Sarah Hanson-Young – a loud voice on asylum-seeker issues – has lost a battle with her leader, Richard Di Natale, to keep her immigration portfolio in the Greens reshuffle.
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With the new parliament finally opening on Tuesday, Bill Shorten’s tightrope tactics will soon be tested.
Incoming Victorian senator Derryn Hinch has the potential to be an ally or an enemy to the government's agenda.
Treasurer Scott Morrison has given notice of a fresh assault on the crucial challenge of budget repair. Let’s hope he and Malcolm Turnbull have learned from the unfortunate self-destructing experience…
Bill Shorten has proposed specific changes to the budget’s controversial superannuation reforms, which have been under attack from the conservatives in the Coalition ranks.
Political reporter Karen Middleton is releasing a book about the life and career of Labor frontbencher Anthony Albanese. At its heart is a deeply personal story of Albanese's absent father.
Bill Shorten on Wednesday will propose a budget repair package worth $8 billion over the forward estimates.
Bill Shorten is continuing to pressure for a banking royal commission by highlighting rising bank profits and escalating consumer complaints in recent years.
Malcolm Turnbull’s plebiscite on same-sex marriage has run into new problems, with the Australian Electoral Commission recommending it should be delayed until next year.
Malcolm Turnbull’s rhetoric this week has been designed to put the heat on Labor over budget repair. But he has three grassfires on his hands even before the new parliament starts on August 30 – and they’re…
Scott Morrison has formally ruled out Chinese companies obtaining a 50.4% share of Ausgrid.
The heightened scrutiny of Australia’s immigration policies in recent weeks has shone a light on the long-term problems of indefinite detention of asylum seekers on Manus Island and Nauru.
Peter Dutton always sounds put upon. This week he was bleating about Guardian Australia and the ABC ‘defaming’ him.
When parliament returns later this month, Labor's Anne Aly will become the first Muslim woman to take a seat in the lower house.
An angry Malcolm Turnbull has asked CEDA for a ‘please explain’ and the Australian Federal Police for a full incident report about the protest over Nauru and Manus Island.
Moody’s has reaffirmed Australia’s AAA credit rating, as Malcolm Turnbull seeks to put pressure on Labor and crossbenchers to pass measures to help repair the budget.
Next week, Australians will look back at one the most significant moments in the struggle for Indigenous rights.
The government will test Labor’s bona fides early in the new parliament with an ‘omnibus bill’ containing more than $6 billion in savings it says the ALP flagged at the election it would support.
Malcolm Turnbull’s resistance to a royal commission into banks is flouting public opinion and will test his own backbenchers, who have their fingers on the electoral pulse on this hot-button issue. An…
The Sunday Telegraph reported at the weekend that Malcolm Turnbull had visited only seven electorates since the July 2 poll, and contrasted his “hermit-style approach” with Bill Shorten’s “never-ending…
The University of Canberra’s acting vice-chancellor Frances Shannon and Michelle Grattan discuss the week in politics.
For the more modest aim of delivering steady, competent government – well, it’s no wonder Malcolm Turnbull is raging.
Scott Morrison has rejected Chinese bids for the 99-year lease of 50.4% of Ausgrid, the NSW electricity distribution system, for security reasons.
A furious Malcolm Turnbull has made it clear he wants heads to roll over the census debacle.
The challenges ahead for Australia include sustaining a stronger growth outlook.
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