• ANALYSIS

We're copying the battered, bandaged survivor of a hundred political fights and failures, not a gleaming modern governance machine.

The shock resignation of Greens senator Larissa Waters on Tuesday has triggered a wave of overseas born federal MPs scrambling to declare their Australian allegiance.

Richard Di Natale says two wrongly elected senators had "already paid a pretty high price".

• ANALYSIS

Peter Dutton has achieved what Scott Morrison could not.

Malcolm Turnbull's plan to create a home affairs ministry has met with mixed responses, with experts welcoming strengthened oversight of intelligence agencies but questioning how much improvement to national security the changes will yield.

When Leigh Sales turned her sights on Richard Di Natale during 7.30 on Tuesday night, the Greens leader had nowhere to hide.

As many as 12,000 are believed to have overstayed Australian visas for more than 20 years.

The case was brought against Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Employment Minister Senator Michaelia Cash after alleged comments made at press conferences in China last year.

• ANALYSIS

Will it make us safer? That's always the threshold.

The nearly 2000 asylum seekers on Manus Island and Nauru should be "evacuated immediately" to Australia.

What now for public servants caught up in the creation of a new Home Affairs portfolio?

Greens deputy leader Larissa Waters has been caught in the same constitutional dual-citizenship muddle as Scott Ludlam, and has been forced to resign from the Senate.

Australia has 200,000 more homes sitting empty than it had a decade ago, new figures show, despite the country grappling with a housing supply shortage.

The name Jonathan Sri may previously have not been well known outside of Brisbane's Gabba Ward, but on Tuesday the first-time Greens councillor gained national attention as the man in the rainbow scarf.

Malcolm Turnbull has confirmed a dramatic shake-up of Australia's security, police and intelligence agencies.

Australia's offshore immigration detention program has cost the federal government at least $5 billion since 2012

A new super agency could be disruptive, costly and result in less effective outcomes for the public.

George Brandis, Julie Bishop, Michael Keenan and Marise Payne are all understood to oppose the idea.

Queensland looks likely to have another conservative force contesting the next state election.

The body established to advise Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten on indigenous recognition has rejected a push for a treaty.

• EXCLUSIVE

Potential surprise pick could force Malcolm Turnbull to find his third chief of staff since becoming Prime Minister.

Australia would be "exporting death" if it followed Christopher Pyne's plan to see the nation become a major arms exporter.

State governments will still decide whether they want help from the military to handle terrorist incidents.

The military will be given sweeping powers to deploy forces and even take charge during terrorist attacks.

A motion to condemn Melbourne City's spending on changing traffic light symbols to women also passed.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has taken a not-so-diplomatic swipe at US president Donald Trump for praising the French first lady's body shape.

A radical plan from a think-tank proposes state governments reclaim their constitutional powers over income tax.

The Turnbull government insists its refugee deal with the United States is going ahead.

LNP members voted down a move to call on the Turnbull Government to pull out of the Paris Climate Accord at the LNP state convention in Brisbane on Sunday.