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Crossbench MPs Rebekha Sharkie, Julia Banks, Kerryn Phelps and Cathy McGowan all voted for the bill.
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Asylum seekers

Cutting through the claims: the refugee medical debate, explained

What exactly are the changes that passed through Parliament against the government's wishes, and what will they mean?

  • by Michael Koziol
Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Indonesian President Joko Widodo.
Trade

Indonesia-Australia to sign free trade agreement

  • by Eryk Bagshaw
Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Thursday, at the end of a long week in Parliament.
Analysis
Scott Morrison

This first parliamentary week of the year was a miserable metaphor for the state of federal politics

  • by Tony Wright
Manus Island.
Asylum seekers

Doctors reject claims of flood of asylum seeker transfers

  • by David Crowe and Dana McCauley
Senator Pauline Hanson with chief of staff James Ashby.
Political infighting

James Ashby banned from Parliament House, Brian Burston admits to smearing blood on door

  • by Judith Ireland and Max Koslowski

Opinion & Perspectives

I was there the last time Australian politics encouraged people smuggling. Let's not do it again

Michael Bachelard
Michael Bachelard

Scott Morrison should remember the devastation this trade, this political turmoil, caused, and stop egging people smugglers on.

Time for listening: government must listen to Indigenous people

The history of white settlement in Australia has been marred by failure to take the views of Indigenous people seriously.

Medevac leaves Morrison government in a bizarre position

Waleed Aly
Waleed Aly

You can only argue this bill encourages asylum seekers to get on boats if you choose not to read it.

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Federal

Omid Jafary, 10, who lost his father, uncle and cousin on an asylum boat that sank off the Indonesian coast in 2012.
Opinion
Federal election

I was there the last time Australian politics encouraged people smuggling. Let's not do it again

Scott Morrison should remember the devastation this trade, this political turmoil, caused, and stop egging people smugglers on.

  • by Michael Bachelard
Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Indonesian President Joko Widodo.
Trade

Indonesia-Australia to sign free trade agreement

Months of tensions over Australia's proposal to move its embassy to Jerusalem threatened to derail the multibillion-dollar deal. 

  • by Eryk Bagshaw
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Federal

Cash grilled over leaked AFP raids

Federal

The latest illustrations from artist Andrew Dyson

Federal

The latest illustrations from artist Cathy Wilcox

NSW

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Victoria

Twelve parcels of land will be released to make way for thousands more houses.
Planning

Melbourne sprawl: 50,000 housing lots to be released making way for 12 new suburbs

  • by Sumeyya Ilanbey and Adam Carey
Updated
ALP

Current Labor MPs escape charges over red shirts scandal

  • by Benjamin Preiss, Adam Carey, Paul Sakkal and Melissa Cunningham
Public transport

Failure to boost Melbourne rail capacity 'may hit national economy'

  • by Adam Carey

Queensland

Greens MP Michael Berkman is calling for public transport to be free for Queensland children.
Public Transport

Government asked to consider free public transport for all kids

  • by Felicity Caldwell
Waste

'It was a mistake for this government to take so long': Labor backbencher

  • by Felicity Caldwell
E-Health Investigation

Premier called upon to halt electronic medical record project

  • by Lucy Stone

ACT

Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability Shane Rattenbury at the Crookwell 2 wind farm.
Renewables

ACT's greenhouse gas emissions falling, but transport emissions rising

  • by Katie Burgess
Canberra

Barr gives Canberra university stamp duty exemption on land sales

  • by Daniel Burdon
Education

ACT minister rejects claims she stopped politicians visiting schools

  • by Daniel Burdon

Western Australia

The Perth Children's Hospital was cited as a controversial project by the union.
Updated
Infrastructure

CFMEU urges sweeping changes for better taxpayer value on WA projects

  • by Hamish Hastie
Opinion
Julie Bishop

Julie Bishop intends to stay, while Curtin hopefuls intend to circle

  • by Nathan Hondros
Huawei

Nahan moves to investigate Premier, alleges he misled house on Huawei security advice

  • by Nathan Hondros

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