Claims Australia won't meet Paris climate commitment if it keeps coal in CET
Australia may not meet its Paris emissions reduction targets, environment groups and the Greens are warning.
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James Massola
James Massola is chief political correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, based at Parliament House
Turnbull government is working on a major redesign of the clean energy target
Revised target will likely fall short of the plan for almost half of Australia's electricity to be generated by renewables by 2030.
Emergency laws to ban vilification, intimidation and threats in same-sex marriage campaign
Civil penalties of up to $12,600 will apply, but legal action will first have to be approved by George Brandis.
Sally McManus sounds the alarm about government's union-busting laws
A new tranche of industrial relations laws planned by the Turnbull government are an "attack on democracy", according to ACTU chief Sally McManus, who says fighting them will be the next major front in the organisation's fight against the federal government.
AGL blinks over Liddell, handing Turnbull a win on energy policy
Energy company AGL has blinked in the face of sustained pressure from the Turnbull government over the future of the Liddell coal-fired power plant, asking for 90 days to come up with a proposal to keep the plant open, sell it - or deliver equivalent power into the market.
Energy retailers prepare to fight radical push to re-regulate electricity prices in Victoria
Re-regulation would also be a dramatic intervention in the free market and a reversal of 20 years of economic orthodoxy.
'Uncharted territory': Labor readies new attack on Nationals trio's ministerial decisions
Labor will step up its attacks on the Turnbull government over the legality of ministerial decisions made by three senior Nationals MPs, including Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce, based on new legal advice from two eminent lawyers.
Labor maintains election-winning lead despite Bill Shorten nosedive
Bill Shorten's popularity and standing as preferred prime minister has taken a hammering from voters.
Turnbull, AGL attempt to thrash out solution to Liddell coal plant stand-off
The Turnbull government is piling pressure on electricity company AGL to keep the Liddell coal-fired power station open for five more years, ahead of a meeting on Monday designed to thrash out a solution to the political impasse over the future of the plant.
Support for same-sex marriage falling and 'no' vote rising, advocate polling shows
"There's every chance we can slip behind and lose this, there's a perfect storm brewing."
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