Heath Aston is the environment, energy and corporate correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age
A Palestinian political activist has been prevented from speaking in Australia after the Turnbull government cancelled his visa on the grounds that "members of the public will react adversely" to him.
The Turnbull government could improve its budget bottom line by nearly $3 billion a year if offshore petroleum companies were forced to pay a flat royalty on the gas they extract and export, new research suggests.
Tony Abbott took little part in defence of two state seats located inside his federal electorate.
"Banks understand that they are swimming against the tide of powerful global forces that can be extremely exhausting and dispiriting".
Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen is on a collision course with his own party.
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.
"Hugh Bartley and his classmates are better men than Mark Latham has ever been."
Two Australian children face being separated from their parents after the Turnbull government made final moves to deport the couple.
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.
Figures suggest the prospective riches being dangled in front of farmers do not exist - at least not yet.
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