The government is stressing Malcolm Turnbull’s speech is a restatement of its economic plan, not an attempt at a reset.
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Malcolm Turnbull’s pitch will be that dividends will start to flow from government policy.
The Turnbull government appears determined to intensify Australian involvement in the Asia-Pacific’s strategic rivalries.
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The underlying implication of Malcolm Turnbull’s Tokyo visit was the interest shared by Japan and Australia to counter the strategic rise of China.
If Jay Weatherill is returned as the premier of South Australia in 2018, he promises to once again butt heads with Malcolm Turnbull over energy policy.
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Last year was a vicious one for climate and energy politics. And with a South Australian election and various other federal decisions in the offing, 2018 looks like being similarly rancorous.
China’s true economic strength could be overstated as statistics suggest that the US are still top dog.
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As Australia increasingly looks to Beijing for economic opportunities, questions must be asked about the true extent of China’s economic strength
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2017 has felt like a chaotic year in Australian politics, and one in which policy progress has been swamped by other distractions. We can only hope that 2018 is calmer and more productive.
Nick Xenophon won 46% of the preferred South Australian premier vote in a recent Newspoll.
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If the primary votes in Newspoll were replicated at the South Australian election, SA-BEST would probably win a clear majority of lower house seats.
Malcolm Turnbull pressed Attorney-General George Brandis to take the London high commissioner job.
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There is not a great deal to be said for Malcolm Turnbull’s reshuffle, and quite a lot to be said against it.
Malcolm Turnbull said he regretted having to drop Darren Chester from his frontbench line-up.
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Malcolm Turnbull’s reshuffled cabinet has five new faces, but one of the Nationals’ best performers has been unceremoniously dumped by his party leader.
Fewer government welfare recipients due to higher than expected employment growth provides a slightly stronger budget outlook for the Turnbull government as they head into 2018.
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The improvements in the government’s debt position are entirely because of revisions in economic assumptions, not fantastic fiscal management.
Watered down higher education measures, a stronger employment rate and lower than expected debt levels are the highlights for MYEFO 2017.
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The government hasn’t abandoned its jobs and growth mantra in the budget update and remains optimistic despite lower growth and wages forecasts.
George Brandis has served as attorney-general since 2013.
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George Brandis will become Australia’s high commissioner to London in a reshuffle set to be announced on Tuesday.
Malcolm Turnbull’s excitement, no doubt fuelled by relief, at the Bennelong byelection win was obvious.
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The win in Saturday’s byelection was a crucial fillip for Malcolm Turnbull, who has finished a rocky year on a relative high – one he will hope continues into the new year.
The Bennelong byelection result will boost Malcolm Turnbull’s standing in the Coalition.
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The easy win for John Alexander in the Bennelong byelection restores the Coalition’s two-seat majority in the House of Representatives.
Malcolm Turnbull and John Alexander celebrate victory in the Bennelong byelection.
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John Alexander won the seat of Bennelong after a fiercely contested byelection, and declared it ‘the renaissance’ of Malcolm Turnbull’s leadership.
Malcolm Turnbull: not at all in the middle.
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Canberra’s attitude to nuclear weapons has always been riddled with contradictions. Homegrown nuclear campaigners winning the Nobel prize have put the cat among the pigeons.
The People’s Daily, the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party, has let its displeasure over questions of influence in Australian politics be known.
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Official Chinese editorials give an insight into Beijing’s reaction to the stories swirling around about Chinese influence – and it’s not good news.
One of the worst examples of identity politics came from Malcolm Turnbull on Monday’s Q&A program.
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Conservatives are often critical of ‘identity politics’ for silencing dissenting views. But on ABC’s Q&A on Monday night Malcolm Turnbull presented a very narrow vision of national identity.
Annastacia Palasczuk will be able to form majority government after the final results of the Queensland election were announced.
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With 45 seats held by parties other than Labor, Labor has won a three-seat majority in Queensland.
Just four lower house MPs voted against legalising same-sex marriage.
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The drawn-out process of Australia legalising marriage equality has finally come to a close, with a bill passing the lower house by an overwhelming majority on Thursday.
Increasingly, the language of ‘national security’ is invoked to protect a government’s broader interests.
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New laws aiming to crack down on foreign interference in Australian politics suggest the concept of ‘national security’ is continually expanding.