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Joe Hockey now has one of Asia's most important jobs - handling Trump
"Joe's going to be the point man for the region."
Heath Aston is a federal political correspondent. Most recently Heath was the state political editor for the Sun-Herald. Before joining the NSW press gallery he worked for newspapers in Sydney and London.
"Joe's going to be the point man for the region."
The national president of the RSL, Rod White, has been stood down as the scandal in the NSW branch over consultancy payments to voluntary directors deepens.
Shadow Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has asked the Auditor-General to investigate a $2 million federal grant to a trades training school associated with former senator Bob Day.
Pictures of Simon Birmingham visiting a trades training school with Bob Day six months before the school received a $2 million grant have sparked accusations by Labor that Senator Birmingham misled the Senate and should resign.
The parliamentary friends of gun control aims to ensure debate is informed by evidence and facts.
The Turnbull Government is under pressure to explain why it gave $2 million to a small trades training college in suburban Adelaide linked to financially-stricken former senator Bob Day.
Tony Abbott is flying to Port Moresby where he will meet with Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill and a group of Australian Federal Police officers he deployed to the Pacific nation during his time as prime minister.
Bob Day has resigned from the Senate for the second time in a fortnight, leaving the Turnbull Government short one critical vote for its plan to reintroduce the building industry watchdog.
Trove of government documents uncovers a decision Labor claims to be a "misuse of public money".
Last review led to the level of alcohol intake considered "low risk" being cut in half and triggered accusations of nanny statism.
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