Trump praises Australia's merit-based immigration, Australian author
Australia's strict merit based immigration policies received a thumbs up from from US President Donald Trump.
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Budget 2017: What we already know
James Massola has been talking with Treasurer Scott Morrison and reveals the philosophy - and some of the content - of budget 2017.
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Pushing up prices may help home buyers
Every scheme being considered would push prices higher.
Finally, we could have a budget that will do something
Tuesday week, Morrison and Turnbull will no longer be as limited by concern about budget deficit.
Memo Scott Morrison: there ain't no jam jars
What's this about a "locked box"?
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Centrelink's robo-debacle is a litany of inhuman errors
The Centrelink robo-debt debacle will dwarf that of the bungled census, for which the Prime Minister declared that heads would roll.