James Massola is chief political reporter in the Canberra bureau. He was a Walkley finalist in 2015 and has worked in the federal press gallery for eight years, including stints for The Australian Financial Review and The Australian before joining the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.
After a week of rhetoric from Bill Shorten about the need to protect Australian jobs, he Opposition Leader has criticised Malcolm Turnbull and Immigration Minister Peter Dutton over the number of foreigners allowed into Australia with work rights.
The Turnbull government's plan to cut company taxes is set to be delayed until 2017, with a pair of union busting bills, backpacker tax and superannuation changes to take centre stage in the final two weeks of parliament.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says the world must embrace free trade, not retreat from it, in a major economic speech that sharply contrasts with the more isolationist rhetoric of US president-elect Donald Trump.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has accused Labor of putting Australia's security at risk by questioning the US alliance following Donald Trump's election victory.
A Brisbane judge has thrown out a controversial case of alleged racial vilification at the Queensland University of Technology, as an inquiry into Australia's race hate laws looks set to be announced as soon as next week.
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.
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.
Kevin Rudd has ripped into Malcolm Turnbull over the government's new asylum seeker laws.
The locals hung back, not quite believing the prime minister was in town, mostly unsure of what to say.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says a cashless welfare card could be rolled out to more communities across the country.
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