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George Christensen has warned Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce he is preparing to cross the floor and vote against government policy, just days after Liberal senator Cory Bernardi abandoned the Coalition.

Guard dogs and x-box consoles are among the items that over 154,000 small businesses have claimed as tax breaks for equipment used in the workplace.

Immigration Minister is seeking what the Labor opposition calls "Trump-like" powers to target foreign nationals and require them to revalidate their visas.

As he unloaded on the nearest target, Malcolm Turnbull's colleagues couldn't get enough of him.

Here is a full transcript of the Malcolm Turnbull tirade.

The Turnbull Government has moved to transform its relationship with Indigenous Australia by announcing a new advisory group that includes Aboriginal educator Chris Sarra.

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Turnbull government minister David Gillespie's real estate dealings have cast a constitutional cloud over his political career.

The Turnbull government has been accused of holding parents "hostage" by surprisingly tieing its childcare reforms to $8 billion worth of payment cuts to young jobseekers, welfare recipients and families eligible for paid parental leave from their employers.

The odds of a joint action against the federal government's Centrelink debt recovery program have narrowed, with lawyers saying it's unlikely such an action would succeed.

The government has scrapped the Life Gold Pass for former MPs, and family reunion benefits could be next on the chopping block.

"I'm entitled to my opinion, just like every other Australian is, and I think many would agree with me."

US cattle lobby was disappointed with Mr Trump's decision to axe America's role in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement.

The Turnbull government has moved closer to victory on its signature $3.5 billion child care package by watering down proposed cuts to family payments and extending the taxpayer-funded paid parental leave scheme.

Rich or poor, young or old, one thing that unites Australians seems to be our mutual disillusionment with politicians.

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Countless interviews, a lengthy press conference, a resignation speech in the Senate, and Cory Bernardi still can't convince some people why he quit the Liberal Party. 

IT projects thrown overboard as ATO orders all hands to keep tax time afloat.

China's foreign minister has used a visit to Australia to downplay as "campaign rhetoric" Donald Trump's hardline stances against his country on issues such as the South China Sea, trade and Taiwan.

High-speed rail would "provide an abundant supply of affordable housing for many generations to come", says crusading government MP.

Renegade senator Cory Bernardi has promised his new Australian Conservatives party will restore faith in politics, railing against the "out of touch political class" as he quit the Liberal Party, leaving his former colleagues fuming.

Australians living in the US have called on the Turnbull government to demand tolerance and evidence-based policy making from Donald Trump, amid concerns foreign workers could be targeted in visa crackdown.

Labor and the Greens look set to force a Senate inquiry into Centrelink's controversial automated debt recovery systems, an issue that had dogged the federal government for more than two months.

While Bernardi hopes to build a new nation-wide conservative movement recent political history suggests his defection is more likely to end in tears.

The parliamentary perk that gives retired politicians free business-class travel on the taxpayer will be scrapped.

Besieged leaders will use members' funds to finance a costly legal fightback against allegations they allowed financial abuse to occur under their watch.

The Turnbull government has been forced to back down from plans to compel Queensland landholders to sell their properties to make way for expansions to Defence force training bases, following a community backlash in its most marginal electorate.

Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott is the headline act at a Victorian Liberals fundraising dinner that has been described as a "rallying point" for conservative members in the state.

Lawyers for rejected asylum seekers at Australia's offshore detention centre on Manus Island will this week move to stop their imminent removal from Papua New Guinea, following reports up to 60 were slated for deportation.

Senior Turnbull government ministers have attacked Liberal defector Cory Bernardi over his plans to move to the Senate crossbench, calling his plans a betrayal of voters who supported him at last year's election. 

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"There's talk about doing it again and I want no part of it," Cory Bernardi told Malcolm Turnbull.