Fergus Hunter is a breaking news reporter for Fairfax Media in the federal press gallery at Parliament House
The "Australia first" push that has followed the election of Donald Trump is already producing unlikely alliances across party lines, with Nationals MP George Christensen echoing Opposition Leader Bill Shorten's calls for a crackdown on 457 foreign worker visas.
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has stressed that the United States resettlement deal is a "one-off" and will only apply to refugees currently held in the Manus Island and Nauru detention centres, including those temporarily in Australia for medical care.
The ABC and "élite media" are to blame for distracting people from the government's focus on economic growth, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said, at pains to emphasise that he is in touch with the concerns of real people.
With the rise of cashless payments and internet shopping, the production of coins has been dwindling for a decade. Until now.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has used the breakthrough refugee resettlement deal with the United States as an opportunity to heap praise on Immigration Minister Peter Dutton and his predecessor in the portfolio, Treasurer Scott Morrison, whom he says have been unfairly maligned.
In a one-off deal, the United States has agreed to take resettlement referrals for refugees residing at the Nauru and Manus Island offshore detention facilities. The opportunity is only available to those who have already arrived and will not be offered to people who do not attain refugee status or come in future.
Malcolm Turnbull was tight-lipped about how many people the US had agreed to take, and whether Donald Trump would support it.
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.
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.
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