Politics

Malcolm Turnbull is particularly critical of the SA Government for what he describes as its renewable energy scheme, but it's the Commonwealth's scheme, says energy expert Danny Price.

The "patchwork" of different renewable energy targets from the states and territories will "create widespread power system security problems", according to Danny Price, a respected expert who helped design Australia's national energy market rules.

Russia's intervention in Syria and Islamic State on the agenda as US Defence Secretary James Mattis arrives in Brussels for NATO talks.

Labor moves to suspend standing orders less than five minutes into the parliamentary day over proposed changes to the Native Title Act. Follow live.

New 'no body, no parole' legislation means prisoners convicted of murder or manslaughter will need to identify the location of their victim's body before being eligible for early release under sweeping changes announced to the Queensland parole system.

The nation's first national survey of housing tenants reveals renters in Australia have little security and lack the power to demand standard property maintenance.

Department of Education figures show 3,600 families hit the annual cap on the childcare rebate just halfway through the financial year.

The former Labor leader and ambassador to the US says Pauline Hanson's One Nation is a threat to Australia's national security and prosperity.

Host: Ellen Fanning
Panel: Michael Pascoe, Dee Madigan, Ming Long and Jim Molan
The panel discusses the Government’s threat to increase taxes if the omnibus bill doesn’t pass, Adani coal mine protest plans and Australia’s alliance with the US.

Federal Liberal Party director Tony Nutt supports a ban on foreign donations provided it does not exclude dual citizens or companies with established business interests in Australia from the political process.

Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove praises the courage of Australia's veterans and prisoners of war during a commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the seminal moment when Singapore fell to the Japanese in 1942.

The Federal Government warns they may have to raise taxes to help pay for the National Disability Insurance Scheme if the Senate continues to block its omnibus saving bill.

School principal Paul Browning says the education system is crushing creativity, so he's on a mission to convince the Federal Government to take a closer look at the issue.

Businessman and former federal MP Clive Palmer is to appear in the Federal Court in Brisbane as liquidators of his failed Queensland Nickel company look to question him over its demise.

Dr Leonid Petrov from the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific says it's not immediately clear who was behind the death of Kim Jong-un's half-brother Kim Jong-nam in a Malaysian airport.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull accuses Labor of threatening crossbench senator Derryn Hinch after he supported the Government's key industrial relations bill.

Financial distress is affecting a huge number of Australians and the slightest wind could spell catastrophe for households, David Taylor writes.

Dementia is set to cost Australia an estimated $18 billion a year by 2025, as Alzheimer's Australia calls for a national strategy to combat the disease.

Amongst the litany of miserable statistics in this year's Closing the Gap report, there is a standout exception: 30,000 Indigenous university graduates who have erased their employment gap. These are the success stories of the quiet revolution, writes Stan Grant.

Host: John Barron
Panel: Chris Sarra, Osman Faruqi, Tracy Howe and Jacinta Price
The panel discusses the ninth Closing the Gap report and Coles’ new 12-item limit on self-checkouts.

Contractors arrive on Manus Island to begin interviews with refugees about resettlement in the United States.

A submission before the International Criminal Court argues that Australia's offshore immigration detention centres constitute a crime against humanity, and federal governments have attempted to avoid responsibility by contracting out the facilities.

Treasurer Scott Morrison is trying to save Australia's prized AAA credit rating, burdened by a $37 billion budget deficit, but one ratings agency is likely to deliver on its threat to cut our credit rating, writes Andrew Robertson.

Labor's Linda Burney responds to this year's Closing the Gap report, which shows slow progress to improve the health and wealth of Indigenous Australians, February 14, 2017.

Five-time Paralympian and disability advocate Kurt Fearnley criticises the Federal Government's decision to cut funding to other social services to fund the National Disability Insurance Scheme.