Julie Bishop not interested in new job
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says she's not interested in a high profile domestic portfolio in the looming frontbench reshuffle.
Tom McIlroy is a political reporter for Fairfax Media in the federal press gallery at Parliament House.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says she's not interested in a high profile domestic portfolio in the looming frontbench reshuffle.
The lawns of Parliament House have been damaged by chemicals.
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has called for any new Coalition agreement between the Liberal and National parties to be made public.
"Nigel Scullion will make his decision and let us know at some stage in the future".
One of Malcolm Turnbull's strongest supporters has hit out at people unhappy with the PM's performance.
Former prime minister John Howard has warned Coalition MPs not to "start slitting their throats" in the wake of Saturday's election, saying a Coalition majority was still possible.
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Conservative firebrand Senator Cory Bernardi says Malcolm Turnbull's future is up for debate within the Liberal Party, as he called for a substantial soul searching from party bosses over the election result.
Australians might not know the full results of the federal election for up to a month as the electoral commission continues the huge process of counting up to 16 million votes.
Big swings away from the government in Tasmania emerged as one of the surprise results of the federal election, as key Tony Abbott loyalist Andrew Nikolic lost his seat of Bass early in the night.
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