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BRANDIS OFF TO LONDON, SPARKING PRE-CHRISTMAS CABINET RESHUFFLE
Senator Brandis entered federal parliament in 2000 and has been Attorney-General since Tony Abbott won the 2013 election... READ MORE›
TURNBULL GETS SOME GOOD NEWS AS POLL FINDS VOTERS HAVE TIRED OF LEADERSHIP ROUNDABOUT
Embattled Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull received an unexpected boost from an opinion poll Monday that showed voters want their leaders to gove... READ MORE›
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, CITIZENSHIP IN FOCUS AS PARLIAMENT SITS FOR FINAL TIME THIS YEAR
Federal parliament is poised to legalise same-sex marriage during the final sittings of the year, but the MP citizenship issue could overshadow the historic change... READ MORE›
TURNBULL ANNOUNCES ROYAL COMMISSION INTO FINANCIAL SERVICES SECTOR
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced a Royal Commission will be set up to investigate 'misconduct' in the banking and financial services sector... READ MORE›
CONSTITUTION COULD FORCE PALASZCZUK TO GOVERN IN A MINORITY
Queensland election What happens if Labor can't form a majority government?... READ MORE›
DRAFT BILL UPS PRESSURE ON AUSTRALIA GOVERNMENT TO PROBE BANKS
However, they said the banks might reject the idea... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIAN LEADERS AT LOGGERHEADS OVER CITIZENSHIP CRISIS
Several Labor lawmakers in the House of Representatives are also under a cloud, including Justine Keay... READ MORE›
SA LOWER HOUSE REJECTS UPPER HOUSE AMENDMENT TO BANKING TAX
Labor MP Kyam Maher yesterday told the Upper House the Liberal Party was trying to wreck the budget... 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›
EXPULSION OF AUSTRALIAN MINISTERS CAST DOUBT OVER MORE THAN 100 GOVERNMENT DECISIONS
Among the parliamentary votes in question was the government's defeat of a proposed wide-ranging inquiry into Australia's scandal-hit banking sector... READ MORE›
EXPLUSION OF AUSTRALIAN MINISTERS CAST DOUBT OVER MORE THAN 100 GOVERNMENT DECISIONS, SAYS OPPOSITION LABOR
The Australian constitution bars politicians with dual citizenship from being elected to the national parliament... READ MORE›
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MINISTERS BILL TAXPAYERS TO ATTEND PM'S PRIVATE NEW YEARS EVE FUNCTION
The Government's Entitlements Handbook states ministers can claims flights, car travel and a travel allowance only for official business ... READ MORE›
PM BANNED FROM MARDI GRAS AS AN OFFICIAL GUEST OVER MARRIAGE EQUALITY ANGER
Last year the PM became the first sitting prime minister to attend Mardi Gras despite complaints from some right wing members of the Liberal backbench... READ MORE›
FRIEDMAN THE WORLDS HOT SPOT
Let me point out a few news items you may have missed while debating the Iran nuclear deal... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIA ACCUSES NEW ZEALAND OPPOSITION OF TRYING TO BRING DOWN GOVERNMENT
The New Zealand foreign affairs minister, Gerry Brownlee, seemed to side with the Australian government... 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›
EMBATTLED MALAYSIAN PM NAJIB DROPS SPEECH TO GLOBAL ANTI-CORRUPTION GATHERING
Mahathir Mohamad, the former Malaysian prime minister Photo Rex Mr Najib has accused Mr Mahathir of leading a conspiracy to oust him... READ MORE›
DAVID CAMERON ADMITS HE DID HAVE A STAKE IN FATHER'S OFFSHORE INVESTMENT FUND AFTER PANAMA PAPERS LEAK
David Cameron has admitted he did have a profitable stake in his father's offshore investment fund, but sold it for around ?30,000 before he became Prime Minister... READ MORE›
MALAYSIA'S FIRST FAMILY ARE UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT AS DAVID CAMERON FLIES IN
As david cameron arrives to talk trade malaysian prime minister najib razak's bank accounts his wife's handbags and her son's hollywood deals are making the headlines... READ MORE›
'YOU DON'T KNOW FAMILIES ON THE BREADLINE'
David Cameron has rejected Phillip Schofield's suggestion he is out of touch and does not know any poor working families... READ MORE›
TONY ABBOTT IS OUT OF A JOB, AND ANOTHER LEADING CLIMATE-CHANGE SKEPTIC MAY SOON FOLLOW
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott was dramatically booted from office on Monday after a putsch within his ruling Liberal Party... READ MORE›
SIR ALAN DUNCAN MP SAYS CRITICS OF DAVID CAMERON ARE LOW-ACHIEVERS WHO HATE WEALTHY PEOPLE
Panama papers Sir Alan Duncan MP says critics of David Cameron are low-achievers who hate wealthy people... READ MORE›
TURNBULL SAYS 'NO PLANS TO CHANGE' SAME-SEX MARRIAGE POLICY
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull went to last year's election with Tony Abbott's plan for a plebiscite on same-sex marriage... READ MORE›
AS GREEK BAILOUT DEAL PASSES TSIPRAS FACES REBELLION
ATHENS -- The Greek Parliament approved an international loan deal early Friday that the government needs to avoid defaulting on a debt payment next week... READ MORE›
DAVID CAMERON 'TOAST WITHIN DAYS' IF BRITAIN VOTES TO LEAVE EUROPEAN UNION, SAYS TORY MP
Andrew Bridgen, another backbench Tory MP, had earlier warned that more than 50 MPs are ready to move against the Prime Minister... READ MORE›
MASSIVE PROTESTS IN ICELAND OVER PM'S LINK TO OFFSHORE TAX HAVENS
The prime minister walked out of the interview, saying What are you trying to make up here?... READ MORE›
A NEW WAY TO INTERVIEW THE PRIME MINISTER
Prime Minister Trudeau will also join us at that time as we review the encounters and the issues they reveal... READ MORE›
COMMENT: NO QUESTION ABOUT IT - IT'S TIME TO BOYCOTT QUESTION TIME
Comment No question about it - it's time to boycott Question Time... READ MORE›
JUSTIN TRUDEAU SAYS GOVERNMENT WON'T ACT AS PIPELINE PROJECTS 'CHEERLEADER' AS TORIES DID
The prime minister said it's not up to the federal government to decide in advance what projects it wants to push through... READ MORE›
QUEEN'S MAN IN AUSTRALIA URGED TO MAKE FIRST POLITICAL INTERVENTION IN 40 YEARS
Prime minister Tony Abbott's refusal to act on commissioner Dyson Heydon means Parliament has a responsibility to act... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS | JAPANESE PM'S POPULAR WIFE GETS SCHOOLED OVER SCANDAL
TOKYO -- Akie Abe has long been considered the Japanese prime minister's secret weapon... READ MORE›
DOCTORS FURY AT MINISTERS OVER DELAYS TO PLAIN CIGARETTE PACKAGING
Nearly 4,000 health professionals have written to the prime minister to express alarm that plain packets may be delayed... READ MORE›
THE MEN WHO GAVE US BREXIT HAVE ALL DESTROYED EACH OTHER IN TWO WEEKS FLAT
He's the man who would have been king, the onetime prohibitive favorite to be the next prime minister... READ MORE›
LABOR URGES AFP ON SPEAKER BISHOP AGAIN
The trip came just two weeks after Mrs Bishop's infamous helicopter charter trip from Melbourne to a Liberal fundraiser in Geelong... READ MORE›
VIC GOES IT ALONE ON SAFE SCHOOLS AFTER TURNBULL'S 'TOTAL CAVE-IN TO BIGOTS'
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has played down a Victorian government decision to go it alone on the controversial Safe Schools anti-bullying program... READ MORE›
GREECE DEBT CRISIS NEWS: YANIS VAROUFAKIS SAYS 'DISASTROUS' BAILOUT REFORMS 'WILL FAIL' AS TSIPRAS RESHUFFLES CABINET
Greece debt crisis news yanis varoufakis says disastrous bailout reforms will fail as tsipras reshuffles cabinet... READ MORE›
HIGH COURT TO RULE IF BOB DAY 'VALIDLY ELECTED' TO SENATE IN JULY
If he was not, Mr Day's resignation would not create a casual vacancy because he was never validly elected in the first place, Senator Wong said... READ MORE›
JUSTIN TRUDEAU SAYS HIS WIFE SHOULD 'ABSOLUTELY' HAVE RESOURCES FOR HER PUBLIC WORK
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AUSTRALIAN SENATE REJECTS PROPOSED VISA, CITIZENSHIP CURBS
"We will keep working with all non-government senators to secure the necessary support," Cormann told Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio... READ MORE›
GREEK ELECTION CONFUSION RAISES FRESH FEARS OVER ABILITY TO PAY DEBTS
Political mood becomes even more poisonous as former PM Antonis Samaras accuses Alexis Tsipras of acting like drunk captain of a rudderless ship... READ MORE›
THAILAND ELECTIONS DELAYED AS DRAFT CONSTITUTION IS REJECTED
The draft appeared aimed at halting any comeback for popular former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Yingluck's brother, who was also deposed in 2006... READ MORE›