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Labor and LNP spooked by One Nation as Queensland election looms
In Queensland, Labor has just as much to lose from the One Nation vote as the conservatives, with the outlier party on track to become a major force in the state's politics.
In Queensland, Labor has just as much to lose from the One Nation vote as the conservatives, with the outlier party on track to become a major force in the state's politics.
Some of the biggest alleged free speech champions on the right of Australian politics have used the defamation law to protect their own reputations even though they are trying to remove the "insult and offend" protection in the Racial Discrimination Act.
The racial discrimination complaint against provocative newspaper cartoonist Bill Leak has been withdrawn.
Western Sydney Airport project clears a major environmental assessment hurdle.
Confidential documents show the Coalition was warned mishandling of reported sexual assaults of female defence cadets may have been marked by "criminal conduct".
Australia's offshore detention system would be shut down before the next federal election under a series of international deals.
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The Turnbull government believes it has plenty of time to sign a deal to transfer immigration detainees to the United States before Donald Trump takes office.
Donald Trump's shock election victory has prompted a big rise in people weighing up a move abroad, with Australia a potential destination.
Former prime minister Tony Abbott has congratulated his successor Malcolm Turnbull for shifting his focus after the election to "bread and butter" conservative issues and away from less resonant rhetoric about innovation.
Former prime minister Paul Keating says Australia should "cut the tag" with the United States following Donald Trump's shock win in Tuesday's presidential election, and instead assert our own foreign policy in the Asian region.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has talked up Donald Trump as a deal-making businessman who is more pragmatist than ideologue as Canberra repositions for the President-elect's still unpredictable administration.
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"Joe's going to be the point man for the region."
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.
The Turnbull government's reaction to the shock news was carefully managed - right down to Julie Bishop's jacket.
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.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Donald Trump discussed the Asia-Pacific region, trade and the fight against Islamic State in their first call.
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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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