Eryk Bagshaw is an economics reporter for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, based in Parliament House
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.
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.
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.
Treasurer launched attack on big business for not doing enough to support company tax cut plan.
Universities commit to releasing data on sexual assaults on their campuses after concerns were raised.
Treasurer Scott Morrison is eyeing a $4 billion bonus from booming iron ore and coal prices, a month out from the May 9 budget, and is likely to plow it back into reducing the federal deficit.
The Turnbull government's $24 billion company tax cut will boost the economy by less than 0.2 per cent when fully implemented, according to a preliminary analysis by the Grattan Institute.
Australian Human Rights Commission accused of "betraying" thousands of university students through "unconscionable research" that never received full ethics approval.
One of the country's top decision-makers has been seconded from the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet to Bupa, the country's largest health insurer.
Malcolm Turnbull has called on the Liberal Party to govern from "the sensible centre", and to reject "populism" in an implied shot at those in who would take the government further to the right.
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