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Government takes gloves off in war of words against One Nation
"Bat poo crazy". "Talking BS". "Doing what ISIS wants". Government MPs are escalating their attacks.
Amy Remeikis is the social affairs and communications reporter for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, based in Parliament House
"Bat poo crazy". "Talking BS". "Doing what ISIS wants". Government MPs are escalating their attacks.
Centrelink's demands on former welfare recipients targeted by its "robo-debt" program were neither "reasonable" nor 'fair", the Commonwealth Ombudsman has found.
Pauline Hanson has celebrated One Nation's 20th anniversary with an attack on the media.
Pension changes by successive governments have hit some of the poorest Australians the hardest, with single-parent families who rely on welfare up to $6000 worse off over the past decade.
As the Fitzroy River inches closer to a nine-metre peak that will swamp Queensland homes and businesses, 1500 kilometres away in Canberra, hundreds of Centrelink staff are swinging into action.
The eye of the storm may have passed, but the business community is bracing itself for the economic hit ex-tropical cyclone Debbie will bring in its wake.
A major review of the mental health services available to serving and former members of the military has produced some alarming findings.
It is the term du jour, thrown around by everyone from Donald Trump to Australian politicians, unhappy with how a particular news story paints them.
A $5 billion infrastructure fund heralded by the Turnbull government as a jewel of the 2015 budget has so far spent more on salaries for board members than on actual projects.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Justice Minister Michael Keenan have moved to quell a backbench revolt over a China-Australia extradition treaty.
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