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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says "masses of evidence" exists to support a reduction to some penalty rates by the Fair Work Commission, agreeing the move will lead to job creation.

Malcolm Turnbull has slapped down Pauline Hanson for showering praise on Russian strongman Vladimir Putin and likening the federal government's child vaccination programs to a "dictatorship".

A new report says high drug prices paid by Australians could be lowered through changes to government policy, after $1.2 billion in potential savings to the health budget were lost in just the past four years.

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Centrelink spin-doctor takes the heat for the real bosses.

Muslims want to impose Sharia law because they "hate Western society", Australia needs a "strong" leader like Vladimir Putin and the government must stop "blackmailing" parents into vaccinating their children.

Poor countries have contributed the least to human-induced climate change but are already being affected more than richer ones.

Treasurer Scott Morrison says the government is developing a package of reforms to address housing affordability.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has no plans to campaign in Western Australia before next Saturday's state election as Liberal premier Colin Barnett faces the fight of his political life to hold on to power.

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All eyes will be on the WA state election next Saturday to see how Labor polls.

Five years ago John Alexander had a revelation: Australia's housing market has gone insane.

Pauline Hanson's One Nation has emerged as the Turnbull government's most reliable voting partner in the Senate, defying early predictions that the upper house in this term of Parliament would be even more unmanagable than before.

The RAAF will have vastly superior data collection abilities compared with other military forces in Asia with the purchase of seven Triton drones – giving Australia the edge in electromagnetic-sphere warfare.

During four decades on the land, rarely has Guy Milson seen as season as good as this one. And neither has the rest of Australia.

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"Unless we get some additional resources into this area, we'll never be able to bring this under control."

Former Prime Minister John Howard personally identified with two factors that he says won Donald Trump the US Presidency.

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton called for greater powers to stop foreign fighters coming home.

"I sound like a wanker but I believe in this stuff".

They were eight years and a few minutes late, but just after 11.30am on Friday, the first two Joint Strike Fighters were unveiled to the Australian public.

Turnbull government MP Warren Entsch is prepared to lose his seat defending the Fair Work Commission's controversial decision to recommend reducing Sunday penalty rate cuts.

Minister flatly rejects Parliamentary committee's peace plan.

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When the media headlines hit about bad behaviour by men at the highest levels of corporate Australia, female board directors can't help but feel despondent.

France has pledged to unite with Australia in a "relationship of confidence" as the two nations move to cement the $50 billion submarine deal.

One Nation might not be the political force in WA politics as first predicted and their resurgence appears to be on the skids only a week before the election, according to a new poll.

Human Services "difficult to work with and very, very defensive," says Shetler.

Tens of millions have their calls screened as Centrelink crisis deepens.

Australia has turned up empty handed to a major international conference which has pledged more than a quarter of a billion of dollars for women affected by US President Donald Trump's global gag rule on abortions.

Outspoken backbencher George Christensen has fired an extraordinary broadside at senior government ministers.

Chinese firms large and small are at Australia's aviation megashow - a development being watched closely by security analysts.

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Coalition MPs are privately urging the leadership to find a solution or face the loss of seats.