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It has been the absolutism embedded in Australian immigration culture of control that helps explain our hardline policy history on asylum seekers.
The Trump circus has distracted from genuine scrutiny of Hillary Clinton’s approach to global challenges if she becomes president - and the signs are not good.
Solicitor-General Justin Gleeson has quit, declaring his relationship with Attorney-General George Brandis is “irretrievably broken” and taking a major swipe at his government critics.
Malcolm Turnbull and Tony Abbott are sharply at odds over Abbott’s denial of knowledge about a 2015 deal to insert a sunset clause on the import ban of a shotgun.
Shifts in southeast Asian countries’ political leadership has led to another worrying region-wide shift: away from liberalism.
Many Australians are frightened by the prospect of terrorism on home soil, but statistics show they don’t have much to fear.
The government has suffered a blow with Family First senator Bob Day quitting parliament following the collapse of his building company.
The government is targeting Kimberley Kitching, Labor’s controversial Senate replacement for Stephen Conroy.
Solicitor-General Justin Gleeson has revealed he told Mark Dreyfus during the pre-election caretaker period that he disagreed with the binding direction George Brandis had issued.
Former solicitor-general Gavan Griffith has excoriated George Brandis’ binding direction that all requests to the solicitor-general for legal advice must go through him.
The government will push on with putting its legislation for a February 11 same-sex marriage plebiscite to the Senate.
On Tuesday, Bill Shorten is set to declare Donald Trump ‘entirely unsuitable to be leader of the free world’.
The government late Monday night released its draft legislation for implementing a successful same-sex marriage plebiscite – the day before Labor is set to torpedo the February 11 popular vote.
Solicitor-General Justin Gleeson has launched a swingeing attack on Attorney-General George Brandis, effectively accusing him of misleading parliament.
Scott Morrison will argue that Australia ‘can’t afford not to trade’.
Liberal Party director Tony Nutt has warned of potential dangers and difficulties in seeking to ban foreign political donations.
Malcolm Turnbull will tell the United Nations General Assembly climate change threatens ‘the future of generations around the globe’.
More than two-thirds of voters oppose the government’s decision to give public funding to the yes and no campaigns in a plebiscite on same-sex marriage, according to an Essential poll.
Pauline Hanson used her second maiden speech to parliament to hit out at Muslims, foreign ownership and immigration.
The issues of foreign donations and electronic voting will be examined by a wide-ranging parliamentary inquiry.
The government’s proposed marriage plebiscite has been delivered a fresh blow with openly gay Liberal senator Dean Smith declaring he will not vote for it.
The Queensland Liberal National Party has abandoned a possible challenge to the election result in the north Queensland seat of Herbert – which Ewen Jones lost by 37 votes.
The push for marriage equality is not just about walking down the aisle in matching outfits; it’s become a potent symbol of equality and acceptance.
The Senate has set up an inquiry into the treatment of asylum seekers and refugees on Nauru and Manus Island, to report by late March next year.