Peter Dutton steps up attack on Daniel Andrews over street gang crime

"I'm not, like any Australian, wanting to see a very small element of a community – in this case the African community – define the rest of the community."

ALP housing policy would have 'small' impact on market

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

Michael Danby spent $4574 on ads attacking journalist

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

AMA plan for war on sugar

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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.

Race commissioner warns of 'too much panic, not enough perspective' in African gang debate

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

Victorians are scared to go to restaurants because of African gang violence: Peter Dutton

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

Turnbull celebrates Australian values in Christmas message

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has used his Christmas message to urge Australians to celebrate the nation's values and diversity.

Australia to end air strikes in Iraq and Syria

Australia will wind back its military operations against Islamic State, three years after it seized control of large swathes of the region.

Revealed: taxpayers foot $11.6 million bill for Parliament's citizenship fiasco

The cost of the lawyers' picnic arising from Parliament's ongoing dual citizenship imbroglio has been laid bare in the Turnbull government's mid-year budget update.