Tax on some Australian families second highest in developed world
The tax on an Australian family earning $82,000 a year has risen to the second highest rate in the developed world, figures from the OECD show.
Government strips funding from two of Australia's largest colleges
Federal funding has been stripped from two of Australia's largest private colleges.
'Syria hoax': Sydney University at centre of pro-Assad push
Australia's most prestigious university has become the centre of a pro-Assad academic movement.
Adani mine edges closer after Turnbull's India visit
Malcolm Turnbull has lauded the controversial Adani coal mine as a boon for Australia.
Joyce 'surprised' by Young Nationals' support for emissions scheme
Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce says he was "surprised" by the party's youth wing's show of support for an emissions intensity scheme.
Cut immigration to reduce housing pressures, says Tony Abbott
The former prime minister says there is nothing "sacrosanct" about Australia's immigration numbers.
Axe hovers over 'hopeless' work-for-the-dole program
Powerful expenditure review committee discusses axing one of Abbott's first major policy achievements.
Property investors cool as crackdown takes effect
Investors are being shut out of the market with value of home loans written falling by 6 per cent.
RSL members to vote in ignorance of scandal probe outcome
RSL members will be forced to vote for a new state leadership without knowing the outcome of an investigation into recent financial scandals that have left some of the leadership candidates under a cloud.
Turnbull kills off Abbott's India free trade deal, for now
Malcolm Turnbull has admitted a potentially lucrative free trade agreement with India is now on the backburner.
What Bryan Dawe will most miss about long-time collaborator John Clarke
The death of John Clarke has devastated his friend and long-time collaborator Bryan Dawe.
Young Nationals back emissions trading
The Young Nationals have split with the senior ranks of the party, voting to support the introduction of a carbon trading scheme.
'Not reasonable or fair' Ombudsman slams Centrelink's robo-debt scheme
Centrelink's demands on former welfare recipients targeted by its "robo-debt" program were neither "reasonable" nor 'fair", the Commonwealth Ombudsman has found.
Shorten seeks $620m council stimulus package
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten is calling on the Turnbull government to bring forward $620 million in funding for local councils to act as a de-facto stimulus package to drive infrastructure investment and create new jobs.
Bullying of part-timers pushing women out of police force
Police forces will struggle to retain women while part-time workers are bullied, the Police Federation of Australia says.
Hanson celebrates One Nation anniversary by banning ABC
Pauline Hanson has celebrated One Nation's 20th anniversary with an attack on the media.
Taxpayers to be slugged for public servants' networked homes
Labor says APVMA move will cost much more than official estimates, vows to 'stop it in its tracks'.
'I don't like being lied to': Ray Hadley bans Scott Morrison from radio show
The radio host has accused Scott Morrison of lying, being "boring" and "treating him like an idiot".
Scott Morrison: Hacking into negative gearing would be 'cruel'
Treasurer Scott Morrison has indicated a tax on empty housing stock could be in the May budget, along with plans to encourage elderly Australians to downsize their homes.
Politicians unite to pay tribute to John Clarke
Politicians have reacted with sorrow to the death of a man who so mercilessly pilloried them.
Liberal review: respect the base, never stop campaigning
A secret internal review of the Liberal Party's 2016 election performance has urged the party to recognise that campaigning must never stop and the party's conservative base needs to be respected.
Australia's position on the Assad regime has hardened after chemical attacks, Julie Bishop says
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says the government's position on the future of Syria's Assad regime has not changed.
Push for Prime Minister's public servants to move to Alice Springs
Hundreds of the Prime Minister's public servants could be moved from Canberra to Australia's red centre, under a plan proposed by Regional Development Australia.
India Australia's next big education export market
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will fly into India on Monday and look to capitalise on Australia's fastest growing education market that has only now recovered from the damage inflicted by a series of racial attacks.
190,000: the most important number in Australian politics
They make headlines, divide communities and define elections. And they are all connected. The thread that links them is arguably the most important, and most sensitive, factor in Australian politics.
Health Minister Greg Hunt eyes organ donor subsidies ahead of federal budget
The Turnbull government has sought to allay fears it will cut taxpayer-subsidised sick leave for living organ donors from the federal budget.
Morrison's housing fix: no change to negative gearing, affordable rentals
Federal Treasurer will argue against the removal of tax breaks in pre-budget speech.
US flags regime change in Syria as Turnbull ramps up Russia rhetoric
Syria is a Russian 'client state' and has to help bring Bashar al-Assad into line, Malcolm Turnbull has said.
Power assets facing more Chinese control
Three out of five of Victoria's electricity distributors and two out of three of its gas distributors would be controlled by single Hong Kong-based infrastructure business under a $7.4 billion takeover proposal being considered by the Turnbull government.
Labor's plan to kill coal-fired power
Labor would retire coal fired power plants and never fund new ones under recommendations from a Senate committee to be released on Monday, forcing thousands of workers to transition into new jobs while pushing towards and emissions intensity scheme.