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The life gold pass for former MPs is scrapped, but business class travel for the families of current members remains. Adam Gartrell explains the state of play.
The life gold pass for former MPs is scrapped, but business class travel for the families of current members remains. Adam Gartrell explains the state of play.
It's a year since Barnaby Joyce was sworn in as Deputy Prime Minister - and he's had some significant wins.
Malcolm Turnbull has made his views clear on whether there'll be company tax concessions.
Peter Dutton's Immigration department has put forward a proposal to spend more than $250 million fitting out its Canberra offices.
A consensus, cross-party senate report has clarified issues surrounding same-sex marriage, including religious exemptions.
There's speculation the government will consider tax hikes if its savings measures don't pass parliament.
Could a female politician get away with this? Barnaby Joyce lampoons Bill Shorten's clothing in question time.
If savings measures aren't passed, Finance Minister Mathias Cormann says the government will have to look at other options to repair the budget. Courtesy ABC.
WA Senator Mathias Cormann defends brokering a deal that sees the WA Liberals preference One Nation ahead of alliance partners the Nationals. Courtesy ABC.
Practical measures and rhetorical flourishes are both on display as Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten address the annual 'Closing the Gap' report into indigenous disadvantage.
The NDIS is not welfare and should not be considered a burden by the government, gold medallist Kurt Fearnley says, after yesterday's announcement its funding is contingent on savings from welfare cuts. Courtesy ABC News 24.
Indigenous leaders are concerned about slow pace of change when it comes to closing the gap between Indigenous and non Indigenous people. Courtesy ABC News 24.
The Labor party and crossbenchers are banding together to thwart the government's plan to increase childcare funding that means cuts to other welfare payments.
The government's omnibus savings bill has met with resistance, with Senator Nick Xenophon declaring his party won't vote for the legislation.
Malcolm Turnbull has given the clearest indication yet that the freeze on the medicare rebate given to GP's may soon end.
The Coalition says it has a way to fund the NDIS, but that means Labor and the crossbench have to agree to cut welfare funding.
The Liberal Party has been accused by Labor of lying about the reason for South Australia's blackouts by blaming renewable energy, something Malcolm Turnbull rejects. Courtesy ABC News 24.
Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce isn't happy the WA Liberal Party is preferencing One Nation over the Nationals but Pauline Hanson says her party is a force that can't be ignored.
Liberal Party member and Sky News presenter Ross Cameron has issued an apology of sorts for the remarks he made about homosexuals at a conservative fundraiser. Vision: SKY NEWS.
Raw vision: Anti-racism protesters have gathered at St Kilda Marina to confront members of the far-right, anti-Islam Q Society preparing to attend a fundraiser.
Former Liberal MP Ross Cameron has appeared on SKY NEWS to defend the comments he made about homosexuality and The Sydney Morning Herald at the Q Society fundraising dinner in Sydney. Vision: SKY NEWS.
The life gold pass for former MPs is scrapped, but business class travel for the families of current members remains. Adam Gartrell explains the state of play.
Has one phone call ever inspired so much satire? Fairfax artists give their take on the infamous Trump-Turnbull tete-a-tete.
Leading Australian economists are more pessimistic about the Australian economy than the official Treasury position. Peter Martin explains.
Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten are heading to the press club to reinvigorate their political stocks - but history provides a salutary warning.
By the PM suggesting Australia had secured an exemption from the travel bans, it seemed the Australian government was being favoured by the US President but that's not the case as David Wroe explains.
Fairfax's press gallery journalists reflect on the stories that have intrigued them during 2016.
Existing copyright laws are holding Australia back, according to the Productivity Commission. Peter Martin explains what the commission is proposing.
Watch as power in Australia flows backwards and forwards between the right and the left - where will it flow next?
Australia is plummeting down international education rankings - beaten even by Kazakhstan. Matthew Knott explains.
The Quest for the Suppository of Wisdom - a new video game that pits Tony Abbott against his adversaries.
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