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The federal government's failure to ratify the China-Australia extradition treaty has sparked a proxy war between supporters of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and his predecessor, Tony Abbott.

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When the Prime Minister rose for the last Question Time before the budget to say Australia has some of the highest corporate tax rates in the world, he was right, as he was the dozens of times before that, but the determined logic has so far failed to convince the Senate crossbench.

The federal government's attempts to deliver massive tax cuts to big business will come to a head on Friday.

Attorney-General George Brandis described the defeat as a "sad day".

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.

Tony Abbott's review into his former friend was cut short after Bronwyn Bishop stopped participating.

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Julie Bishop has delivered a blast to the backbench rebels, questioning their trust in Australia's own legal and political system.

A major review of the mental health services available to serving and former members of the military has produced some alarming findings.

Malcolm Turnbull says the government's submission is no different from those lodged under Julia Gillard.

"We need to avoid the temptation to become constant critics of the new US administration".

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The performance of the Senate in the company tax debate has been marked by an overweening self-importance.

ATO and unions prepare to put down their weapons after three years of workplace conflict.

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.

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.

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.

Wayne Swan insists remaining in Parliament is the best way for him to advance the Labor cause.

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.

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.

Dressed in orange jumpsuits, the alleged smugglers were hauled in front of cameras in Jakarta on Wednesday.

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Former prime minister Paul Keating has launched a surprise critique of the liberal economic philosophy he once championed.

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.

Former Labor leader Mark Latham has been sacked as a commentator by Sky News

Government says increasing the minimum wage is "not an efficient way to address relative living standards or the needs of the low-paid".

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 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.

It had to be, this portrait, bigger, darker, more vainglorious and yes, more accusatory - almost Cromwellian - than all the others.

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.

Honest Australians 'intimidated' into handing over their money, says Labor, as tens of thousands of debt notices sent out.

Rod Culleton claims Queen Elizabeth has been unlawfully scrubbed from Western Australia's laws.