The federal government appears to have been forced to released details of a high-level ministerial meeting with a top Chinese official, putting out the information three days after the meeting took place in Sydney and only once Chinese media published the communique from the meeting.
"His comment that he knows more than we do is ridiculous," local MP Ron Knight said.
The Turnbull government has abandoned plans to slash millions of dollars in funding from community legal centres after coming under intense pressure from lawyers, Labor and the states.
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has stepped in to defend Tony Abbott, calling on his Liberal Party colleagues to show respect to the former prime minister.
Although it was widely written off as an embarrassing failure, One Nation's campaign in the Western Australia election was a considerable victory in which the party positioned itself to seize long-term balance of power in the federal senate, according to a new analysis.
Defence experts said Pyongyang could have the ability to strike Australia with an inter-continental ballistic missile within three years.
Peter Dutton is standing by his claims about what sparked a rampage on Manus Island, dismissing alternative accounts as "the Twitter version".
The Turnbull government's changes to the skilled migration visa category face new hurdles in the Senate.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has delivered a blistering rebuke to the North Korean regime.
North Korea's foreign ministry has lashed out at Julie Bishop and warned Australia was "coming within the range of the nuclear strike".
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has won plaudits from America for upping his rhetorical pressure on China to rein in North Korea after talks with American Vice-President Mike Pence focused on reaffirming American-Australian relations.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has taken to social media to promote his citizenship push and migrant worker crackdown, as the government works on selling its "Australia first"Â agenda.
The Labor Environment Action Network has drafted a policy which would put a ban on any public funds being used to subsidise the fossil fuel industry and shift communities reliant on mining into other industries.
Eight days into Financial Services Minister Kelly O'Dwyer's maternity leave, vexed Victorian Liberals have moved to replace her.
US Vice-President Mike Pence has confirmed America will honour the refugee deal with Australia.
American Vice-President Mike Pence has arrived at Kirribilli House amid tight security.
US Vice President Mike Pence has been greeted at Sydney airport by Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce at the start of his first official visit to Australia.
There are no plans for Australia to follow the UK's lead and require internet service providers to offer network-level filters that block children from viewing internet porn.
Productivity Commission pours cold water on decentralisation benefits.
Prime Minister Turnbull has cooled expectations of an affordable housing "centrepiece" in the budget.
Online retail giants Amazon, eBay, Etsy and Alibaba say the federal government has severely underestimated the threat of rival foreign online retailers failing to comply with its planned GST changes, and consumers will be left worse off.
There was tellingly little outcry from business groups as the government announced its 457 visa changes.
Casual followers often glean as much useful information at a glance, and less useless detail, as people applying themselves more diligently.
MP Shayne Neumann said the ALP members he assisted at the Ipswich local government election were his friends.
"That's a total different issue altogether," Manus Province police commander David Yapu said.
Sydney will host not one Pence, but four Pences this weekend, as the US Vice-President flies into town on Air Force 2 with his wife and daughters.
She's 20 weeks' pregnant and her father is 15,000km away, battling cancer. The young couple's future is in limbo because of the changes.
Universities welcome flexibility over the definition of tough new 'work experience' requirements.
When Fairfax Media asked MPs to talk about their investment properties, an email went out telling them not to cooperate.
Millions intended for authors has been set aside to fight fair use.
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