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| UpdatedPrime Minister Malcolm Turnbull blames poor polling on an "outburst" by his predecessor Tony Abbott late last week, which is being roundly condemned by cabinet ministers.
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| UpdatedIf Tony Abbott abandons hope of ever being prime minister again, he might settle for mortally wounding Malcolm Turnbull and letting someone else bury the corpse, writes political editor Chris Uhlmann.
Topics: federal-government, political-parties, liberals, turnbull-malcolm, abbott-tony, australia
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There were winners and losers on the Federal Government frontbench this week. Fran Kelly and Patricia Karvelas, hosts of the Party Room, go through their selections.
Topics: turnbull-malcolm, health, political-parties, federal-government, government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedPrime Minister Malcolm Turnbull suggests US President Donald Trump is wasting his time hitting out at media coverage, citing Winston Churchill's remark that "politicians complaining about the newspapers is like a sailor complaining about the sea".
Topics: donald-trump, turnbull-malcolm, print-media, world-politics, foreign-affairs, australia, united-states
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| UpdatedLabor and the Liberal Party both have problems beginning with the number 50, and in both instances, the number has more to do with political messaging than anything else, writes Andrew Probyn.
Topics: alp, political-parties, government-and-politics, liberals, one-nation, tax, emissions-trading, turnbull-malcolm, bill-shorten, australia
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A good week for the crossbenchers, not so much for the government. Fran Kelly and Patricia Karvelas, hosts of the Party Room, choose their winners and losers.
Topics: turnbull-malcolm, political-parties, federal-government, government-and-politics, canberra-2600
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| UpdatedWith political heat flaring the length of the Murray-Darling, there are fears the future of the fragile water sharing deal hangs in the balance.
Topics: rivers, environment, water-management, water-supply, environmental-impact, environmental-management, environmental-policy, joyce-barnaby, turnbull-malcolm, howard-john-winston, murray-darling-basin, australia, sa, qld, vic, nsw
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said despite having successive state and Commonwealth governments committed to closing the gaps faced by First Australians, there was much more work to do.
Topics: government-and-politics, indigenous-policy, turnbull-malcolm, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, australia
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| UpdatedPrime Minister Malcolm Turnbull tables the Close the Gap report which again shows slow progress to improve the health and wealth of Indigenous Australians.
Topics: federal-government, federal-parliament, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-policy, turnbull-malcolm, australia
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| UpdatedFormer prime minister Tony Abbott says it is disappointing Malcolm Turnbull has not spent a week each year in a remote Aboriginal or Torres Strait community.
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Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is sent deep into the jungle of the United States of America to try and smooth things over with newly elected President Donald Trump and quickly discovers how things get… "confused out there". Huw Parkinson explores this harrowing tale.
Topics: turnbull-malcolm, government-and-politics, federal-government, world-politics, australia, united-states
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| UpdatedMalcolm Turnbull's blistering take-down of Bill Shorten has won him favour in his colleagues' eyes, but he needs to tread carefully to capitalise on it, Andrew Probyn writes.
Topics: turnbull-malcolm, government-and-politics, political-parties, bill-shorten, australia, canberra-2600
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| UpdatedMalcolm Turnbull has made a stunning turnaround from urging zero-emissions energy to spruiking "clean coal" — seemingly in the face of climate science, Stephen Long writes.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, alternative-energy, coal, turnbull-malcolm, australia
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| UpdatedFran Kelly and Patricia Karvelas, hosts of the Party Room, choose their winners and losers from the week in federal politics.
Topics: turnbull-malcolm, political-parties, federal-government, government-and-politics, canberra-2600
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| UpdatedAfter an already difficult week, the PM is facing the prospect of George Christensen crossing the floor on a controversial bill for a banking royal commission if it is put to a vote.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, federal-parliament, liberals, turnbull-malcolm, australia
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| UpdatedThe Coalition starts the new parliamentary year with its lowest level of support since Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull took the top office, trailing Labor in the latest opinion poll.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, liberals, polls, turnbull-malcolm, abbott-tony, australia
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| UpdatedPrime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says Australia is not "indebted" to Donald Trump for agreeing to maintain a refugee resettlement deal, and his "frank and forthright" conversation with the US President made for "a very good week for Australia".
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, donald-trump, turnbull-malcolm, foreign-affairs
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| UpdatedPrime Minister Malcolm Turnbull returns to Parliament tomorrow having faced a nightmare summer with a political resignation, a cabinet reshuffle, questions over donations and a terse call with Donald Trump, writes Stephanie Anderson.
Topics: federal-government, federal-parliament, world-politics, turnbull-malcolm, government-and-politics, parliament, canberra-2600, australia
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| UpdatedForeign Minister Julie Bishop says US officials are continuing to interview asylum seekers in Nauru as part of the refugee deal with America, despite lingering uncertainty over the agreement.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, turnbull-malcolm, donald-trump, world-politics, australia, nauru, united-states
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| UpdatedThe confusion-meter hit Code Red in DC this week, with conflicting messages over the Australia-US refugee deal from the White House, the State Department, US President Donald Trump and PM Malcolm 'Trumble' Turnbull, Zoe Daniel writes.
Topics: world-politics, donald-trump, turnbull-malcolm, united-states, australia
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It's the last thing Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull would want to do, or will do. But what he should do is walk away from the deal he struck with the Obama administration for the United States to take refugees from Nauru and Manus Island, writes Michelle Grattan.
Topics: turnbull-malcolm, donald-trump, foreign-affairs, government-and-politics, australia, united-states
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| UpdatedWhite House Press Secretary Sean Spicer appeared to mispronounce Malcolm Turnbull's name — twice — during a press conference in which he stressed Donald Trump's "tremendous respect" for the Australian PM.
Topics: us-elections, turnbull-malcolm, donald-trump, government-and-politics, united-states, australia