AUSTRALIA'S FORMER DEPUTY PM EXPECTED TO WIN ELECTION, RECLAIM SEAT

Joyce has repeatedly said he was confident, not cocky about winning the seat of New England again, five years after he first entered federal parliament... READ MORE›

NEW ONLINE DISCLOSURE REVEALS QUEENSLAND ELECTION PARTY DONATIONS IN REAL TIME

New online disclosure reveals Queensland election party donations in real time... READ MORE›

PAULINE HANSON DENIES SHE'S A DUAL CITIZEN

I can assure everyone I am not eligible for British citizenship, she said in Gladstone during a regional blitz in the Queensland election campaign... READ MORE›

AS IT HAPPENED: TURNBULL LOSES MAJORITY BUT KEEPS CONTROL AS HIGH COURT BOOTS JOYCE OUT

The Turnbull Government has lost its one-seat majority after the High Court ruled Barnaby Joyce's election invalid because of his New Zealand citizenship... READ MORE›

FORMER PRIME MINISTERS COULD'VE BEEN DUAL CITIZENS

His claim came as Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull criticised Senate President Stephen Parry after he resigned because of his dual citizenship... READ MORE›

'I WON'T CRY IN MY BEER'

'I won't cry in my beer' Barnaby Joyce disqualified by High Court... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIA GOVERNMENT IN TURMOIL AFTER DUAL CITIZENSHIP RULING

Joyce, the leader of the rural-based National Party, is Australian-born but found out in August he automatically acquired New Zealand citizenship through his father... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIA COURT TO RULE ON CITIZENSHIP SAGA

In that event, Mr Joyce, who renounced New Zealand citizenship in August, has pledged to re-contest his lower house seat in a probable by-election... READ MORE›

LARISSA WATERS DOUBTS GOVERNMENT LAWYERS WILL CONVINCE HIGH COURT TO SAVE HER OLD JOB

Larissa Waters and Scott Ludlam were both born overseas, in Canada and New Zealand respectively... READ MORE›

LARISSA WATERS, DEPUTY GREENS LEADER, QUITS IN LATEST CITIZENSHIP BUNGLE

It is with a heavy heart that I am forced to resign as senator for Queensland and co-deputy leader of the Australian Greens, effective today... READ MORE›

PAULINE HANSON WEARS BURKA IN AUSTRALIAN SENATE

In an emotional speech, Mr Brandis said Ms Hanson's actions risked alienating approximately 500,000 Australians who adhered to the Islamic faith... READ MORE›

'ISN'T IT IRONIC': PAULINE HANSON'S WA SENATOR HOSPITALISED WITH MEASLES

Mr Georgiou was confirmed as the federal One Nation senator for Western Australia last week... READ MORE›

INSULT, OFFEND AND HUMILIATE PROVISIONS TO BE REMOVED FROM RACIAL DISCRIMINATION ACT

Racial abuse will become more common in Australia if the changes go ahead, according to Labor... READ MORE›

BIGOTRY AND FEAR IS THE NEW NORM, SAYS NEW MUSLIM GREENS CANDIDATE IN WA

An Australian Muslim convert is contesting a Liberal-held lower house seat in the Western Australian election to stick up for the underdog ... READ MORE›

'HE'S A NARCISSIST', FORMER HOWARD MINISTER VANSTONE SLAMS TONY ABBOTT

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull branded the former leader's comments as sad, asserting the Australian people had already given their verdict on the Abbott government... READ MORE›

CLAIMS ABOUT ONE NATIONS FINANCES REFERRED TO AEC

How Senator Pauline Hanson has had access to a small plane for campaign purposes should have been reported, she told AAP... READ MORE›

'DESPERATE LEADER OF A DESPERATE' PARTY

Sen. Pauline Hanson took the garb off after about ten minutes... READ MORE›

TURNBULL FINALLY ACTING ON MY CITIZENSHIP TEST SUGGESTIONS

Some of the new citizenship test questions announced by Mr Turnbull on Wednesday will canvass issues such as domestic violence, female genital mutilation and child marriage... READ MORE›

CHINESE-LINKED COMPANY AMONG POLITICAL DONATIONS BUT TURNBULL FUNDS STILL NOT REVEALED

The Liberal Party received 14,708,730 in donations in 2015-16, according to party disclosures published today by the Australian Electoral Commission... READ MORE›

ABBOTT SURVIVES LEADERSHIP TEST

Related Stories Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has urged an end to disunity after surviving a party confidence vote on his leadership... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIAN PM 'WILL FIGHT CHALLENGE'

Nigeria elections no delay to poll says council of state... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIA'S BELEAGUERED ABBOTT ENDURES ONE FINAL NIGHTMARE BEFOREA CHRISTMAS

The problem is, neither he nor the prime minister has managed to explain that satisfactorily to voters... READ MORE›

NEW PUSH TO RENAME MCMILLAN OVER MASSACRE HISTORY

One of Australia's 'founding fathers', McMillan was credited with 'opening up' Victoria's Gippsland region to white settlement... READ MORE›

CALL FOR APOLOGY AFTER LIBERAL SENATOR APPEARS TO LINK 'FLEAS' TO BOAT ARRIVALS

Senator Fawcett's colleague, Senator Ian Macdonald echoed Senator Fawcett's comments, describing them as nicely put ... READ MORE›

CULLETON QUITS ONE NATION, SLAMS 'UN-AUSTRALIAN BEHAVIOUR'

Maverick Senator Rod Culleton has quit Pauline Hanson's One Nation... READ MORE›

Labor replaced its own leader twice, removing Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in his first term and replacing him with Julia Gillard before returning to Mr... READ MORE›

'STUFF UP': GREENS ANNOUNCE REVIEW AFTER LOSING SECOND CO-DEPUTY LEADER OVER DUAL CITIZENSHIP

The Australian Greens will conduct an urgent review of party processes after co-deputy leader Larissa Waters joined Scott Ludlam and resigned over holding dual citizenship... READ MORE›

SENATE BACKS 10.5 PER CENT BACKPACKER TAX RATE

The measure passed the Senate on Thursday after the government agreed to a One Nation request to freeze the new 60 departure tax for five years... READ MORE›

JORDON STEELE-JOHN READY TO TAKE SCOTT LUDLAM'S SENATE SEAT

Jordon Steele-John, 22, has announced he is prepared to take on the West Australian seat left vacant by the resignation of his mentor Scott Ludlam... READ MORE›

COMMENT: IF THE LABOR LEFT CANT GET BOAT TURN BACKS RIGHT, THEN WHY DO THEY EXIST?

They were complicit when they voted with their left-wing hero Julia Gillard to reintroduce mandatory offshore detention... READ MORE›

TAIWANESE ANIMATORS CREATE VIDEO 'EXPLAINING' LIBERAL LEADERSHIP SPILL

The video also seeks to outline the personalities and public personas of both Malcolm Turnbull and Tony Abbott... READ MORE›

MINISTERS ASKED TO PICK SIDE IN GUN DEBATE

Senior federal government ministers have been caught up in the crossfire of a political stoush between Malcolm Turnbull and Tony Abbott over gun laws... READ MORE›

GREG HUNT, THE GREATEST MINISTER IN THE WORLD, ACCEPTS HIS COLLEAGUES' ACCLAIM

Greg Hunt, the greatest minister in the world, accepts his colleagues' acclaim... READ MORE›

TURNBULL TOPPLES ABBOTT, TO BECOME AUSTRALIA'S FIFTH PM IN EIGHT YEARS

Abbott ousted Turnbull as leader of the Liberal Party in 2009, though Turnbull has consistently been seen as a preferred prime minister... READ MORE›

COMMENT: ABBOTT PROMISED 'NO WRECKING' - THEN HE BROKE THAT PROMISE

To be fair, anyone who thought Tony Abbott would go quietly would have to be a pretty gullible type... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIA HAS HAD FIVE PRIME MINISTERS IN FIVE YEARS

Tony Abbott removed Australia has had five prime ministers in five years... READ MORE›

ABCC PASSES LOWER HOUSE AS GUN DEBATE DERAILS PM

That attack also came from former Prime Minister Tony Abbott... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIAN PM TONY ABBOTT FACES CHALLENGE TO LEADERSHIP

Mr Simpkins, the Western Australian MP who introduced the motion, said the Prince Philip knighthood decision marked a fundamental disconnect of the expectations of ordinary people ... READ MORE›

COMMENT: LEAKS, 'POLICY PARALYSIS' AND DOUBLE STANDARDS

Tony Abbott is perhaps the purest political animal in parliament... READ MORE›