Three specialist beehives are being installed at Parliament House in Canberra as part of efforts to boost bee populations in Australia.

Turnbull's twitter tirade on pensions.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has launched a Donald Trump-like Twitter tirade in a response to a report that the government will scrap concession cards and welfare payments in the May budget, saying it's "false" and he "outright" rejects it.

Two cabinet ministers have backed Peter Dutton's attack on companies calling for action on same-sex marriage.

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A 92-year-old war veteran and great-grandfather who has lived in Australia for 10 years is facing deportation back to Britain after being denied a visa and told he would be a financial burden on the health system.

Liberal MPs' plans to bring same-sex marriage to a head in the next fortnight of Parliament have hit a wall.

The shake-up will return $61 million to the Australia Council over four years, and shrink the Catalyst program to just $2 million.

Peter Dutton tells chief executives who wrote to the PM about gay marriage to 'stick to their knitting'.

As the Liberal and Labor bases crumble, the temptation is to chase the strays, writes Mark Kenny

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Disgust and disappointment with major parties is approaching historic levels.

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The "end is very near" for the Islamic State terror group in its Iraqi heartland of Mosul.

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Each member of the ABC's audience has a gripe about the public broadcaster - including those who run it.

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The Parliamentary Budget Office has costed a proposal that would kill stamp duty and replace it with land tax, saving home buyers up to $40,000, while delivering billions of dollars to fund schools and hospitals.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has castigated Australia for inadequate progress on tax, Indigenous affairs and support for business in a report card to be presented to finance ministers from the group of 20 leading industrial nations in Germany on Saturday.

What if the biggest government announcement in electricity generation in years was both a great breakthrough and a distraction?

John Williams was diagnosed 12 months ago after experiencing difficulty with his left leg.

Barnaby Joyce has started dismantling a Nationals-led ban on coal seam gas drilling.

Bill Leak's memorial service, held on Friday afternoon at the Sydney Town Hall, was attended by prime ministers present and past, editors, television personalities, and several hundred well-wishers.

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The NSW fraud squad will examine fresh allegations against stood-aside president.

The federal government will increase its stake in Snowy Hydro if NSW and Victoria refuse to help finance Malcolm Turnbull's ambitious expansion plan.

The Business Council of Australia has sounded the alarm over the federal budget, warning the Turnbull government its plan to return to surplus by 2020-21 is "fragile" and calling on the Parliament to back further spending cuts.

Consumer confidence in the Australian housing market has collapsed to its lowest level in 27 years, with the proportion of Australians believing real estate was the wisest place to put savings falling to below 12 per cent, the lowest level since 1974.

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Amount of gambling ads at sporting events now so extreme even gambling companies recognise it's out of control.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has for the first time offered explicit government's support for a cut to penalty rates, saying he agreed with the decision announced this month.

Some of Australia's biggest corporations and business leaders are being bullied by activist groups into supporting same-sex marriage laws, Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has warned.

The labour movement has split in the wake of controversial comments from the ACTU's newly minted secretary Sally McManus defending law-breaking industrial behaviour that has sparked a furious government attack on the Opposition.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says he doubts the government can work effectively with new ACTU boss Sally McManus after her comments that union members should break "unjust laws".

Former top diplomat Peter Varghese has warned of headwinds in Australia's most critical relationships, saying "navigating the US and China is going to get harder for us"

The latest instalment of a popular video game franchise has been banned in Australia.