Unpredictable postal votes are deciding the fate of former minister Michael Sukkar as he tries to hang on to the Melbourne seat of Deakin for the Liberal Party.
Bureaucrats had initially dodged questions over who asked for Hansard to be edited to delete references to a $10 cut to the price of medicines that did not make it into the budget.
The federal government has a number of home-ownership schemes available to encourage first-home buyers to get a foot on the property ladder.
The federal government claimed it had to wait for state premiers to ask it to declare a national emergency despite new laws giving Canberra the power to issue the declaration on its own.
Rising property prices have led to increasing concerns about affordability,but support for government intervention may actually decline as affordability worsens,a new study suggests.
The latest investigation may put some MPs off branch stacking,but it continues to flourish because it’s legal,and it works.
Today on Please Explain,chief political correspondent David Crowe joins Rachel Clun to discuss whether a federal corruption commission will get off the ground.
As Australians rush to book their summer getaways,there are concerns more needs to be done to protect travellers at a national level.
Further revelations about an MPs alleged wrongdoing only strengthens the need for an effective national integrity body.
Crossbench MPs want a stronger federal corruption commission than the one originally proposed,but a Coalition frontbencher says the government’s plan has been beefed up.
Further allegations have been made that Assistant Treasurer Michael Sukkar misused taxpayer funds to boost his power base but the PM and Treasurer are sticking by him.