The Latest Breaking News from Scott Morrison

Former prime minister says he does not want to engage with those ‘having a big crack at me’ in first TV interview since revelations

The Speaker says there is no apparent case for him to send Mr Morrison's secret self-appointments to the powerful privileges committee.

The Greens are still considering whether to try and refer Scott Morrison to a privileges committee for misleading parliament over his secret ministries.

Book also includes comments about the government’s approach to dealing with China and discussions around Australia’s defence posture

The Federal Parliament resumes for two weeks on Monday, ahead of the Albanese government's first budget on October 25.

The cuts benefit the wealthy over the strugglers, ploughing fertile ground for conspiracy theorists to accuse MPs of looking after themselves

This is a story about a story that nobody else seems to think is a story. When the story is about the Governor-General’s rather odd $18 million pet

This article is part of The Conversation’s series looking at Labor’s jobs summit. Read the other articles in the series here.

Swathes of national broadsheet devoted to covering guilty verdict in Teacher’s Pet case, while behind the scenes many staff packed up their desks. Plus: date night for Morrison and Murray

The deputy Liberal leader has been taken to task over the ‘totally wrong, wholly incorrect’ claim that no one is making electric utes

When stories about former Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s secret ministerial roles emerged, John Howard was called on by all and sundry for comment. For some, Howard represents stability, convention and commonsense liberalism, a Menzies in our own time. (It is a parallel Howard has carefully cultivated).