Federal Parliament has passed what the government calls Australia’s toughest laws against hate speech and hate crimes. Labor ...

Resources industry groups have welcomed the late-night passage of production tax credits, heaping praise on the legislation ...

Rio Tinto (down 1.2 per cent), BHP (down 1 per cent) and Fortescue (1.5 per cent) deepened their losses at the end of ...

The first day of the last days of Parliament followed a well-worn template both in format and substance as leaders attacked each other over the cost of living.

Energy Minister Chris Bowen says he has been left "surprised and disappointed" by a Queensland government move to dump ...

“There is no place in Australia for antisemitism, hatred or violence.” Loading Parliament will resume this week after a ...

The families of Australian teens Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles have broken their silence after it was revealed Laos authorities investigating their daughters’ deaths are yet to accept Australia’s help ...

A new audit of Australia’s democracy finds it generally in good shape, but with pressing issues that need addressing.

The federal government will continue to press Laos to fully investigate the methanol poisoning deaths of Melbourne friends Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles, after revelations the southeast Asian nation ...

In the latest of a series of escalating incidents, eggs and verbal abuse have been hurled at five women near Bondi Beach and ...

But the fact that parliament is sitting at all in February has surprised some, after last year's speculation that there would be a federal election ... Then there's a West Australian election ...