The Latest Breaking News from Scott Morrison

The federal government's plan to protect religious freedoms, while stopping schools banning gay students and teachers, is in disarray, with internal disagreement about its details and process.

Why did Scott Morrison, once the scourge of closed borders, laud Mark McGowan’s decision to keep WA isolated? As always with the PM, it’s politics.

The Prime Minister admits the aged care sector is in crisis as it struggles with COVID outbreaks and workforce issues, but says there are limits to how much support Defence personnel can offer.

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce says leaked texts against Prime Minister Scott Morrison should be disregarded due to the motivations of the source.

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As the spotlight hits the Morrison government’s treatment of aged care workers, we’re to have a task force “examine” deaths in residential aged care.

Citipointe Christian College might have retracted the gender and sexuality contracts it demanded of students, but it has put the PM in the firing line.

The prime minister says he's spoken to his health and defence ministers and defence chiefs about how to deal with aged care staff shortages.

Labor politicians have backed the coalition's religious discrimination bill, albeit with caveats, in two parliamentary inquiries into the contentious laws.