'Irresponsible in the extreme': PM defends publicising secret cyber briefings
Labor accuses the PM of putting political gain ahead of national security via a newspaper story.
Matthew Knott is a political reporter in the Canberra bureau covering communications and education policy.
Labor accuses the PM of putting political gain ahead of national security via a newspaper story.
The peak body representing Australian universities has urged the Turnbull government not to pursue a "dramatic overhaul" of the nation's higher education system because only minor changes are needed.
The last time Greg Hunt saw his mother before she died, she was in a mental health institution.
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.
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.
Since he came to power Malcolm Turnbull has been slowly unwinding some of Tony Abbott's pet projects.
Colleagues of embattled Health Minister Sussan Ley say her position has become "completely untenable" and do not expect her to resume her place in the ministry despite her insistence she will soon return to her ministerial duties.
Turnbull government cabinet minister Darren Chester completed the purchase of an investment property on a taxpayer-funded trip to Melbourne in which he also attended the Australian Open tennis and a soccer match.
Health Minister Sussan Ley travelled to the Gold Coast twice at taxpayer expense for lavish New Year celebrations hosted by a multimillionaire political donor whose company has won major contracts from the Coalition government.
Health Minister Sussan Ley has stood down from the frontbench while the secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Martin Parkinson, investigates her use of taxpayer funded entitlements
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