Call for independent body to review minister’s spending
The coalition wants a review of the communications minister's spending as she comes under renewed fire for the cost of taxpayer-funded trips.
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The rollout of Australia's landmark social media ban will be untidy, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese admits, but he says it is already a success.
The band is back together... Canberra Liberals leader Mark Parton has unveiled his shadow cabinet that includes every member of the opposition, except for former deputy leader Jeremy Hanson, who has been elected Assembly Speaker.
An ex-Howard government minister has urged the Liberals to stand by Australia's non-discriminatory approach to immigration as support bleeds to One Nation.
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Steel previews ‘streamlined’ planning reforms
The ACT government is moving on planning reforms, says Planning Minister Chris Steel, announcing initially "a few simple ways we can improve and streamline some of our processes to make things easier for consumers and industry alike."
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Labor on a high as Barnaby bolts and Pauline shocks
As the political year draws to a close, a week of Senate estimates is all that's left on the calendar, with a controversial website redesign to be scrutinised.
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Grins as environment laws pass in ‘win for the country’
An overhaul of environmental laws has cleared parliament, with the prime minister toasting the reforms despite the coalition branding them "economy wrecking".
Iran has responded to Australia's 'unjustified' decision to blacklist the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, making it an offence to deal with the group.
Barnaby Joyce isn't ruling out a Senate tilt with the far-right One Nation after finally confirming his long-speculated resignation from the Nationals.
Malcolm Turnbull's prime ministerial portrait has officially been unveiled, with Anthony Albanese's speech about a vulnerable moment almost moving him to tears.
Rules protecting natural sites will get their first major overhaul in decades under an 11th-hour deal struck between Labor and the Greens.
A senior minister is being accused of playing down concerns over gambling harm stemming from advertising and is being asked to explain a policy go-slow.
A study has revealed Labor had inched ahead of the coalition on a key measure which handed Anthony Albanese a historic majority in federal parliament.
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has been suspended for the rest of the parliamentary year after refusing to apologise for wearing a burqa in the Senate.
A political storm has erupted as the Bureau of Meteorology's chief executive is forced to defend the agency's eye-watering $96.5 million website overhaul.
The Nauru president's explanation to his people of why the tiny Micronesian nation is accepting Australian asylum seekers has been revealed.
Labor is facing hurdles as it attempts to negotiate a deal in the Senate to pass environmental reforms before parliament finishes for the year.
One Nation senator Pauline Hanson has been suspended from the Senate after wearing a burqa into the chamber for the second time in her parliamentary career.
Landing a compromise energy and climate change policy has done little to improve the opposition's poll numbers despite leader Sussan Ley's media blitz.
