The major parties and the Greens are gearing up for a politically charged inquiry into transitioning jobs from coal to renewables.
The Greens'stimulus package includes more spending on railways and pay rises for public servants amid fresh evidence of a collapse in apartment construction.
The Prime Minister also urged authorities to exercise restraint when dealing with protesters in Hong Kong.
The Greens have called for a Hawke-style humanitarian response for Hong Kongers living in Australia,as concerns grow for the safety of Australians living in the Chinese territory.
The Germany Greens party recently doubled its vote within two years. The conditions in Australia are ripe for the same outcome,our Greens leader says.
My bet is that this latest scandal involving Crown is far from over,and that we’ll soon find out exactly why both Labor and the Liberals were so afraid of an independent inquiry into the affair.
The Greens are hopeful of retaining all six of the nine Senate seats they have up for re-election.
When the news of former Bob Hawke's death broke,on the eve of an election he just days ago predicted would be won by the party he led for nearly a decade,tributes poured in.
It was the issue of climate change - and some scepticism about the Coalition’s commitment to dealing with it - that helped deliver the line of the night.
Labor leader Bill Shorten said there would be no deals with the Greens after Richard Di Natale pitched for a collaborative approach.
Richard Di Natale says"we have no hope of cleaning up our environment until we clean up politics".