Malcolm Turnbull has sought advice on whether Human Services Minister Stuart Robert breached the code of ministerial standards during a private trip to China in 2014.
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Malcolm Turnbull has said the budget will contain the government’s tax policy, and questioned whether the benefits of increasing the GST would be worth the difficulties of doing so.
Dr Alan Finkel took over as Australia’s Chief Scientist in January this year. In this exclusive interview, he describes his approach to science, and to issues such as renewable energy and STEM jobs.
The High Court has thrown out a challenge to the government’s power to detain people offshore.
A 15% GST accompanied by income tax cuts has received a thumbs down from voters in the first Newspoll of 2016.
A Labor government would crack down on employers who exploit workers with harsher penalties and other measures, opposition leader Bill Shorten has promised.
Australia should not be complacent about maintaining its top credit rating, which depends on achieving budget repair and a more diverse economy, Treasury secretary John Fraser has said.
Bill Shorten is pushing schools funding to the centre of this year’s election battle by committing to fully funding the Gonski blueprint.
The Australian Medical Association’s annual Public Hospital Report Card says hospitals are facing “a growing funding crisis” – with their performance virtually stagnant.
High-profile former Army chief David Morrison is Australian of the Year, with the award given for his commitment to “gender equality, diversity and inclusion”.
On the eve of Australia Day, the Australian Republican Movement has released a statement of support for an Australian head of state signed by all but one of the nation’s premiers and chief ministers.
Former prime minister Tony Abbott has ended months of speculation by confirming he will renominate for his Sydney seat of Warringah.
Treasurer Scott Morrison has opened the possibility for an alternative to the government’s present white paper process for tax reform.
After almost five years, Ian Chubb today ends his role Australia’s Chief Scientist. He’s seen some challenging times with changing leadership and ministers but he believes Australia is in a better place.
Malcolm Turnbull has directly lobbied United States legislators to pass the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement.
Around 20,000 late-pregnancy stillbirths could have been avoided globally in 2015, according to research published in the Lancet medical journal today.
Malcolm Turnbull has called for the campaign against Islamic State to considerably improve its use of social media.
2015 started as it finished, with terrorist atrocities, intractable conflicts and political upheavals that toppled several leaders, including Australia’s prime minister, Tony Abbott.
Australia has again failed to secure an invitation to a meeting of the International Syria Support Group that is trying to find a political solution to the conflict.
What’s next, now that the Paris climate summit is over? We’ve created a special report for you, featuring two dozen of our best articles on the scientific, political and economic challenges ahead.
Surveys of sexual practice conducted between 1921 and 1995 found that women tend not to have orgasms during penile-vaginal sex. And yet men’s and women’s magazines continue to offer ‘lessons’.
Health, welfare compliance and aged care have been targeted for savings in a budget update that forecasts deficits bigger than forecast in May and pushes out further the return to surplus.
The executive vote thwarted a plan by Ian Macfarlane and the Nationals to get an extra cabinet spot by boosting the minor party’s numbers within the Coalition.
State and federal leaders seem as far away as ever from an agreement on the direction of tax reform.
Treasurer Scott Morrison has declared that differences between federal and state governments over tax reform may be “irreconcilable” because states want to use funds from a GST change to spend more.