Senate 'won't rise' until company tax cuts are dealt with: Cormann
The federal government's attempts to deliver massive tax cuts to big business will come to a head on Friday.
Senate kills off Turnbull government's changes to 18C race discrimination law
Attorney-General George Brandis described the defeat as a "sad day".
Ten Fair Work offices retire months after qualifying for pension
Ten former Fair Work Commission members, including outspoken critic Graeme Watson, retired early within months of qualifying for a full pension at the age of 60.
Bishop cut short participation in expenses review after repaying $6700
Tony Abbott's review into his former friend was cut short after Bronwyn Bishop stopped participating.
Julie Bishop condemns colleagues over China extradition treaty collapse
Julie Bishop has delivered a blast to the backbench rebels, questioning their trust in Australia's own legal and political system.
Recruitment questioned in Defence Force mental health review
A major review of the mental health services available to serving and former members of the military has produced some alarming findings.
Cash under fire over minimum wage but PM turns attack back on Labor
Malcolm Turnbull says the government's submission is no different from those lodged under Julia Gillard.
Hockey praises 'practical' Trump and warns against 'constant criticism'
"We need to avoid the temptation to become constant critics of the new US administration".
Company tax debate stalls, Senate oversteps its authority again
The performance of the Senate in the company tax debate has been marked by an overweening self-importance.
Peace hopes in Tax Office's long workplace war
ATO and unions prepare to put down their weapons after three years of workplace conflict.
Human Rights Commission to probe bid to deport Fijians
A family that could be split apart by government moves to deport the two parents back to Fiji has been given a flicker of hope after the Human Rights Commission agreed to examine their case.
Turnbull and Shorten join forces to tour cyclone-affected Queensland
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten have put aside their differences on a joint tour of North Queensland in the wake of Cyclone Debbie.
Turnbull government scrambling to land company tax cuts
The federal government was scrambling to land a company tax-cut deal on Thursday, with a marathon late-night Senate sitting threatening to spill over into an extended sitting on Friday.
Why is Wayne Swan still in politics?
Wayne Swan insists remaining in Parliament is the best way for him to advance the Labor cause.
Parliament to launch inquiry into 'fake news' in Australia
It is the term du jour, thrown around by everyone from Donald Trump to Australian politicians, unhappy with how a particular news story paints them.
Senate bid for answers on Saudi Arabian military deals
The Senate has demanded Defence Minister Marise Payne release details of Australian military sales to Saudi Arabia that were approved as that country faced claims of war crimes.
Three arrested over plot to smuggle Nepalese to Darwin by boat
Dressed in orange jumpsuits, the alleged smugglers were hauled in front of cameras in Jakarta on Wednesday.
Liberal economics has run into 'a dead end', says Keating
Former prime minister Paul Keating has launched a surprise critique of the liberal economic philosophy he once championed.
Northern Australia Infrastructure Fund spending more on board than projects
A $5 billion infrastructure fund heralded by the Turnbull government as a jewel of the 2015 budget has so far spent more on salaries for board members than on actual projects.
Latham sacked by Sky News after calling school student 'gay'
Former Labor leader Mark Latham has been sacked as a commentator by Sky News
Turnbull government warns against 'excessive' minimum wage rise
Government says increasing the minimum wage is "not an efficient way to address relative living standards or the needs of the low-paid".
Big business in late plea to Senate for company tax cuts
Some of Australia's largest companies have made a desperate, last-minute plea to the Senate crossbench to pass $48 billion in company tax cuts, warning Australia had no alternative to secure its nation's economic future.
ACTU boss doubles down on law-breaking, backs CFMEU
ACTU boss Sally McManus has doubled down on her support for industrial law-breaking, shrugging off the "meltdown" about her earlier comments and strongly backing the militant construction union.
Peter Slipper returns, his image to haunt the Parliament forever
It had to be, this portrait, bigger, darker, more vainglorious and yes, more accusatory - almost Cromwellian - than all the others.
Tempers boil over as Shorten, Turnbull launch personal attacks
Question time erupted into an emotionally-charged war of words on Wednesday afternoon as Prime Minster Malcolm Turnbull, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten and other MPs unleashed personal attacks on each other's ethical standards and personal behaviour.
Centrelink hits 21,000 families with bogus FTB debts
Honest Australians 'intimidated' into handing over their money, says Labor, as tens of thousands of debt notices sent out.
'Senator in exile' Culleton sends PM bizarre letter claiming WA 'not part of the Commonwealth'
Rod Culleton claims Queen Elizabeth has been unlawfully scrubbed from Western Australia's laws.
Mark Latham behaving like a 'sad' bully: Bill Shorten
"Hugh Bartley and his classmates are better men than Mark Latham has ever been."
How did the government get China treaty so wrong?
At 8.40am on Tuesday, just minutes after Julie Bishop had publicly backed a China extradition treaty and walked into a meeting of the leadership group, Bill Shorten rang Malcolm Turnbull.
New winners in Australia's $100 billion tourism market
NSW and Victoria risk falling behind a soaring tourism market, new government figures show, after the east coast states experienced only a quarter of the growth in tourism numbers of the Northern Territory and half that of WA.