The opposition has seized on the documents to claim the government was "lying".

Former Australian ambassador to Washington said there is a sense that Donald Trump "is fundamentally out of control".

Labor MP Michael Danby charged taxpayers $4574 for two newspaper advertisements attacking the ABC's coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Dodgy childcare providers across Sydney have been named and shamed on a new federal government register.

Dodgy childcare providers across Melbourne have been named and shamed on a new federal government register.

It is almost certain Alexander Downer has been interviewed or at least debriefed by Robert Mueller's team.

On New Years' Day, Malcolm Turnbull went to North Bondi, and got himself tangled in his own leg rope,  politically speaking.

Dumped Turnbull government minster also chastises state governments and federal bureaucrats for a "timid" approach to curbing the death toll.

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Advertising junk food and drink to children would be banned, sugary beverages taxed, and unhealthy vending machines removed from all medical facilities under an all-out assault on poor nutrition being pushed by the Australian Medical Association.

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A leading government expert says inertia by successive federal governments is contributing to the rising number of road deaths.

"Experience tells us that sowing fear and whipping hysteria are sure ways to divide communities."

Judges are not overturning decisions to deport criminals - in fact, they do not even have that power.

Cheap schooners and pints at the pub would be a thing of the past under a radical tax hike proposed to the federal government.

"We just need to call it for what it is. Of course it's African gang violence."

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Former deputy prime minister Tim Fischer has accused the US of perpetrating a "diplomatic insult" to Australia by failing to appoint an ambassador in Canberra for nearly 18 months.

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The high-profile inquiry is expected to receive submissions from the country's biggest churches and interest groups.

The opposition has ridiculed Malcolm Turnbull's "thought bubble" on an Australian republic after he rules out popular vote before next election.

It is understood there is frustration in Canberra that Alexander Downer has been outed through leaks by US officials

The Keating cabinet used the 10th anniversary of the Sex Discrimination Act to stop employers using pregnancy as a means of discriminating against women workers.

Figures show a sharp rise in Chinese tourists opting for a caravan or camping trip around Australia.

If Australians could join the dots, the demise of Paul Keating's prime ministership was assured on February 16, 1995, 13 months before John Howard did him slowly.

Cabinet established an inquiry into the Australian Secret Intelligence Service in February 1994 amid concerns that it was valuing neither accountability nor accuracy as much as it might.

South Australia's Woomera Rocket Range had been lying idle for some 20 years until the Keating government decided to join the space race.

The Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs won cabinet support for stopping repeat applications for refugee status.

The Victorian government has hit back at Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull after he accused it of not doing enough to stop youth crime.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has foreshadowed a postal survey or plebiscite to test the opinion of Australians for the best republic model after the Queen dies, given the success of last year's same-sex marriage survey.

Paul Keating was a dominant media performer but how would he have gone in today's frenetic 24-hour news cycle?

A boozy night out with a former Trump aide provided intelligence that sparked an ongoing investigation into Russian meddling in US politics.

For nearly two decades the pastoral and mining industries had fought a long bitter fight against Aboriginal land rights but by the 1990s implementation of the Native Title Act 1993  was one of the Keating government's big endeavours.