The Latest Breaking News from Scott Morrison

Morrison government ramps up pre-election bid to wedge Labor on national security issues as Kevin Rudd condemns ‘rancid lies’ on China

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called for party unity ahead of the federal election, urging discipline from coalition MPs.

The Prime Minister says China's suggestion that it wants peace and harmony are at odds with its silence over Russian troop movements near the Ukrainian border, prompting a strong response from the Chinese Foreign Ministry that his "belligerent rhetoric" will "escalate the tensions".

As the government pressures Labor to support laws making it easier to deport criminals, the Prime Minister accuses the party of siding with violent offenders and seeking to protect abusers.

Trent Zimmerman is one of the five Liberal moderates who crossed the floor to vote to amend the religious discrimination package to protect trans children. Scott Morrison’s response was to abandon his legislation.

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal overrides cancellation of the man’s visa, who posed ‘very low’ risk of reoffending

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Scott Morrison is running out of time and plausible ideas to save his floundering government, with new polling confirming his worst fears.

Experts say the government's attacks on Labor and China threaten to malign the party's own credibility on international relations, as well as Australia's.

Channel Nine’s 60 Minutes segment about the prime minister and his family, broadcast on February 13, was political confectionery so laden with sugar as to be a serious hazard to Scott Morrison’s political health.

An investigation report into federal government minister Alan Tudge has been handed to Scott Morrison, but is out for consultation before being finalised.