Turnbull advances partial uni fee deregulation
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has made the case for allowing universities to set the fees for a select number of courses.
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Fergus Hunter
Fergus Hunter is a breaking news reporter for Fairfax Media in the federal press gallery at Parliament House
Labor announces $69m jobs program
A program aiming to find people in disadvantaged communities jobs and skills training, and overcome social issues preventing these opportunities, has been announced as the ALP's latest big policy spend.
Liberals to fully co-operate with any Parakeelia probe
Following days of interrogation and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten's demands for an investigation, the Liberal Party has sought to address the Parakeelia revelations, defending the arrangement and flagging full assistance with any questions from regulators.
Youngsters try to gatecrash Justin Hemmes' Turnbull fundraiser
Child protesters have attempted to gatecrash a lavish Vaucluse fundraiser being attended by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
Turnbull says 'Houdini' Shorten is taking Australia for mugs
On Friday, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten and Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen unveiled a suite of savings measures worth $16.2 billion targeting family tax benefits, private health insurance and higher education. Some of the cuts had originally been proposed by the Coalition and rejected by the opposition.
Election 2016: 'Who pays for your dole?' Turnbull advisers rumble with Greens activist
Some of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's closest advisers have been drawn into a heated shouting match with a local Greens protestor on a campaign stop on the Sunshine Coast.
Turnbull issues rallying cry for 'irreplaceable anchor' of US in Asia
As weaponised posturing continues between the US and China in the Asia-Pacific region, Malcolm Turnbull backs Australia's longtime ally as the ultimate force for prosperity and security in the 21st century.
Turnbull declares himself a feminist
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has declared himself a feminist - something Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Minister for Women Michaelia Cash have previously refused to do.
Turnbull's father-in-law unloads on 'lunatic' Abbott
Malcolm Turnbull's father-in-law, former attorney-general Tom Hughes, called Tony Abbott a "lunatic" and urged Mr Turnbull to stay in politics after losing the Liberal leadership in 2009, predicting the party's "folly" would pass.
Protesting Nemo finds Turnbull
A protester wearing a clownfish costume bailed up Mr Turnbull on a campaign stop in Adelaide, demanding the government do more to save Nemo's endangered habitat, the Great Barrier Reef.
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