The leaked transcript of the phone call between Donald Trump and Malcolm Turnbull highlights the failure of Australia’s deal with the US to take refugees.
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Transcripts of a conversation between Donald Trump and Malcolm Turnbull reveal Australia’s refugee swap deal with the US may come to nothing.
Malcolm Turnbull has called a special Liberal Party meeting for Monday afternoon.
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Even acknowledging that Australia is lagging internationally and that same-sex marriage should have been delivered yesterday, the implosion around the issue is extraordinary.
Malcolm Turnbull has written a letter to major power companies calling for relief on electricity and gas prices.
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Malcolm Turnbull has summoned the chiefs of major power companies to a meeting on Wednesday to discuss how customers can be given more relief through better deals on electricity prices.
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Politics podcast: Tiernan Brady on same-sex marriage showdown
Tiernan Brady, a leader of the successful 'Yes' campaign on same-sex marriage in Ireland, has been working with activists in Australia to get marriage equality over the line.
Warren Entsch said he was astounded and offended by a letter sent to Queensland LNP members attacking MPs who publicly support same-sex marriage.
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The five Liberal rebels are not ruling out crossing the floor to try to force a parliamentary vote.
Malcolm Turnbull on Tuesday reaffirmed the government’s policy for a plebiscite on same-sex marriage.
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The marriage row has seen critics floating speculation about the risk to Malcolm Turnbull if he can’t contain the revolt.
There is a big question over whether Malcolm Turnbull can keep control of the same-sex marriage debate.
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If the push for change lost in the Liberal party room, would the rebels abide by the decision, or would they cross the floor when, for example, there was a move by Labor for a vote in parliament?
Greg Moriarty, Australia’s new defence department secretary, replaces the recently retired Dennis Richardson.
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Malcolm Turnbull has appointed his chief-of-staff Greg Moriarty to head up the Department of Defence.
Bill Shorten will seek to elevate the issue of a republic by pledging.
a policy for quick action.
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Bill Shorten’s policy for quick action on a republic contrasts with Malcolm Turnbull’s position.
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Politics podcast: Michael Cooney on an Australian republic
Michael Cooney says becoming a republic would give Australians important new symbols of national unity.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announces the new Home Affairs office, a major political win for Peter Dutton.
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If the home affairs office is as unwieldy as its US counterpart, we might be about to take one step forward and two steps back.
Tony Abbott’s ‘Warringah motion’ for party reform was passed by 748 votes to 476.
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The endorsement of the ‘Warringah model’ is a huge challenge to the moderates’ and soft right’s factional grip on the NSW Liberal Party.
The prime minister’s office denied suggestions that Malcolm Turnbull had given support to Bill Shorten’s proposal for four-year terms.
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Bill Shorten said the federal political system seemed ‘out of whack in that everything is so short term’.
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The University of Canberra’s Michelle Grattan and Frances Shannon discuss the week in politics.
Tony Abbott is showing no sign of backing off his continual challenges to the government in his public commentary.
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Even if Malcolm Turnbull brought Tony Abbott into cabinet, which he won’t, it would likely eventually end in tears.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and the minister in charge of the new ‘super-portfolio’, Peter Dutton, announce the changes on Tuesday.
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The creeping invisibility of the immigration portfolio comes as the government is overseeing major changes to immigration policy.
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Politics Podcast: Peter Jennings on the home affairs department
Peter Jennings says while the Department of Home Affairs will present an array of bureaucratic challenges, it is largely a 'sensible step'.
Peter Dutton (right) is set to assume responsibility for the newly created home affairs portfolio.
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The move to consolidate security agencies under one minister upends generations of conventions on how security intelligence and executive police powers are managed separately.
Peter Dutton comes to the job with, at best, a middling ministerial record.
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Turnbull is understandably sensitive to suggestions that the planned home affairs ministry is all about Dutton, whose continued support is so vital to him.
The reorganisation is a major win for Peter Dutton, a key conservative supporter of Malcolm Turnbull.
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Peter Dutton will take charge of a new mega home affairs portfolio in a sweeping overhaul of national security agencies and responsibilities.