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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has indicated Australia might consider a United States-style ban on airline passengers bringing laptop and tablet computers into the cabins of some international flights.

The government has hit back at Ken Henry, after the NAB chairman and former Treasury secretary lashed the government's $6.2 billion bank levy, describing it as damaging to the tax system and criticising the lack of consultation with the banks.

Asylum seekers on Manus have been told to "consider their options".

Former prime minister Tony Abbott has given the Coalition's second budget a lukewarm endorsement, describing it as 'the best the government can do in the circumstances'.

Education minister Simon Birmingham has been confronted by student protesters after the government proposed to cut funding to universities while raising student fees.

The federal Parliament should assume that there is more corruption yet to be exposed, a governance and public policy expert says.

The dream of a naval shipbuilding industry will need an army of skilled workers.

Cyber Security Minister Dan Tehan says the government can't rule out vulnerabilities to cyber threats.

The ATO has released new transfer pricing guidance as it chases hundreds of millions of dollars in tax bills from companies using dubious tax schemes.

Influential Coalition MP George Christensen has called on the government to bar US white supremacist Mike Enoch from spreading hatred in Australia, despite having appeared as a guest of the racist group hosting Mr Enoch.

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The Turnbull government's big-spending second budget has aided their political fortunes.

Division within the Greens is threatening to derail the Turnbull government's hopes of overhauling the school funding system.

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'Some of the shots were fired through the compound and some of the bullets penetrated through the walls,' Manus Province police commissioner said.

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The Coalition is set to use its numbers on a powerful parliamentary committee to approve the Immigration Department's controversial plan to spend a quarter of a billion dollars on an office upgrade.

Former prime ministers Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott, whose famous clashes were some of the most hostile in Australian political history, will both be presented with honorary doctorates by Israeli universities this week.

Controversial MP George Christensen says he had no idea "The Dingoes" group was racist when he appeared on their podcast, despite offensive articles vilifying black people and jokes about genocide. He is now calling for their US white supremacist guest speaker to be barred from visiting Australia.

Two refugees under Australia's care in Nauru are desperately seeking medical evacuations to Australia to escape a health regime that a government-contracted doctor on the island has admitted is "broken".

Amnesty says expert analysis contradicts Australian government claims after Good Friday shooting.

Voters have given a big tick of approval to four key measures unveiled in Malcolm Turnbull second budget.

The federal government has committed $33.4 million for a national redress scheme.

The NSW government will step in and investigate the RSL's financial scandals, declaring itself "fed up" with the league's own efforts to investigate claims of possible fraud and cover-ups by some leaders.

Mutual obligation are about to become two of the most-heard words for those within the welfare system, as Australia shifts closer to New Zealand's controversial system.

The United States has called for tougher international sanctions against North Korea in the wake of its latest ballistic missile test, which Australia described as a "reckless and provocative" act that would fuel regional instability.

Treasurer Scott Morrison has accused the big banks of having a "whinge" over the government's new levy but has also sought to reassure them he has no plans to lift the impost any further.

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The Commonwealth public service is beginning a push toward gender-neutral bathrooms at its Canberra headquarters, to foster greater inclusiveness of transgender and intersex employees.

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Notorious US white supremacist Mike Enoch has announced plans to visit Australia for an alt-right conference.

It was supposed to be a crucial pillar of the government's border protection policy: so why has the legislation disappeared?

A "cyber weapon" originally belonging to the US National Security Agency has caused devastation in the wrong hands.

"In this world, there are things that you'd like to go and there are things that you've got to do."