'An embarrassment': Senate showdown over childcare plan and welfare cuts
Crossbenchers are threatening to derail the government's number one legislative priority before the budget.
Michael Koziol is a journalist with Fairfax Media.
Crossbenchers are threatening to derail the government's number one legislative priority before the budget.
A 92-year-old war veteran and great-grandfather who has lived in Australia for 10 years is facing deportation back to Britain after being denied a visa and told he would be a financial burden on the health system.
Liberal MPs' plans to bring same-sex marriage to a head in the next fortnight of Parliament have hit a wall.
The shake-up will return $61 million to the Australia Council over four years, and shrink the Catalyst program to just $2 million.
Peter Dutton tells chief executives who wrote to the PM about gay marriage to 'stick to their knitting'.
John Williams was diagnosed 12 months ago after experiencing difficulty with his left leg.
The country's most powerful unionist says she has no problem with members breaking industrial laws, arguing the rule of law only needs to be upheld when the laws are justified.
Coalition MPs want the ban extended to all unions, think tanks, lobby groups and "political actors".
"Only Australians should have the power to influence Australian politics and elections," said Liberal senator Linda Reynolds.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has led a series of tributes from federal government ministers after the death of controversial News Corp cartoonist Bill Leak on Friday.
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