Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce calls for more relaxed restrictions on the controversial Adler shotgun than most states and territories are willing to consider.
Those who blamed last week's blackout in South Australia on renewable energy are dead wrong, but that does not mean the state's renewable-heavy power mix is not posing problems as ABC political reporter Nick Harmsen explains.
Host: John Barron Panel: Philip Ruddock, Van Badham, Warren Mundine and Nick Rowley The panel discusses carbon pricing, John Key's resignation & financial abortions.
Former prime minister Tony Abbott defends his Green Army policy as "good for grass-roots conservation", after reports the Government is set to dump the employment project.
The Federal Government will meet with Australia's most powerful energy executives to discuss a looming gas shortage, which they blame in part on state and territory government bans on gas extraction.
Fewer than 10 scientists at the nation's pesticide and animal medicines regulator will move from Canberra to Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce's electorate.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull extends Warren Mundine's role as chairman of the Prime Minister's Indigenous Advisory Council by only one month, with the future of the council and the form it will take up in the air.
Customers at Centrelink and Medicare could experience delays this afternoon as staff around the country are set to take strike action over failed bargaining over public service pay policy.
A carbon price for power companies is set to be considered as part of a climate change review, but the Government rules out a return to Labor's carbon tax.
Public hospital patients could benefit from doctors and health services publicly reporting their performance, the Productivity Commission says in a report exploring radical changes to government services.
Thailand is celebrating the ascension of its newly minted King and support for the British Monarchy in Australia is at its highest level in decades. How are the world's remaining monarchies enduring?
Leading welfare agency Anglicare says the needs of carers are not being met under the National Disability Insurance Scheme, with a report raising concerns about lack of respite programs and support in general.
About a third of Australian workers are being ripped off by rogue employers who are holding back some or all of their superannuation entitlements, a new report says, suggesting the average worker was short-changed almost $1,500 in 2013-14.
The controversial Adler shotgun is a step closer to being allowed into Australia after the New South Wales Government falls into line to reclassify it as a category D weapon, the ABC understands.
Australia's performance in science continues to slide due to ineffective, traditional teaching practices and an outdated curriculum. Here's what needs to change.
Queensland Liberal National Party veteran Lawrence Springborg will not run at the next state election, calling it quits after what will be 28 years in politics.
The White House casts doubt over the future of Australia's refugee resettlement agreement with the United States, conceding the incoming Trump administration could scuttle the deal.
Australia's treasurers agree to develop a new way to encourage investment in affordable rental and community housing, but the Government is resisting calls to change tax concessions.
The Federal Government's remote work-for-the-dole scheme is failing Indigenous communities, with financial penalties causing insurmountable debt and social division, a report finds.
Host: John Barron Panel: Nick Cater, Ellen Fanning and Alastair McEwin The panel discusses housing affordability, the Disability Pride Parade in Adelaide and Fremantle Council’s thwarted Australia Day celebrations plan.
Former prime minister Kevin Rudd racked up nearly $2,300 in insurance bills after a string of accidents involving his taxpayer-funded private car, expense records reveal.
