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Australia's falling foreign aid budget
The foreign aid budget is now less than half of what was once a bipartisan target. Fergus Hunter explains.
The foreign aid budget is now less than half of what was once a bipartisan target. Fergus Hunter explains.
Australians have been deployed in Afghanistan since 2001, and that doesn't look like ending any time soon.
A debate is raging in policy circles: whether to maintain a close alliance with the United States, or pull away and become closer allies with China.
In an interview with CNN's Lester Holt, Donald Trump defended his firing of former FBI Director James Comey.
The battle lines are drawn with Labor leader Bill Shorten revealing what he will and won't support in the budget, setting up a fight with the government.
Bill Shorten sticks with Labor's traditional strengths as he responds to the federal budget.
The foreign aid budget is now less than half of what was once a bipartisan target. Fergus Hunter explains.
Confusion in question time as the government gives apparently contradictory answers on the cost of its ten-year company tax cuts.
The head of the Australian Bankers' Association has slammed Scott Morrison for the "smash and grab" decision to tax big banks.
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Anyone buying a brand new home will soon have to pay GST, previously billed to developers, raking in hundreds of millions of dollars.
Mark Kenny argues the 2017 budget has recast Canberra politics, and not just for the government.
Does the Treasurer's infrastructure spending spell smooth sailing, or are there rough seas ahead?
Labor's political attack centres on how the budget treats high and low-income earners.
The PM and Treasurer have been out and about selling the 2017 budget and have come up against much criticism from Labor and crossbenchers.
Warning big banks to absorb a new tax, Treasurer Scott Morrison demanded they "pony up" to assist the government's budget repair.
The National Disability Insurance Scheme will be fully funded with tops ups coming from an increase in the Medicare levy, says Treasurer Scott Morrison.
Malcolm Turnbull and his education minister are on a schools funding publicity campaign, trying to sell their new plan, but not everyone is buying it.
After their initial tense phone conversation, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will meet US President Donald Trump face to face for the first time this week.
James Massola has been talking with Treasurer Scott Morrison and reveals the philosophy - and some of the content - of budget 2017.
Malcolm Turnbull announces a new ten-year schools funding plan - and a new review by David Gonski. Labor brands the funding plan "an act of political bastardry".
Mark Kenny argues the 2017 budget has recast Canberra politics, and not just for the government.
Australians have been deployed in Afghanistan since 2001, and that doesn't look like ending any time soon.
It's called pumped hydro and it could play a vital part in Australia's energy future.
James Massola has been talking with Treasurer Scott Morrison and reveals the philosophy - and some of the content - of budget 2017.
In a joint press conference with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, US Vice President Mike Pence says the Trump administration will honour a controversial refugee deal with Australia - even though it does not 'admire' the deal.
Fergus Hunter explains the impact of immigration on other major areas of government policy.
A Fairfax-Ipsos poll reveals a vast majority of voters, including coalition voters, support the existing wording of race-hate laws. Matthew Knott explains.
Buying a house is increasingly out of reach for young Australians - Eryk Bagshaw explains the options being considered.
Is power flowing Labor's way? - watch as government ebbs and flows between Labor and the Coalition in the years since world war two.
US foreign aid can't be used to support contraception or abortion - Stephanie Peatling says it may become a political issue in Australia.
Politicians are meant to declare their interests, but Adam Gartrell argues the system is only semi-transparent and lacks oversight.
As Malcolm Turnbull flounders in the polls, Peter Dutton is being mentioned as a possible leader.
A new report may force Malcolm Turnbull to chose between his party's left and right factions. James Massola explains.
The on-going turmoil in the right-wing of Australian politics favours Bill Shorten, says Mark Kenny.
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