Gonski 2.0: the story of how the government got it done
Compromise and brinkmanship helped Gonski 2.0 survive the turbulent Senate crossbench.
Michael Koziol is the immigration and legal affairs reporter for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, based in Parliament House
Compromise and brinkmanship helped Gonski 2.0 survive the turbulent Senate crossbench.
The Turnbull government has chalked up a major policy win with its Gonski 2.0 overhaul of school funding passing the federal parliament before the long winter break.
It was a momentary mistake that stuck with Bob Hawke and became, when all was said and done, one of his most memorable lines.
A top language testing expert has rebuffed Peter Dutton over claims Labor wrongly exaggerated the difficulty of English testing that aspiring citizens would have to pass.
Labor has drawn a dramatic line in the sand on Australian citizenship, vowing to block the Turnbull government's proposed crackdown and resolutely denying any link between citizenship policy and national security.
As foreshadowed by Fairfax Media, Professor Croucher will replace Gillian Triggs as head of the Australian Human Rights Commission.
The Labor opposition will reject the Turnbull government's proposed changes to Australian citizenship unless key elements are scrapped, Fairfax Media understands.
Other countries need to step up their resettlement of refugees, Australia's immigration boss says.
A retiring Liberal senator is threatening to cross the floor over the Turnbull government's "Gonski 2.0" school funding model, saying the deal would dud Catholic schools.
Children of unlawful migrants and foreign diplomats are targeted in the latest citizenship crackdown.
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