbull's own department has been forced to correct records after questions were raised about the validity of his 2010 election to Parliament.
President of the Human Rights Commission, Gillian Triggs, has backed a proposal to reform section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act.
Federal Labor has quibbled with media reports claiming it is poised to support the Turnbull government's modified superannuation package as is, which would save the budget about $3 billion over four years.
Senate crossbenchers Jacqui Lambie and Pauline Hanson look set to propose three controversial plebiscite questions to coincide with the next federal election, on same-sex marriage, Indigenous recognition in the constitution and voluntary euthanasia.
Government now battling to remain in control of public service workplace wars.
New divisions within the Coalition have emerged over the place of Islam in Australia, as controversial Queensland MP George Christensen accused a Victorian colleague of being part of Parliament's "elitist set".
Politicians don't usually admit to mistakes when they address the national parliament, but veteran Liberal Russell Broadbent confessed to a big one on Monday evening: failing to repudiate colleagues who promote fear and division.
Decision will force a new conversation that will divide the Coalition and threatens to destabilise the Turnbull government.
Gillian Triggs also hits out at News Corp and politicians "who have deliberately misunderstood the law".
Record hot years such as last year's global scorcher will become the norm before 2030 unless greenhouse gas emissions are curbed, a new study by Australian researchers has found.
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has backed the government's call to have the election of one of her senators referred to the High Court, saying her integrity and accountability to the Australian people offered her no other choice.
As the Dutch government considers halting intercountry adoptions, Australia has signed agreements with three new countries in the past year.
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