Two Liberal MPs have been secretly working on a plan to legalise same-sex marriage in Australia as soon as August, with a draft copy of the laws well advanced and consultation with advocates underway.
Blast resistant doors, bullet-proof panels and anti-intruder fences will be installed at embassies.
The Greens have twice censured rogue senator Lee Rhiannon for disloyalty and fear she will continue to destabilise the party if they impose a similar sanction for undermining their school funding negotiations.
Proposed cuts to Medicare-funded after-hours home visits by doctors will force more than 2700 extra people into the nation's hospital emergency departments every night, the sector's peak body has warned.
One of the Turnbull government's most senior ministers says legalising same-sex marriage in Australia could happen "sooner than everyone thinks".
Rogue Greens senator Lee Rhiannon could soon be expelled from the party after all of her federal colleagues made a formal complaint about her conduct during recent school funding negotiations.
Barnaby Joyce has laid a wreath by London Bridge in tribute to victims of the recent terror attack.
The new war launched by so-called Islamic State in South East Asia in recent weeks will be a big problem for Australia for decades, according to a top US military and intelligence figure.
Cory Bernardi to announce a Victorian sitting MP is joining his Australian Conservatives party just days after applying to register the party in Victoria.
Labor should consider quotas for women on private sector boards if the numbers don't improve, says shadow treasurer Chris Bowen.
The Greens senator angrily rejects claims she derailed her party's school funding negotiations with the government.
Turnbull government faces mounting pressure to grant a Chilean extradition request for a Sydney woman accused of involvement in kidnapping, torture and murder.
Without addressing complexity in our tax system, there's no hope of stopping individuals from overclaiming and engaging in illegal cash economy activity.
Federal Greens MPs have launched an extraordinary attack on their colleague Lee Rhiannon, accusing the divisive senator of betraying them by attempting to derail the party's school funding negotiations with the Turnbull government.
Labor is calling for the PM to sack three ministers over their comments on Victorian courts.
In the six months between July and December last year, ACT politicians spent $732,000 in expenses
1800RESPECT has become the subject of a fierce debate over whether it is providing an adequate service to vulnerable victims.
Former Defence Force officers, including a former chief of the Australian military, have warned that climate change will emerge as the defining security threat of the 21st century and urged governments to step up their responses accordingly.
Liberal politicians from non-English speaking migrant backgrounds have defended toughened language requirements for aspiring Australian citizens.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has social media giants including Facebook and WhatsApp in his sights in the global fight against terrorism, flagging a crackdown on "ungoverned spaces" online.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has welcomed the decision by United States prosecutors to file charges against Riduan "Hambali" Isomuddin, the alleged architect of the 2002 Bali bombings, which killed 202 people including 88 Australians.Â
America's allies should not be guided by President Donald Trump's at-times erratic twitter posts, according to former US General and CIA director David Petraeus. Â
Compromise and brinkmanship helped Gonski 2.0 survive the turbulent Senate crossbench.
The government will pump an extra $23.5 billion into the nation's schools over 10 years than it promised in last year's budget.
The federal Liberal Party machine must transform itself and modernise to take on the "cashed up cabal" of Labor, the Greens, unions and GetUp, according to outgoing acting director Andrew Bragg.
Education Minister Simon Birmingham says he makes no apologies for new rules compelling state governments to significantly increase their school spending after the Turnbull government's "Gonski 2.0" passed Parliament in the early hours of Friday morning.
Federal politicians have slashed their overseas travel bill by half.
Atop Capital Hill, the giant flag hung motionless amid a crystal winter's day.
Australia needs to introduce stronger penalties for corporate crime and effective compensation and protections for whistleblowers, before it goes down the path US-style bounties, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's John Price says.
As the Turnbull government struggles to convince internal dissenters of the need for tougher carbon reduction measures, forces on the green energy side are positioning for a renewed climate change debate in coming months.
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