'Psychographic' data firm behind Trump and Brexit considers Australia move
They were digital team who figured out how Donald Trump could win - and they're now eyeing off Australia.
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Fergus Hunter
Fergus Hunter is a political reporter for Fairfax Media in the federal press gallery at Parliament House
When do you give up on a mystery? The torturous MH370 question
"We will spend what we need to spend to get this job done," former prime minister Tony Abbott declared in March 2014, shortly after the multi-country effort to find recently downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
MH370 victims' families condemn decision to end Indian Ocean search
Transport Minister Darren Chester says the underwater search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 could be re-established but only if compelling new information came to light that pinpointed the location of the aircraft.
One Nation brands Centrelink robo-debt recovery 'malicious' and 'criminal'
One Nation senator Brian Burston has labelled Centrelink's contentious debt-recovery system "malicious and bordering on the criminal", adding Pauline Hanson's party to the chorus of concern surrounding the automated clawback.
Australian, Malaysian and Chinese governments give up search for MH370
"The decision to suspend the underwater search has not been taken lightly nor without sadness."
Half of our 12,000 refugees to be settled by just one Sydney council
Fairfield City Council, which welcomed 3000 humanitarian arrivals last year, has been told to expect the same again.
Keating condemns US secretary of state nominee's South China Sea
Former prime minister Paul Keating has rounded on the incoming US secretary of state Rex Tillerson, accusing him of threatening to bring on war with China by making "ludicrous" comments on the tense South China Sea dispute.
Ciobo defends MPs' taxpayer-funded attendance at sport events
Trade Minister Steve Ciobo has argued the case for politicians to attend sporting events on the taxpayer dime, describing it as the kind of activity that voters expect.
Rod Culleton's last-ditch effort to stay in the Senate
Former senator Rodney Culleton has mounted an eleventh-hour effort to save his parliamentary career, seeking to appeal a Federal Court decision that rendered him bankrupt and demanding Senate President Stephen Parry immediately withdraw his declaration of a vacancy.
Government to pursue rule changes to MPs' expenses in 'first half of 2017'
Calls for reform of the parliamentary entitlements system have again intensified following the latest expenses scandal, which has centred around Health Minister Sussan Ley's Gold Coast travel.
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