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Former Labor senator Anne McEwen has lost a bid to introduce new evidence her legal team said would cast doubt on the ability of the Family First Party to replace resigned senator Bob Day with another Family First candidate.

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Nine directors have been formally accused of working against the interests of members by engaging in a cover-up.

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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has schooled Andrew Laming on the importance of teachers, in the wake of the backbencher's ill-advised social media post questioning teachers' work ethic -  after his daughter delivered her own assessment over the comments.

Government looking to claw back more than $1 billion from Australia's pensioners.

Fairfield City Council, which welcomed 3000 humanitarian arrivals last year, has been told to expect the same again.

Japan was caught killing a whale deep inside Antarctic waters declared by Australia to be a protected whale sanctuary.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull could wait until Wednesday to reveal the shape of his rejigged cabinet as he weighs up whether to return the post of cabinet secretary to an unelected member of the government.

Staffer claims Donald Trump knows Pauline Hanson is a "big supporter" of the President-elect.

Centrelink public servants forced to compete against colleagues to process the most debt notices, Tasmanian independent alleges.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has distanced the Turnbull government from a communique agreed by senior ministers and diplomats of 70 nations, including Australia, concerning a pathway to peace between Israel and Palestine.

Federal Parliament is set to conduct its first comprehensive investigation into the case for a national anti-corruption watchdog after Opposition Leader Bill Shorten threw his support behind an inquiry.

For the past three months media appearances by NSW Senator Sam Dastyari have been as rare as Elvis sightings.

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"You can't legislate for morality," quipped Senator Arthur Sinodinos.

It hasn't been a great start to the year for the Turnbull government, with a new poll showing politician entitlements and the Centrelink debt recovery system controversies have taken their toll.

Don't worry – 2017 will be better than you think.

 The Turnbull government has slapped down Tony Abbott's call for it to ditch its renewable energy target for 2020, declaring there are "no plans" to change the policy that was settled when Mr Abbott was prime minister.

Just as Malcolm Turnbull smiled and shook hands with Japan's Shinzo Abe in Sydney at the weekend, Japanese whalers were caught carrying out a bloody slaughter in the icy waters off Antarctica.

The death of a Sudanese refugee who alleged repeated negligence over six months by health providers on Manus Island is set to be investigated by a parliamentary committee following a move by the Labor Party.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is expected to avoid a major reshuffle of his frontbench team in the wake of Sussan Ley's resignation.

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Finance Minister Mathias Cormann, who is responsible for keeping government spending under control, billed taxpayers almost $23,000 for weekend trips to the beach resort town of Broome with his wife over four years.

The future of America's engagement with the Asia-Pacific under Donald Trump's looming presidency was a key focus of Prime Minister's Malcolm Turnbull's talks with his Japanese counterpart. 

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has pulled out of today's Portsea Polo, citing the visit of Japan's Prime Minister as the reason for her absence.

Clive Palmer has accused the Gold Coast City Council of endangering the lives of small children with a cull of his sex-crazed deer.

A political divide is forming over renewable energy's future in Australia.

Conservative coalition MP Kevin Andrews drew on his taxpayer-funded "study allowance" when he travelled to the United States to attend a prayer breakfast and address a right-wing think tank.

CANBERRA, Jan 9 AAP - GOVERNMENT MPs WHO'VE MISBEHAVED SINCE THE COALITION CAME TO POWER IN 2013:

Conservationists are urging Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to make a last ditch appeal to Japan's Shinzo Abe to halt the slaughter of whales underway in waters near Antarctica.

More than 80 per cent of Australians believe there is corruption in federal politics and want a new independent watchdog set up to stamp it out.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has accepted Sussan Ley's resignation from his frontbench and announced major changes to the political entitlements system.