Fergus Hunter is a political reporter for Fairfax Media, based in Parliament House.
At least 325 serving and former Australian Defence Force personnel committed suicide between 2001 and 2015, a major new report has found, shedding light on factors that could make certain veterans especially vulnerable to mental illness.
Greens leader Richard Di Natale has insisted that the decision to suspend rogue NSW senator Lee Rhiannon from party room debates is not a penalty, but an attempt to improve "a consensus-based decision-making process" within the party.
Government minister Christopher Pyne has apologised for his "unhelpful and damaging" same-sex marriage speech
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.
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.
Turnbull government faces mounting pressure to grant a Chilean extradition request for a Sydney woman accused of involvement in kidnapping, torture and murder.
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.
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.
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