James Massola is chief political correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, based at Parliament House
Malcolm Turnbull is under mounting pressure to water down the proposed climate policy measures outlined in the Finkel Review or face a backbench reversal and leadership instability, as pro-coal figures led by Tony Abbott lay out a series of climate policy demands.
A frustrated Malcolm Turnbull has taken an apparent swipe at his predecessor, Tony Abbott, for reducing climate policy debate to "glib" slogans.
A group of backbench MPs led by Tony Abbott confronted Malcolm Turnbull over the proposed Clean Energy Target in a special party room meeting.
Australian households could save about $90 a year, or up to $1000 on their electricity bills over a decade to 2030 under a Clean Energy Target proposed by the Finkel review of the electricity sector, compared to a business-as-usual scenario.
Australian households would save about $90 a year, or up to $1000 on their electricity bills over a decade to 2030 under the Clean Energy Target proposed by the Finkel review of the electricity sector, compared to a business-as-usual scenario for the sector.
The long-awaited Finkel review of Australia's electricity market will promise lower energy prices for households.
Former PM delivers thinly veiled warning on climate change policy to Malcolm Turnbull.
Australia has broken the record for the longest run of uninterrupted growth in the developed world, figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics have revealed.
Labor leader Bill Shorten has been forced to back Labor senator Sam Dastyari following fresh revelations about his links to and lobbying for an influential Chinese donor to the Australian Labor Party.
Josh Frydenberg has hit the phones to Coalition backbench to calm growing concerns about the federal government's climate change review.
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