PM won’t sack minister as travel expenses saga grows
Federal minister Anika Wells will keep her job in Anthony Albanese's government as more incidents of her travel at taxpayers' expense attract scrutiny.
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The majority of Liberal leaders across Australia are now women - but are they political saviours or placeholders until a male colleague takes over?
The coalition wants a review of the communications minister's spending as she comes under renewed fire for the cost of taxpayer-funded trips.
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.
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Parton reshuffles a reunified opposition
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.
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Immigration ‘division’ as parties jump on bandwagon
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."
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.
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.
