Matthew Doran is a political reporter in the ABC’s Parliament House bureau in Canberra, specialising in legal affairs. He joined the ABC’s Adelaide newsroom as a cadet journalist in 2013, before working in the Port Pirie newsroom in regional South Australia. Matthew has a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Journalism from the University of South Australia, and has won two SA Press Club Awards for his radio coverage.
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| UpdatedIn early morning operations in Canberra and Brisbane, ASIO officers move to secure the thousands of top secret and classified cabinet files obtained by the ABC.
Topics: politics-and-government, political-parties, defence-and-national-security, security-intelligence, australia
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| UpdatedThe PM argues Scott Morrison did an "outstanding job" in stopping the people smuggling trade, after it emerged the former immigration minister agreed ASIO should delay security checks on asylum seekers to try to prevent some from getting permanent visas.
Topics: government-and-politics, immigration, refugees, community-and-society, defence-and-national-security, australia
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| UpdatedA parliamentary absence has done little to subdue former senator Jacqui Lambie unique style, as she jokingly claims she is more popular with men than women in Tasmania because women are "bitches".
Topics: government-and-politics, parliament, federal-parliament, tas, australia
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| UpdatedFormer prime minister Julia Gillard says female world leaders use impromptu meetings in bathrooms on the sidelines of major summits to share their frustrations about the shallow way in which they are treated.
Topics: person, gillard-julia, world-politics, government-and-politics, community-and-society, feminism, australia
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| UpdatedAustralian taxpayers will foot the bill for a new high-speed internet cable between Australia and Solomon Islands, after national security concerns were raised about a Chinese state-owned company contracted to build the project.
Topics: government-and-politics, foreign-affairs, foreign-aid, defence-and-national-security, community-and-society, political-parties, science-and-technology, computers-and-technology, internet-technology, information-and-communication, internet-culture, australia
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| UpdatedThe dual citizenship fiasco takes another twist, with the High Court deciding it needs to formally consider whether a spat between members of the Nick Xenophon Team affects the make up of the Senate.
Topics: political-parties, government-and-politics, politics-and-government, minor-parties, courts-and-trials, parliament, federal-parliament, australia, adelaide-5000, sa, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedSolicitor-General Stephen Donaghue says Devonport Mayor Steve Martin should not be stopped from joining the Senate despite One Nation's argument he holds "an office of profit under the Crown".
Topics: government-and-politics, parliament, federal-parliament, state-parliament, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, australia
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| UpdatedThe bitter public feud between the One Nation leader and her renegade former colleague Fraser Anning spills over into 2018, as she demands the High Court intervene.
Topics: political-parties, government-and-politics, parliament, federal-parliament, one-nation, pauline-hanson, australia
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| UpdatedSnowy Hydro's chief executive says the costs have increased from the initial $2 billion price tag to somewhere between $3.8 and $4.5 billion, but the company itself is set to pick up the tab.
Topics: environment, hydro-energy, energy, government-and-politics, turnbull-malcolm, nsw, australia
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The Turnbull Government Minister wanted to stop the AWU accessing documents about federal police raids on their offices.
Topics: government-and-politics, unions, federal-parliament, parliament, law-crime-and-justice, police, courts-and-trials, australia
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| UpdatedAFP staff accidentally used the Periscope streaming platform to broadcast themselves discussing the upcoming arrest of an alleged North Korean agent, days before the raid happened.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, police, government-and-politics, australia, korea-democratic-peoples-republic-of
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| UpdatedCapping funding for university places, lowering the threshold on HECS repayments and forcing new migrants to wait longer to get welfare payments are some of the measures unveiled by Treasurer Scott Morrison in his mid-year update.
Topics: government-and-politics, political-parties, budget, business-economics-and-finance, economic-trends, globalisation---economy, scott-morrison, parliament, federal-parliament, australia
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| UpdatedThe Attorney-General will replace Alexander Downer as Australia's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, as part of a reshuffle of Malcolm Turnbull's Cabinet to be announced tomorrow.
Topics: government-and-politics, law-crime-and-justice, judges-and-legal-profession, political-parties, parliament, federal-parliament, australia
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| UpdatedBuoyed by its victory in the Bennelong by-election which has given the Coalition back its 76-vote majority in the Lower House, the Turnbull Government again threatens to refer to the High Court any MPs with a "serious case to answer" over their citizenship.
Topics: constitution, government-and-politics, federal-government, canberra-2600
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| UpdatedTreasurer Scott Morrison's budget update tomorrow will show the nation's debt will be lower, but it is still likely to hit $583 billion by 2020-21.
Topics: government-and-politics, budget, parliament, federal-parliament, scott-morrison, political-parties, liberal-national-party-queensland, liberals, federal-government, business-economics-and-finance, economic-trends, australia
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| UpdatedLiberal MP John Alexander jokes he knocked back a disabled parking permit after a tennis injury because he had "some pride", comments labelled as "stupid and offensive".
Topics: government-and-politics, political-parties, tennis, disabilities, health, parliament, federal-parliament, liberals, australia, ryde-2112, nsw
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| UpdatedBoth the Liberal and Labor parties are spinning the Bennelong by-election as a win, as the Liberals hold on to the seat despite a significant swing to Labor.
Topics: federal-government, government-and-politics, political-parties, elections, nsw
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| UpdatedAustralia's political class is holding its breath over the result of the crucial Bennelong by-election that could not only determine the future of the Government, but also the fate of its leader Malcolm Turnbull.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, elections, political-parties, alp, liberals, turnbull-malcolm, bill-shorten, australia, ryde-2112
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| UpdatedUse of the destructive drug crystal methylamphetamine, or ice, has stabilised according to the latest analysis of the nation's wastewater, while MDMA usage has dropped but prescription drugs remain a problem in regional Australia.
Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, community-and-society, drug-use, australia
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| UpdatedThe latest report from Australia's consumer watchdog into the gas market finds supplies are increasing but prices are still too expensive.
Topics: government-and-politics, parliament, federal-parliament, business-economics-and-finance, industry, electricity-energy-and-utilities, oil-and-gas, australia
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| UpdatedIt is not citizenship that could bring NSW Nationals MP David Gillespie unstuck, but his case may end up in the High Court.
Topics: government-and-politics, political-parties, parliament, federal-parliament, nationals, australia
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| UpdatedThe NSW Senate seat vacated by former deputy Nationals leader Fiona Nash remains up in the air after the High Court hears there is an issue, not with possible replacement Jim Molan, but with which Senate spot he should fill.
Topics: federal-parliament, government-and-politics, constitution, australia
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| UpdatedAs the High Court gears up to hear more citizenship challenges, here's the key issue it will have to deal with.
Topics: government-and-politics, parliament, federal-parliament, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, australia
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| UpdatedAs quickly as he swept in, he was gone, and the wall of noise about his appearance returned to a soft murmur.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, australia
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| UpdatedThe major parties are targeting each other's South Australian seats for abolition in the upcoming redistribution of seats in the state as the Lower House increases to 151 seats.
Topics: government-and-politics, political-parties, liberals, elections, federal-elections, electoral-system, australia