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Politicians apologise for pushing past attendant to avoid a vote as she tried to lock a door

Speaker of the House Milton Dick reads the riot act to a group of Coalition MPs, saying he was "disgusted" after they injured a female parliamentary attendant while trying to avoid a vote on Tuesday afternoon.

Labor is unlikely to win more than 46 of the 93 lower house seats at Saturday’s New South Wales state election, which would be short of the 47 required for a majority. The Coalition is likely to win 35 seats, the Greens three and independents nine. Depending on the outcome…

Farmers, Indigenous rangers and local councils are a step closer to being paid to protect nature, with the federal government introducing legislation today that would establish a biodiversity trading scheme.

Dave Layzell holds off Labor's Peree Watson to retain the ultra-marginal seat of Upper Hunter for the Coalition.

The Murdochs’ local business model increasingly is that of its American Fox News organ, playing to a conservative audience.

Coalition seizes on Michele O’Neil’s comments, claiming they send a ‘confusing signal’ on $368bn nuclear submarine acquisition

Senate to investigate after resignation of commissioner Leo Hardiman, who cited his lack of powers to make changes to fix delays

Senator Lidia Thorpe’s defection from the Greens changed the power dynamic in the Senate. Now the government needs two crossbenchers (and the Greens) to pass legislation opposed by the Coalition. Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie and her colleague Tammy Tyrrell can provide those two votes, which puts them in a potentially…

Labor and the Greens on Monday announced a deal to strengthen a key climate policy, the safeguard mechanism, by introducing a hard cap on industrial sector emissions.

Labor's hope of forming a majority government in NSW is fading as the Minns' government prepares to be sworn in and counting continues in eight seats.