Bill Shorten has said Labor will oppose the budget’s increase in the Medicare levy hitting taxpayers on incomes under A$87,000.
Yassmin Abdel-Magied has ‘apologised profusely to [Julie Bishop] and the Australian government’ for a controversial Facebook post.
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Julie Bishop has refused to sack Yassmin Abdel-Magied from the board of the Council for Australian-Arab Relations, resisting pressure from some in government ranks.
Scott Morrison is digging in behind the government’s changes to the way schools are funded.
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Scott Morrison has a lot on his plate ahead of Tuesday night’s federal budget, including Catholic schools unhappy at how the school funding changes will affect them.
The Cashless Debit Card is a significant advance in tackling socioeconomic problems.
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Liberal Party federal director Tony Nutt has announced his resignation, ahead of the party’s federal executive reviewing the lessons from the 2016 election campaign.
Alexander Downer’s term as high commissioner is formally up in May.
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The controversial Nationals MP has resolved the conflict between being the party’s chief disciplinarian and its chief rebel by resigning.
Indonesia President Joko Widodo speaks as Malcolm Turnbull looks on during a media conference in the gardens of Kirribilli House on Sunday.
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A disastrous Newspoll showing the Coalition trailing Labor 45-55%, One Nation gaining ground and Malcolm Turnbull’s ratings falling will fuel the alarm and anger in the Coalition.
Tony Abbott took aim at the government’s current signals about the future direction of its energy policy.
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Tony Abbott thinks the Coalition should cut renewable energy, reduce immigration, and stop all new spending.
ACTU president Ged Kearney called on Malcolm Turnbull ‘to stand up for workers in this country, to actually change the laws to protect people’s pay’.
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Hospitality, fast food, retail and pharmacy workers stand to lose thousands of dollars per year after the Fair Work Commission’s landmark decision to cut penalty rates on Sundays and public holidays.
Malcolm Turnbull recommitted to seeking to change the constitution to recognise the First Australians in it.
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Australia is falling short in its progress towards almost all its targets for overcoming Indigenous disadvantage, the 2017 Closing the Gap report shows.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on the eve of the release of the Close the Gap report.
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