Baird government sets an 'amazing' goal, breaking ranks with its federal counterpart.
Tony Abbott to meet PNG leader Peter O'Neill in latest foreign foray
Heath Aston, political correspondent Tony Abbott is flying to Port Moresby where he will meet with Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill and a group of Australian Federal Police officers he deployed to the Pacific nation during his time as prime minister.
Upper house turmoil spreads as eligibility doubts surround second senator
Mark Kenny, James Massola, Adam Gartrell Questions over the eligibility of a second crossbench senator in as many days have plunged the nation's upper house into chaos and forced the federal government to refer both cases to the High Court for adjudication.
ABC tells Public Service Commissioner to back off on staff pay deal
Noel Towell Public Service Commissioner John Lloyd's power grab a 'challenge to ABC's independence'.
Election of One Nation senator Rod Culleton to be examined by High Court
James Massola, Fergus Hunter The High Court will be asked to examine the election of a second senator, One Nation's Rod Culleton, in a move that could prove another setback for the Turnbull government.
MH370: New report suggests plane dived rapidly, rejects 'controlled descent' theory
Michael Koziol A new report by Australian investigators into the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 effectively rules out the possibility of a controlled descent into the Indian Ocean.
The Bob Day controversy explained
Tom McIlroy, Michael Koziol The former Family First senator first said he would resign on October 17, after his failing building company was placed in liquidation. He then delayed his resignation and said he would seek to vote with the government in the final three weeks of Parliament for 2016. On Tuesday, Mr Day's resignation brought to a head concerns about a potential breach of section 44(v) of the constitution, relating to an indirect pecuniary interest over the ownership of Mr Day's electorate office in Adelaide.
Government approved Bob Day's office deal despite departmental advice not to
Adam Gartrell The Abbott government approved Bob Day's potentially unconstitutional office deal against the advice of its own bureaucrats.
Quiz: how well do you really know Australia's Senate?
Fergus Hunter The Senate is back in the news. But how much do you really know about what it does, and who is in it?
'A fundamental challenge to the ABC's independence': ABC chair unloads on Turnbull government
Matthew Knott ABC chairman lashes out at the Turnbull government, accusing it of posing a "fundamental challenge to the independence of the ABC".