![Bill Shorten: "I for one am grateful that the Americans do contribute so much to security in the Pacific region."](/web/20170418130513im_/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/v/7/v/i/n/image.related.landscape.460x307.gvlrg3.png/1492388777239.jpg)
Shorten backs US against North Korea threat
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten says China and the United States play a critical role in addressing the security threat posed by 'rogue' North Korea.
Heath Aston is the environment, energy and corporate correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten says China and the United States play a critical role in addressing the security threat posed by 'rogue' North Korea.
Barnaby Joyce has been called "irresponsible" after he dismissed wetlands adjoining Adani's Abbot Point coal port as little more than a "duck-shooting pond".
Two Australian children are spending Easter under guard as officials work to deport their Fijian parents.
The Young Nationals have split with the senior ranks of the party, voting to support the introduction of a carbon trading scheme.
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.
Search pagination