Stephanie Peatling is a senior writer for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, based at Parliament House
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says an imminent crisis in the availability of gas has been averted, but consumers in Victoria and NSW will continue to pay more for their power – and their state governments are to blame.
Attorney-General George Brandis has criticised One Nation leader Pauline Hanson for trying to take credit for a family law review, saying the Turnbull government had been planning the examination of the much-criticised system for years.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's $1.1 billion flagship innovation agenda was poorly designed and lacked evidence to support its claims about economic growth, a scathing report from the Auditor-General has found.
Gas producers will tell Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull they can provide enough gas to meet the predicted shortfall – but only if they are paid a fair price.
Greens senator Janet Rice can almost laugh at the subversive nature of her marriage. Almost.
The chief lobbyist for big business has hit out at "deeply offensive and deeply wrong" comments about the children of LGBTI families.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has met with Ivanka Trump and hopes to work with the daughter of, and senior adviser to, US President Donald Trump on regional programs to promote women's rights and to end modern slavery.
Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has rebuked Tony Abbott after he threatened to cross the floor of Parliament if any kind of clean energy target was pursued by the Turnbull government.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has backed US President Donald Trump's fiery language on North Korea, saying "the whole country will be wiped out" and "many, many thousands of innocent people will die" if the regime attacks the United States or its allies.
A Senate inquiry will examine the adequacy of laws to combat cyber bullying.
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