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Hello and welcome to the day in politics where more mischief and mayhem is afoot.
Stephanie Peatling is a senior writer for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age
Hello and welcome to the day in politics where more mischief and mayhem is afoot.
That people still hold hostile attitudes towards working parents, and particularly working mothers, is baffling.
The total cost of six years of childcare is astonishing.
We're back on familiar ground - which party wants to tax you more and that, as always, is a matter of perspective.
Fresh from its bid to hold people with disabilities hostage the government is now threatening tax rises if it cannot get its welfare changes passed by Parliament.
It's Valentine's Day but there's not a lot of love being sprinkled about after the Nick Xenophon Team knocked back the government's omnibus reform package.
Once again One Nation is the talk of Canberra as the fallout from the Liberals' decision to preference the party continues.
Liberal Party defector Cory Bernardi has offered a half-hearted criticism of comments made by former Liberal Party MP Ross Cameron.
The last day of the first week back and everyone is recovering from yesterday's heightened emotions.
It's day 2 of the school year, the government thinks it has a childcare and Derryn Hinch is throwing his weight around.
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