Former NSW water minister, top bureaucrat to be referred to ICAC
The Berejiklian government needs to refer the issues of water theft and industry collusion to the corruption watchdog, green groups say.
Chinese spy ship 'entitled' to be off Australian coast, Julie Bishop says
This is the first time China's People's Liberal Army Navy has been known to carry out such open surveillance off our coast.
Postal plebiscite would be 'corrosive', 'acrimonious', warns Liberal MP
Same-sex marriage is further inflaming tensions inside the Turnbull government.
Coalition voters back Turnbull over Abbott: new poll
One Nation voters are the only group preferring Mr Abbott's leadership qualities, the poll found.
Lib councillor takes on candidate over 'cockroach' barb
Veteran Liberal confronted by young rising star for calling refugee activists and environmentalists "a bunch of cockroaches"
'Inequality hasn't gotten worse': Morrison rejects Labor tax pitch
The Turnbull government has denied inequality is worsening in Australia and dismissed Labor's latest tax change push as the "politics of envy".
UN agency claims government had agreed to resettle refugees in Australia
UN High Commissioner for Refugees releases statement strikingly at odds with the Turnbull government's public position.
Abbott joins growing Coalition push for gay marriage postal vote
Momentum is building within the Coalition for a postal vote plebiscite on same-sex marriage.
Two criminals win bid to stay as Dutton ruling overturned
Two men with links to outlaw motorcycle gangs have won a court bid to stay in Australia.
Coalition MP to push ahead with fixed terms proposal despite cool reception
"I'm not sure it's the highest priority for people when they're thinking about the issues that affect them."
Government moves step close to gas export restrictions
The Turnbull government is moving a step closer to slapping export restrictions on liquefied natural gas producers.
ACCC to hold first public hearing into power prices in Brisbane on Tuesday
Australia's competition watchdog will begin the public phase of its inquiry into the nation's electricity prices this week, with a forum to gain feedback from customers slugged with rising power costs to be held in Brisbane on Tuesday.
APS travel spending blows out by $75m since 2013
Defence again tops the annual public service travel bill.
Bill Shorten's plan to remake Australia's electoral system
Bill Shorten is calling for bipartisan support for a referendum to give federal governments fixed four-year terms.
'We don't see the joke': Senator tells students to remove page
Federal senator Nick Xenophon says there's nothing funny about a joke Facebook page run by ACT students.
Abbott's Liberal reform motion for plebiscites passes
The party members voted on a motion championed by Tony Abbott for plebiscites to select candidates in parliaments.
Labor to embrace NBN rollout compromise
Labor is preparing to put a compromise technology known as fibre-to-the-kerb at the centre of its plans for the National Broadband Network should it win the next election.
Conservatives go postal on same-sex marriage
Prominent conservatives within the Coalition are split over whether to hold a postal vote plebiscite on same-sex marriage.
'Party of freedom and of the individual': PM backs Abbott
Tony Abbott has applauded Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull for offering "unequivocal support" for his bid to overhaul the way the NSW Liberal Party preselects its candidates.
Richard Di Natale's month from hell: where to now for the Greens?
An unprecedented fiasco pave the way for a shift in the power dynamics of the party.
Super ministry investigates itself for corruption
Fairfax Media is aware of several major investigations under way into the integrity of people or operations within agencies set to form part of new super-ministry.
Labor preparing to announce major new tax policy to rival negative gearing crackdown
Bill Shorten says voters are "hungry for something more substantial than the current political fare".
After 31 years, the nation's most enduring judicial scandal will be reignited
Judicial scandal that engulfed a coterie of powerful Australians to be reignited after 31 years.
Millions spent preparing for wave of sexual assault reports
The impending release has sent universities scrambling to provide enough frontline services for students and to radically alter the culture of their campuses.
Intelligence watchdog 'needs to triple staff' to keep eye on spies
The intelligence watchdog's staff of just 17 people has "not kept pace" with its growing workload.
Draft marine park plans point to reduced protections
The Turnbull government has released draft management plans for the nation's marine parks that amount to an "unprecedented rollback" of protections, a coalition of 25 environmental groups say.
US is not becoming isolationist and weak under Trump: Bishop
Foreign minister Julie Bishop has dismissed concerns about Donald Trump, saying there's nothing surprising about his policy of "America First".
Australia's multibillion-dollar legal tax avoidance loophole
Billions of dollars of tax revenue is being lost due to wealthy Australians using family trusts.
'Inequality kills hope': Shorten sets Labor's defining mission
Rising inequality is the single biggest threat to Australia's social cohesion and the economy, Bill Shorten says.
Victoria vies for army's $20b manufacturing boost
One of the world's largest defence companies is being urged to build a new fleet of combat vehicles in Victoria if its bid for the Australian army's most expensive acquisition contract in history succeeds.