'I am not in breach', insists Matt Canavan

Former resources minister Matt Canavan says he has not breached section 44 of the constitution, but refused to release documents relating to his mother's application for his Italian citizenship.

Royal commission would damage banks' global standing: Bligh

Australia's major banks fear a royal commission will hurt customers and investors, Anna Bligh has warned.

Canavan resigns from cabinet over citizenship fiasco

The Queensland senator is a close political ally of Barnaby Joyce and is seen as a rising star in the Nationals.

Labor preparing to announce major new tax policy to rival negative gearing crackdown

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Bill Shorten says voters are "hungry for something more substantial than the current political fare".

Australia's multibillion-dollar legal tax avoidance loophole

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Billions of dollars of tax revenue is being lost due to wealthy Australians using family trusts.

'Inequality kills hope': Shorten sets Labor's defining mission

Rising inequality is the single biggest threat to Australia's social cohesion and the economy, Bill Shorten says.

Apple flies in top executives to lobby Turnbull government

Apple's top privacy executives have flown out to Australia twice in the past month to lobby the Turnbull government.

The rise and rise of Peter Dutton, our new security tsar

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Peter Dutton has achieved what Scott Morrison could not.

Doubts over new home affairs ministry

Malcolm Turnbull's plan to create a home affairs ministry has met with mixed responses, with experts welcoming strengthened oversight of intelligence agencies but questioning how much improvement to national security the changes will yield.

'Enough is enough': human rights group calls for end to Manus, Nauru

The nearly 2000 asylum seekers on Manus Island and Nauru should be "evacuated immediately" to Australia.