ACCC boss's admissions come as public service disputes spill over into submarine builder.

Union pledges four days of disruption in December.

A stoush between a Queensland law student and Labor frontbencher Terri Butler over claims of a "racist smear" is bound for court after he bluntly rejected her apology as a "sham" and vowed to press ahead with a $150,000 defamation lawsuit.

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This is the disparity that explains why Pauline Hanson chose to snorkel where she did last week, while giving the Great Barrier Reef a clean bill of health.

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An imminent tightening of security arrangements at Parliament House threatens to deny public access to the iconic building's signature sloping lawns.

A damning investigation has found multinational companies are claiming billions of dollars in questionable deductions while exploiting the nation's natural riches.

Many of Australia's coal-fired power stations will shut in coming years no matter what the government does, but a national plan will be needed to ensure the lights stay on and price rises are limited while they are replaced with cleaner models, Labor and the Greens say.

Documents seized by the Australian Federal Police in raids on Parliament House should remain sealed and be returned to the Opposition, according to a powerful parliamentary committee.

The Turnbull Government is confident of striking a final week deal to re-establish the construction industry watch dog, more than three years after Tony Abbott promised to deliver the policy.

New laws will be introduced to stop dodgy companies ripping off the poorest Australians.

One Nation has joined the Greens in a call for reform to ensure that Australia cannot participate in war without the approval of Parliament.

Coalition voters spent up big on cars after Tony Abbott's 2013 win.

Attorney-General George Brandis has been accused of throwing former Treasurer Joe Hockey "under a bus" after he distanced himself from the political fallout over an alleged secret deal with the Western Australian government.

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has emerged as the latest bargaining chip in the government's frenzied bid to reintroduce a building industry watchdog before Parliament rises for the year.

Coalition carries workplace vote, just, but result could be challenged.

The federal government has dumped the proposed 19 per cent backpacker tax rate and will instead do a compromise deal on a 15 per cent rate.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten, dozens of other MPs and Gurindji journalist Charlie King link arms to call for change.

The Greens' push to have some illicit drugs legalised appears to be friendless.

So popular are weekend penalty rates that a startling 76 per cent Australians who don't get them want them to stay.

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Malcolm Turnbull's personal standing has fallen a colossal 53 percentage points over the last year to now reach zero.

All Australian schools would reach their appropriate funding levels within seven years under a bold plan that would cut taxpayer support for over-funded schools and ramp up support for disadvantaged schools.

'The reputation of the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund investing ethically would be tarnished by ongoing investment in these camps'.

Tony Abbott tells Malcolm Turnbull he needs to revisit the 2014 budget and play harder on power prices if he wants to do better.

Bill Shorten will ramp up his foreign worker fight as the Turnbull government tries to push its signature industrial relations legislation past a cranky crossbench

The Turnbull government wants terrorist Neil Prakash brought to Australia to face charges.

Pauline Hanson is copping flak for taking her senators to a healthy part of the Great Barrier Reef in an effort to disprove claims the icon is dying.

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The Greens have made a radical change to their drugs policy which leader Richard Di Natale hopes will reignite the decriminalisation debate and pave the way for the legalisation of recreational drugs like cannabis.

You can take control of Tony Abbott as he battles hipsters, lefties, faceless men, some prominent ABC journalists and King Malcolm Turnbull in a new video game that lampoons the absurdity of modern Australian politics.

The federal government says it's too busy to scrap a controversial parliamentary perk it announced was on the chopping block two-and-a-half years ago.