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‘Subject to restrictions’: Michaelia Cash faces her day in court on AWU raids
Small Business Minister Michaelia Cash faces a grilling in the witness box on Friday over the plot to tip off the media...
Porter claims there’s a hole in Medevac legislation
Attorney-General Christian Porter claims a fatal flaw in the medevac legislation means a refugee who has been convicted but not sentenced for...
Labor makes health an election battleground with Mediscare relaunch
Labor is preparing to unleash a Mediscare 2.0-style campaign, claiming the Morrison government cannot be trusted on GP fee increases and cuts...
Scott Morrison to reopen Christmas Island detention centre
Prime Minister Scott Morrison plans to reopen the Christmas Island detention centre and will warn people smugglers not to target Australia after...
Government loses face in historic asylum seekers vote
Australia is “back on the map” of people smugglers, Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton claimed on Tuesday night after the government was...
Labor, Greens close to deal on medical evacuations bill
The Morrison government has launched a sensational last-minute bid to avoid a historic loss on the floor of Parliament by claiming legislation...
Anthony Albanese steps in to support Bill Shorten’s asylum seeker plan
Anthony Albanese has made a rare intervention in ALP caucus to back Bill Shorten’s contentious changes to a plan to allow for...
Turnbull plotters in marginal seats to be targeted by union robocalls
Peter Dutton’s numbers man for his failed leadership coup, Liberal MP Michael Sukkar, will lose his seat, according to a poll commissioned...
Labor ponders refugee policy as PM warns of ‘world of woe’
Bill Shorten will “unleash a world of woe” if he supports legislation to enshrine medical evacuations from Nauru and Manus Island in...
Bill Shorten’s asylum seeker policy shift flagged
Bill Shorten has opened the door to a backdown on asylum seekers that is set to reignite unrest in the ALP caucus...