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The Queensland Liberal National Party is to hold an unprecedented meeting of its state and federal MPs this weekend to discuss ways of countering a resurgent One Nation.
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| UpdatedLabor MP Linda Burney refers Human Services Minister Alan Tudge to the Australian Federal Police after confirmation his department gave a Centrelink client's personal information to a journalist.
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| UpdatedPublic servants from the nation's chemical regulator are being forced to work from a local fast food restaurant in northern New South Wales, due to a lack of office space.
Topics: federal-government, federal-parliament, public-sector, canberra-2600, armidale-2350, australia, act, nsw
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| UpdatedThe Chief of the Defence Force, Mark Binskin, says Islamic state fighters are using drones and "Mad Max" style car attacks in the battle for Mosul in Iraq. Look back on the day's political developments in our blog.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, parliament, federal-parliament, political-parties, australia
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| UpdatedThe Liberal Party is split over whether restrictions on freedom of speech should be watered down, putting pressure on the Prime Minister and Cabinet over which side of the party to favour.
Topics: federal-parliament, federal-government, government-and-politics, race-relations, australia
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| UpdatedDuring a fiery Senate Estimates hearing, Attorney-General George Brandis repeats arguments he is not at odds with his West Australian counterpart over when he was personally involved in litigation to claw back $1 billion from the failed Bell Group of companies.
Topics: federal-government, federal-parliament, australia
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A parliamentary committee fails to reach a consensus on whether Australia's racial discrimination laws should be changed, instead proposing a "range of pragmatic" options for the Government to consider.
Topics: federal-parliament, government-and-politics, federal-government, race-relations, australia
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Nationals MP Andrew Broad and Labor MP Pat Conroy are launching a new inquiry into modernising the power grid.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, industry, business-economics-and-finance, federal-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, australia
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Australian politics has extremely low levels of female participation compared to other developed democracies, but one program is aiming to change this.
Topics: women, government-and-politics, university-and-further-education, local-government, state-parliament, federal-parliament, parliament, human-interest, melbourne-3000
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Penalty rates and politicians' entitlements were hot topics on Monday's Q&A as the panel show hit the road and broadcast from Melbourne this week.
Topics: parliament, government-and-politics, federal-government, federal-parliament, australia, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedLabor targeted a Liberal MP during Question Time after she told media that cuts to penalty rates were a "gift" to young people. Catch up on the day in politics.
Topics: political-parties, government-and-politics, federal-government, federal-parliament, parliament, australia
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| UpdatedLabor, the Greens and crossbench Senators Nick Xenophon and Derryn Hinch write a letter to Senator Brandis asking him to address what they describe as an "inconsistency" between his previous statements on the matter and comments from his WA counterpart Michael Mischin.
Topics: federal-government, federal-parliament, australia, wa
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| UpdatedRefugees on Manus Island and Nauru have not yet been through vetting processes to determine whether they can resettle in the US, the Immigration Department tells a Senate committee.
Topics: refugees, immigration, world-politics, government-and-politics, federal-government, federal-parliament, australia, united-states
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Despite having Australia's worst-performing economy, WA communities will get nothing from the new $220-million regional jobs and investment package.
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| UpdatedAttorney-General George Brandis was involved in the Bell Group matter one month earlier than he said he was, his West Australian counterpart Michael Mischin says, which would mean he misled Parliament over the issue.
Topics: federal-government, federal-parliament, australia
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| UpdatedThe Fair Work Commission has cut Sunday and public holiday penalty rates for some workers. Use our calculator to find out the impact on you.
Topics: industrial-relations, federal-government, federal-parliament, australia
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| UpdatedPrime Minister Malcolm Turnbull accuses Opposition Leader Bill Shorten of having the "biggest glass jaw in Australian politics" during a Question Time stand-off. Follow live.
Topics: political-parties, government-and-politics, federal-government, parliament, federal-parliament, australia
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| UpdatedSenior Coalition Minister Christopher Pyne says the Government has no "absolutely no desire or intention" to increase taxes to help pay for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
Topics: government-and-politics, disabilities, community-and-society, federal-parliament, canberra-2600
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| UpdatedPrime Minister Malcolm Turnbull accuses Labor of threatening crossbench senator Derryn Hinch after he supported the Government's key industrial relations bill.
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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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| UpdatedAustralia has promised to close the gap between Indigenous and other Australians on health, education and employment. But we are failing to meet six of seven key goals.
Topics: federal-government, federal-parliament, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-policy, australia
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| UpdatedNewly independent senator Cory Bernardi is on a crusade to "clean up Canberra", urging Parliament to crack down on entitlements for retired prime ministers who have only served a single term.
Topics: parliament, federal-parliament, government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedGreens senator Nick McKim launches a blistering attack on Labor and the Coalition, accusing them of playing politics with energy policy and climate change.
Topics: political-parties, government-and-politics, parliament, federal-parliament, federal-government, australia
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Q&A panellists Yassmin Abdel-Magied and Jacqui Lambie had a fiery exchange over sharia law.
Topics: islam, government-and-politics, federal-parliament, community-and-society, australia
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| UpdatedAttorney-General George Brandis says legislation will be introduced to Parliament this week amid doubt over future Indigenous Land Use Agreements following a Federal Court ruling.
Topics: native-title, rights, law-crime-and-justice, federal-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, australia