Turnbull staffer suspended over three-month old 'Tuck Frump' Facebook post
The Prime Minister's Office has suspended an administrative staffer amid a storm prompted by a Sydney shock jock.
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Michael Koziol
Michael Koziol is a journalist with Fairfax Media.
Refugees despair at on-off US resettlement deal
"It feels like someone is stabbing a knife in our chest when we hear different stories every day."
White House, US State Department at odds over deal with Australia
An official statement from the White House has confirmed US President Donald Trump is "still considering" whether to honour the refugee resettlement deal with Australia struck under his predecessor Barack Obama.
Immigration Department pays $1m compensation to fired Nauru charity workers
The Turnbull government has paid an estimated $1 million in compensation and formally apologised to nine charity workers who were ejected from Nauru in 2014 after unsubstantiated claims of political activism and impropriety.
Young Libs meeting shut down by men in Ku Klux Klan hoods
A meeting of the NSW Young Liberals was shut down in disgrace on Monday night after two men dressed in KKK hoods stormed the stage during a debate about immigration.
Trump immigration ban appalling, says Shorten
"I urge Malcolm Turnbull to reconsider what our nation's position ought to be and rethink what he should be saying on our behalf."
The elephant in the boom
Scott Morrison has spent the week in Europe, partly to pick up some pointers from Britain on fixing Australia's housing affordability crisis. Of course, whether it's a crisis or not depends on who's speaking.
Japan rejects Turnbull's push to salvage TPP trade deal: report
"Without the US, the TPP pact is meaningless, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has clearly said," Japan's deputy cabinet secretary said.
Can't afford housing? Get out of Sydney and Melbourne, says Joyce
"Houses will always be incredibly expensive if you can see the Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Just accept that," says Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce.
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Australia tries to salvage TPP deal after US formally withdraws
Australia will attempt to salvage what is left of the moribund Trans Pacific Partnership after US President Donald Trump used his first full day of business to formally withdraw from the free trade deal, as he had long promised.
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