Anthony Albanese
Labor baulks at decision on second airport before election
Jacob Saulwick The federal government will not nominate a site for a second airport for Sydney before the election, despite insisting one will soon be necessary.
Windsor calls for gay marriage referendum
Heath Aston Australians would vote in a referendum on gay marriage as soon as September under a radical proposal by independent MP Tony Windsor, supported by the Greens and other crossbenchers.
O'Farrell still opposed to second airport despite Melbourne deal
Anna Patty, Matt O'Sullivan, Jacob Saulwick Premier Barry O'Farrell has refused to budge from his opposition to a second Sydney airport at Badgerys Creek after Victoria announced it would build a second international airport.
High-speed train built 'in two decades'
Jacob Saulwick A high-speed rail line between Sydney and Melbourne could be finished in just over 20 years, allowing travel between the two cities in less than three hours, according to a multimillion-dollar study...
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Siding with realism confounds fantasy choo-choo
Tony Wright It may be a little early to book reservations aboard Australia's Very Fast Train, and even if you could get one, say for the 50th birthday of your newborn grandchild, you would be best not to put...
High-speed rail study poses Canberra's 64-minute question
Ross Peake A high-speed train into Canberra would travel through a tunnel under Mount Ainslie and terminate at a station to be built on the eastern fringe of Civic, according to a study commissioned by the...
Gillard prepares ministerial reshuffle
Judith Ireland Prime Minister Julia Gillard is working on major changes to her ministerial line up but won't confirm if more firings are imminent.
Gillard rallies 'frontline troops' for election
Jessica Wright Prime Minister Julia Gillard rallies Labor election candidates, telling them they're the frontline troops who will take the government's message to the Australian people.
No more resignations expected: Albanese
No more resignations are anticipated following the decision of two senior federal Labor ministers to stand down, Transport Minister Anthony Albanese says.
Mark Kenny
Gillard's game changer: courageous plan relied on the element of surprise
Mark Kenny As Julia Gillard recovered from a bruising year with a few weeks in Adelaide visiting family, her thoughts turned to the coming storm: the election this year.
Super off Abbott's hit-list, but only for first year
Stephanie Peatling TONY ABBOTT will promise to quarantine superannuation as a Coalition government looks for budget savings in its first year in office.
Ashby campaign an Australian version of Watergate - Labor
Lenore Taylor LABOR frontbenchers have accused the Coalition of being part of ''a conspiracy to bring down the government'' and have likened the James Ashby sexual harassment case to Watergate, as the government...
Customs security warnings ignored 10 years ago: Xenophon
Megan Levy Customs was warned 10 years ago of gaping holes in its security and the potential for corruption to thrive among its ranks in a report that was ignored by authorities at the time, according to...
Covert watch on customs
Nick McKenzie and Richard Baker Police integrity watchdog runs covert inquiry into alleged corruption at nation's airports and ports.
Crime figure went to Christmas party for customs officers
Nick McKenzie, Richard Baker A CRIME figure convicted this year of smuggling drugs through Sydney Airport with the help of allegedly corrupt customs officers attended a customs Christmas party last year.
Bridging the future planning gap: 35 million become the 'lost souls'
Catherine Armitage IN A scandal of national proportions, millions are missing. The worst of it is not the missing dollars (though that's a problem too), it's the missing people: about 35 million of them, to be precise.
Coalition joins Labor attack on O'Farrell's airport plan
Lenore Taylor, Josephine Tovey SENIOR Coalition figures have joined Labor's attack on the O'Farrell government for approving a housing development in the flight path of Canberra Airport, which the NSW Premier insists should also...
Parliament overlooked cyclone Tracy hero Stretton
Chris Johnson The recent death of the man who led the recovery effort after cyclone Tracy devastated Darwin in 1974 was not noted in Federal Parliament, even though a condolence motion or ministerial statement was...
Lawyer questions media presence
Chris Johnson The lawyer of suspended Labor MP Craig Thomson is outraged that the media appeared to have been alerted to a raids on the MP's home before it occurred.
Inside the Rudd hit
Maxine McKew It was one of the most brutal coups in Australian political history and Julia Gillard was at its heart.
