Politics & Economy

Regular Canberra correspondent Bernard Keane discusses today’s parliamentary debate over the Gillard proposed amendments to the Migration Bill. Amending the...

Quibbling over implementation details is threatening to derail a new, independent budget office for federal parliament. The office would provide...

Opposition leader Tony Abbott launched his response to the carbon tax bills today after yesterday staging a walk–out when the...

It’s now illegal for unions and businesses to make donations to political parties in New South Wales. Under the new...

New regulations have come into effect in Fiji severely restricting the activities of unions in the country. The Australian Council...

Regular correspondent from the Canberra Press gallery Bernard Keane discusses the issues making news in the national capital. The Craig...

Amid rumblings from employer groups and hits from Tony Abbott about bringing back individual contracts, unions went on the front...

British Prime Minister David Cameron has launched an inquiry into the allegations of torture and rendition revealed in documents discovered...

As rugby fever grips Auckland, leaders from the Pacific Island Forum are meeting in the New Zealand capital to discuss...

The movement to reform the Constitution to recognize Indigenous Australia is gaining momentum, but there are mixed reactions to the...