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.

Mark Latham behaving like a 'sad' bully: Bill Shorten

"Hugh Bartley and his classmates are better men than Mark Latham has ever been."

Two Australian children caught up in move to deport their Fijian parents

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Two Australian children face being separated from their parents after the Turnbull government made final moves to deport the couple.

Tom Waterhouse at loggerheads with online betting rivals over gambling reforms

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Bookmaker Tom Waterhouse is at the centre of a bitter dispute in the online gambling sector over how much ground the industry should give up to resuscitate its public image.

Joyce forecast of gas royalty riches for farmers questioned

Figures suggest the prospective riches being dangled in front of farmers do not exist - at least not yet.

ACCC chief hit with complaint he breached 'apolitical' role

The head of the competition watchdog, Rod Sims, is fighting union claims he broke the public service code of conduct by publicly endorsing Colin Barnett's $11 billion power privatisation plan just four days before West Australians went to the polls this month.

Snowy Hydro 2.0 could hasten death of fossil fuel-generated electricity

Malcolm Turnbull's plan could set Australia on a path to 100 per cent renewable electricity generation - potentially by 2030

Japanese government taps more benefit from Australian gas than us

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Japan is collecting more tax revenue from Australian liquefied natural gas than the Turnbull government

AWU calls on Turnbull to renegotiate contracts with gas exporters

Malcolm Turnbull has been told to end the "high farce" of Australia exporting record amounts of gas while domestic prices soar.