Matthew Knott is a political reporter in the Canberra bureau covering communications and education policy.
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.
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.
Outgoing Australia Post managing director lashed out at "ill-informed" and "hurtful" comments.
Self-driving cars will be commercially available within five years and could become so advanced that humans are banned from driving, a federal parliamentary inquiry has heard.
Ahmed Fahour's successor as Australia Post chief executive is set to receive a massive multi-million dollar pay cut after the Turnbull government stripped the postal service's board of responsibility to set the salary of its managing director.
Australia Post chief executive Ahmed Fahour - who was criticised by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull for his $5.6 million salary - has resigned from the job after seven years.
Government watered-down individual salary disclosure requirements during its 'red tape' repeal day.
Angela Zena Hadchiti had dared to hope the abuse was over.
Nationals MPs say they are happy for controversial MP George Christensen remaining their party whip despite him again publicly toying with breaking away from the government.
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