Fergus Hunter is a breaking news reporter for Fairfax Media in the federal press gallery at Parliament House
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has expanded on his call for the citizenship test to be revamped with a boosted focus on social integration and Australian values rather than being a "trivia" quiz on history and government.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has quickly dismissed a pair of contentious suggestions on Middle East relations from former prime minister Tony Abbott.
Former prime minister Tony Abbott has called for Australia's $40 million in aid to Palestine to be cut, citing concerns over the use of the funding, and joined calls for the Australian embassy to be moved to Jerusalem.
Besieged senator Rod Culleton has been declared bankrupt after a Federal Court hearing in Perth, jeopardising his position in the Senate.
The head of the Australian Christian Lobby is doubling down on his scepticism of the ACT police declaration that a van explosion outside the conservative group's Canberra headquarters was not politically motivated.
ACL boss says the van attack was an attempt to intimidate, but concedes the motivation for the attack is still not clear.
Families of passengers who were on board say decision to end the search in the face of game-changing new evidence is "another kick in the guts".
The plane is unlikely to be found in an area of ocean off Australia that has been the subject of a $200 million, two-year search.
Crossbench powerbroker Nick Xenophon said federal Parliament could learn lessons from other jurisdictions and establish an effective anti-corruption body - "the sooner we do it, the better."
Dylan Voller's former case manager has described a Northern Territory justice system that failed the offender from a young age, neglecting diversionary programs, adopting a punitive and not rehabilitative approach, turning him violent, and failing to help him re-enter society.
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