Tensions erupt in Turnbull government over climate and energy policy

A group of backbench MPs led by Tony Abbott confronted Malcolm Turnbull over the proposed Clean Energy Target in a special party room meeting.

Households could save under CET but Paris questions loom for PM

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.

Households could save up to $1000 over a decade under CET

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.

Finkel climate review outlines Clean Energy Target

The long-awaited Finkel review of Australia's electricity market will promise lower energy prices for households.

Abbott gives thinly veiled warning over climate change policy shift

Former PM delivers thinly veiled warning on climate change policy to Malcolm Turnbull.

Australia breaks GDP record

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.

Shorten defends Dastyari's China links

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.

Frydenberg hits phones to keep colleagues in line over climate

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Josh Frydenberg has hit the phones to Coalition backbench to calm growing concerns about the federal government's climate change review.

Fears grow for two more Australians caught in London attack

Fears are growing for two more Australians caught up in the latest London terror attacks.