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Voters in several Brisbane seats would have a different federal MPs under the plan.

Desperate Pacific islands at risk of sinking beneath the sea say Australia is "stuck in the Dark Ages" by relying on fossil fuels, in response to alarming data showing this nation's energy emissions have hit record highs.

The One Nation Senator has also submitted "reasonable time" to renounce his British citizenship could extend months after he was elected.

Former building industry watchdog Nigel Hadgkiss has been ordered to pay $8500 for breaching the Fair Work Act.

Mr Dutton said photos of refugees leaving for the US showed life on Manus Island was not a "terrible existence".

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said immigration concerns had been at the heart of the Coalition's victory in 2013, Brexit, the election of Donald Trump and the surge of support for the far-right AfD in Germany.

An RSL NSW councillor admitted offering his friend and now disgraced former state president Don Rowe thousands of dollars' worth of his own expenses receipts to help cover up for Mr Rowe's credit card abuse, a public inquiry into the veterans league has heard.

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Australia's love affair with diesel cars has helped push the nation's energy emissions to a record high, new analysis shows, suggesting that road transport rivals electricity as the most pressing energy challenge facing the Turnbull Government.

It's easier to find a job than it has been in years and the odds are best in NSW.

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Young gay, lesbian and gender diverse Australians are at double the risk of suicide compared to their heterosexual peers.

All federal MPs who had foreign citizenship at the time of last year's election must be disqualified from Parliament, the High Court

"I've organised this and I'm paying for it," Senator Bernardi said of the reported $50,000 campaign.

Many union and Labor Party figures were "blindsided" by ACTU president Ged Kearney's decision to give up on a long-running aspiration to enter federal politics to run or her hometown state seat of Brunswick.

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.

The latest figures from the Bureau of Statistics show the strongest population growth in Victoria since 1960, helped by a net migration of 5000 Australians moving to Victoria from other states in the first three months of 2017.

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.

Leading arts figure Leo Schofield has lashed out at the Sydney Symphony Orchestra's board for failing to support marriage equality publicly.

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.

Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott is to advise a new free trade think tank established by leading Brexiteer and the conservative British member of the European Parliament (MEP) Daniel Hannan.

Former prime minister Tony Abbott has backed a call from same-sex marriage opponents to ban American rapper Macklemore from performing his pro-gay song Same Love at the NRL grand final.

Australian drug deaths have reached their highest level in nearly 20 years.

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Gas producers give Turnbull a crucial win - leaving Labor's call for market intervention looking a bit foolish

While UberEATS charges the cafe or restaurant it collects food from a service fee for each delivery, it doesn't have to pay tax on that service fee.

The outgoing boss of the Turnbull government's controversial construction industry watchdog says he has no regrets about his sometimes turbulent career.

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.

Unlike readers in Sydney and Melbourne's hipper suburbs, Queenslanders have tuned out of SSM coverage. But those who are reading choose negative stories.

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten and foreign affairs spokeswoman Penny Wong have visited the frontline of the acute tensions on the Korean peninsula.

Despite what South Australia might say, far north Queensland is the perfect launching pad for Australia's new space agency. It's just science.

One of Australia's most senior energy advisers has pleaded with the Turnbull government to end its paralysis over a clean energy target.