Tom McIlroy is a political reporter for Fairfax Media in the federal press gallery at Parliament House.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull won't be banned from attending next year's Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, after the organisation's board overruled moves by members to protest the government inaction on same-sex marriage.
Australia's most celebrated architect, Glenn Murcutt, has slammed planned changes to Parliament House that will block public access to the building's famed grassy slopes, labelling the security upgrade a knee-jerk reaction.
Victory on the construction watchdog industry is in Malcolm Turnbull's sights as the political year staggers towards its end.
A stunning back down by the Nick Xenophon Team senators over water policy has cleared the way for the Turnbull government to claim a year-ending Senate victory that would see the construction watchdog re-instated.
The countdown is on as the Turnbull government tries to complete its legislative agenda before the end of the year.
Malcolm Turnbull's refugee resettlement deal with the United States could be at risk after senior Republican lawmakers accused the Obama administration of withholding information from Congress.
Security officers have blocked parliamentary staff from campaigning for improved pay inside Parliament House.
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has turned the heat on those who have criticised him for his comments on terrorism problems in the Lebanese-Australian community, asserting that everything he has said is factual and that Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has been deceptive.
Women are invisible at the top of Australian business, Labor MP Anne Aly said on Wednesday.
The Turnbull government's proposed lifetime ban on resettled asylum seekers receiving visas to visit Australia is "severe and exceptional" and could disproportionately target people on the basis of race, a parliamentary committee has found.
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