The Latest Breaking News from Labor

The government has suffered a major defeat, with the bill now on ice and unlikely to be voted on before the election. Here's what happened.

It's almost twice the size of Tasmania and relies heavily on both industry and agriculture. This central Queensland electorate is considered an "absolutely critical, must-win seat" by the major parties, and it is up for grabs as its retiring LNP incumbent steps down from office today.

A Victorian Labor MP will either resign or be booted from the party after siding with a disgraced colleague over the government's "red shirts" scandal.

A court filing claims that then-foreign minister Alexander Downer boasted to a Labor staffer that Timor-Leste was an "open book", as allegations emerge that Australia may have been monitoring the nation's leaders before the 2004 Witness K bugging scandal.

Labor wants to add four amendments to the Bill.

Prime minister challenged in question time over trustworthiness following leaked messages

Labor MP Kaushaliya Vaghela has sensationally crossed the floor in the Victorian parliament to support a referral to the Ombudsman and anti-corruption commission by disgraced MP Adem Somyurek.

The government is fighting a losing battle to win crossbench support and shepherd its signature religious discrimination legislation through parliament.

Opposition confident it can make changes in Senate to neuter controversial statement of belief clause