Fergus Hunter is a political reporter for Fairfax Media, based in Parliament House.
A visa designed to parachute highly qualified international specialists into short-term roles has become the "new frontier for unscrupulous employers" looking to exploit cheap foreign labour, in many cases locking Australian workers out of jobs.
The body that represents commercial TV networks has emphatically denied it blocked the broadcast of a Father's Day commercial on the grounds that it was a political intervention in Australia's same-sex marriage debate.
Crossbench senator Derryn Hinch will not be referred to the High Court over concerns he was ineligible to sit as a parliamentarian.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has dressed down his predecessor for missing a key parliamentary vote in 2009 because he was drunk and passed out on a couch.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says the government is "very, very confident" the High Court would uphold the eligibility of MPs and senators to remain in Parliament if they unknowingly held a second citizenship by descent.
Australia's peak legal body has criticised the government's proposed citizenship crackdown, arguing some elements of the package are unnecessary, threaten the nation's social cohesion and hand the immigration minister a concerning amount of power.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said he deplores the hurtful language being used against people and insists the vast majority of Australians are bringing respectful views to the public debate about same-sex marriage.
Turnbull government frontbenchers are publicly disagreeing with George Brandis after the Attorney-General slapped down Tony Abbott.
Australia's domestic spy chief has reaffirmed the importance of the Muslim community in the fight against terrorism in the wake of One Nation leader Pauline Hanson's burqa Senate stunt.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has accused Bill Shorten of "conspiring with a foreign power" to steal government.
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