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Coalition staffers, public servants revolt
Rebel Coalition staffers "gutless and unconvincing" says Abetz aide.
Rebel Coalition staffers "gutless and unconvincing" says Abetz aide.
Microphone also captured the Attorney-General saying the Coalition is alarmed about the growing popularity of One Nation.
Treasurer Scott Morrison has signalled a return to budget surplus in 2020-21 could again be delayed, with low wages growth holding back government revenue.
Three women who reportedly cost taxpayers thousands of dollars by protesting on the roof of Immigration Minister Peter Dutton's electoral office in Brisbane have been fined $100 each.
Report also mounts a powerful argument that officials statistics on self-harm and threatened self-harm dramatically understate the scale of the problem.
What was extraordinary about this text message was that it is not extraordinary at all.
About 500,000 taxpayers who claim tax deductions for non-compulsory work uniforms could be denied the benefit under a new proposal.
A senior NASA official has taken the extraordinary step of personally rebuking One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts' claims the agency had falsified key data.
The Greens have ramped up their rhetoric against the alliance with the United States in the wake of Donald Trump's victory, suggesting the strategic arrangement has become a "security threat to Australia".
Fresh calls for arbitration after Agriculture, AAT and National Museum all vote no.
One Nation senator Rod Culleton has lost his bid to delay a hearing into his eligibility to stand for the Senate, declaring he will demand a jury for the High Court case but "has already won".
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says the US alliance is "stronger than ever" thanks to Barack Obama's leadership after the pair met for the final time before Donald Trump takes over the White House in January.
Australia's tax system has become skewed towards a growing and apparently untouchable group of 'taxed nots' - they are older Australians who pay roughly $1 billion per year less tax than younger Australians in the same circumstances, according to a new Grattan Institute report.
Malcolm Turnbull has met with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting in Lima.
 Every federal MP is expected to link arms with Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten next week in a national declaration of "no more" to the scourge family and community violence.
Politicians across the world are "taking advantage of the populist vote" and using "immigration as an election tool", making maintaining section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act more important than ever, the UN special rapporteur has found.
Nick Xenophon has been warned he will be attacked for breaking a key election promise if his Senate team supports a new compromise on paid parental leave that would increase payments for some parents while reducing payments for those with an employer scheme.
The cosy, decades-long relationship between Australia's largest employers and the Labor party's biggest industrial backer, today faces an audacious challenge from a new retail union committed to boosting penalty rates
US president-elect Donald Trump is not philosophically opposed to free trade and may even be persuaded to reverse his opposition to the giant Trans Pacific Partnership deal, according to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
The Turnbull government has began intense negotiations with the Senate crossbench as it seeks to pass its double dissolution trigger bills before the end of the year.
Much lower than expected wage growth has knocked a hole in the government's budget projections, blowing out deficits right through until 2019-20.
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has continued the "Australia-first" jobs pitch, seized upon by both major parties in the wake of Donald Trump's election, confirming the Turnbull government will condense the number of occupations eligible for a 457 visa.
After a short-lived, accidental but not insignificant stint in the Senate, Ricky Muir has learnt two lessons.
One Nation senator Rod Culleton has penned a bizarre conspiracy-laden letter to the High Court.
The Department of Education has been ordered to hand over documents relating to a controversial $2 million government grant awarded to a trades training school linked to former Family First senator Bob Day.
Once again, a government has put politics before policy, at the expense of the latter.
A new $83,000 luggage lift installed in the Prime Minister's official residence was first proposed under Tony Abbott's government.
The Federal Government had consigning the mighty Murray to a "certain slow death" by reneging on a promise to increase environmental water flows, South Australia's environment minister Ian Hunter said on Friday morning.
The outgoing Human Rights Commission president spoke at a conference in Sydney on Friday.
A former SAS trooper has broken down during a Senate inquiry as he told of his brother's attempted suicide and levelled allegations of impropriety at the Australian Defence Force.
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