Turnbull backs penalty-rate cuts for low-paid workers
The government guarantees Labor and the unions will mount a ferocious industrial relations campaign all the way until the next election.
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Nationals to reveal budget's $4.5b investment fund for the bush
Farmers battling drought are set to be among the big winners in the 2017 budget, with the Coalition poised to announce a investment corporation.
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Australia sides with China as US stands on the outer
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Australia signs secretive military deals with Saudi Arabia
Australian firms have secured contracts to supply military equipment to Saudi Arabia, an autocracy accused of ongoing war crimes in a conflict that has killed more than 10,000 civilians.