Julie Bishop
Julie Bishop calls Rudd a 'tosser'
Federal Deputy Opposition Leader Julie Bishop says Kevin Rudd did himself no favours when he entertained a crowd at a concert in Perth.
ASIO could reject refugee security review
Daniel Flitton Former federal court judge Margaret Stone is reviewing the cases of 55 refugees branded threats by ASIO, and is expected to finish "within weeks".
Did Mossad use Zygier's passport?
David Wroe The opposition has called on the Gillard government to demand an immediate explanation from Israel as to whether its security agency, Mossad, misused Australian passports in its employment of Ben...
Failure to intervene: why Canberra turned its back on Prisoner X
David Wroe and Ruth Pollard A government inquiry has reignited concern over the Prisoner X affair.
Convincing win for Coalition in WA
Labor challenger Mark McGowan concedes defeat in the West Australian election.
Federal woes hurt Labor in the west
Katharine Murphy Labor's political woes federally affected efforts by WA Labor leader Mark McGowan to defeat Premier Colin Barnett , senior ministers say.
Opposition to question guarantee for Corby
The unprecedented government guarantee offer to try to secure parole for convicted drug trafficker Schapelle Corby will be scrutinised when Federal Parliament resumes this week.
Coalition blockade against law, UN says
Bianca Hall, David Wroe THE United Nations and international law experts say a Coalition plan to block every Sri Lankan asylum seeker boat from reaching Australian waters, without first testing their passengers' refugee...
Australian diplomat 'aware Zygier being held'
David Wroe and Ruth Pollard An Australian diplomat knew that Melbourne man Ben Zygier was being held in an Israeli prison before he died in his cell, the government has admitted, amid explosive reports that Mr Zygier was a...
PM blasts Liberals on voluntary voting
David Wroe Prime Minister Julia Gillard has accused the Liberal Party of trying to make democracy ''the plaything of cashed-up interest groups'' after the Queensland government opened the door to the abolition...
Gillard shares the shock of world leaders
Dan Harrison Prime Minister Julia Gillard has expressed Australia's shock at the worst school shooting in American history.
UN funds axed to help refugees
Lenore Taylor, Judith Ireland Australia's contributions to United Nations humanitarian and development bodies will be cut by $20 million this year to pay for food and housing for asylum seekers in Australia, just months after...
Abbott dismisses conspiracy claim
Dan Harrison THE Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott, has dismissed as a ''try-on'' a Labor backbencher's letter asking federal police to investigate Liberal figures for their alleged involvement in a conspiracy to...
Officials fume as senior union boss subsidised to live in luxury home
Ben Schneiders A SENIOR national union leader is receiving as much as $13,000 a year in rental subsidies from his union as part of a deal to live in a union-owned $1.
Luxury mansion effectively 'rent-free' for union official
Ben Schneiders A senior national union leader is quietly receiving as much as $13,000 a year in rental subsidies from his union as part of a deal to live in a union-owned $1.
Letter contradicts PM
Mark Baker JULIA GILLARD enabled the incorporation of a union slush fund from which her then boyfriend later stole hundreds of thousands of dollars by formally denying to authorities that it was a trade union...
Bishop attack misfires after phone gaffe
Phillip Coorey THE government has branded the opposition deputy leader, Julie Bishop, a liar and an embarrassment after she claimed not to know she was talking on the phone last week to the self-confessed fraudster...
PM denies Abbott his day as grand inquisitor
Chris Johnson Prime Minister Julia Gillard used the Parliament's last sitting day of the year on Thursday to demand Opposition Leader Tony Abbott put up or shut up over accusations she had broken the law through...
Gillard will be grilled, says Abbott
Nick Ralston The Coalition says it is prepared to give Prime Minister Julia Gillard the benefit of the doubt over claims she was involved with the mortgage on a property partly paid for with stolen union funds...
Heat on Carr over Australian detained in China
John Garnaut Pressure is mounting on Foreign Affairs Minister Bob Carr after revelations of an Australian jailed in China.
