The Latest Breaking News from Coalition

Just months after Australia legislated to establish the long-anticipated National Anti-Corruption Agency, our standing is back on the rise in Transparency International’s annual Global Corruption Perceptions Index. This is a small but important turn-around following a decade of steady decline.

Rachelle Miller told the commission that in response to growing criticism the government adopted a counter-narrative strategy in the "more friendly media" such as the tabloids.

Deputy Premier Paul Toole says the NSW government intends to appoint an independent reviewer of Newcastle's port lease before entering caretaker mode in early March.

The government just launched the first national cultural policy in a decade. Here's a short-cut guide to the major commitments and wins for the sector, and what's missing.

The federal government plans to reform the strained family law system, including removing the presumption that both parents should be considered equally in parenting disagreements.

The NSW opposition is planning to move ahead with school Gonski funding, injecting $400 million into the plan, if they are elected in March.

It won’t be the companies that swallow the cost of emissions reduction, it’ll be the customers who pay, writes Alan Kohler.

Further promises to stamp out domestic violence are made by the government in the lead up to the election, with a sentencing review and a specific women's and family court all on the table.

Labor opposition says move a decade overdue, with similar courts already operating in Queensland and overseas

A NSW charity that routinely has to turn away rural hospital patients has been caught in the middle of an ugly pre-election dispute between Labor and the Nationals.

Exclusive: the Greens senator blames an ‘administrative error’ for the move in November before being forced to withdraw by Adam Bandt