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The coalition has shifted on its plan to save billions by shrinking the public service, floating the prospect of voluntary redundancies for the first time.

The prime minister says compulsory acquisition is on the table to wrest back control of the Port of Darwin in the Top End and return it to Australian hands.

The opposition leader was forced to go on the defensive over the coalition's election campaign when he visited the one time Liberal stronghold of WA.

Labor has made great strides towards gender equality among its MPs and senators, but the number of female Coalition members remains stubbornly low

Lawmakers break into Maori song after bill is ‘absolutely annihilated’

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton have both committed to stripping a Chinese company, Landbridge, of the lease to operate Darwin Port. Landbridge paid A$506 million for the 99-year lease from the Northern Territory government in October 2015.

A NSW Liberal spokesperson said the party ‘is continually assessing its compliance obligations in relation to disclosures’

New Zealand lawmakers have dealt an overwhelming defeat to a controversial proposed law seeking to redefine the country’s founding treaty between Māori tribes and the British Crown

New Zealand's parliament has voted down the Treaty Principles Bill, ending one of the most divisive debates in recent Kiwi political history.

Bill which sought to radically reinterpret New Zealand’s founding treaty between Māori tribes and the British Crown fails by 11 votes to 112

Jacinta Allan is wearing the unwanted crown of Australia's most unpopular leader, with polling suggesting she could be a drag on Labor's federal election hopes.