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Awkward 12 months attracts Australian scrutiny, end of Trump and a boardroom exit
Australian elections: Ruling coalition pulls off shock election victory
Opposition leader concedes defeat as Liberal Party-led coalition came close to majority
Australian prime minister calls election for May 18th
Both major parties call for ‘fair go’ for voters, with ruling coalition trailing in polls
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With 0.3% of the world’s population, Australia produces 1.8% of the world’s greenhouse gases
As much of the world turns right, Australia turns left
The public mood has shifted over refugee children on Nauru island. Politics will follow
Australian government is in a hole and will not stop digging
Sydney Letter: Liberals’ Wentworth byelection disaster caps a series of missteps
Australia ‘open’ to recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
Prime minister says government also open to moving embassy from Tel Aviv
Australian government senators back ‘okay to be white’ motion
Labor Party, the Greens and crossbenchers combine to vote down the statement
Australia deports 630 Irish nationals over two-year period
Lawyer says Australia deporting immigrants they believe do not have a ‘good character’
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The future of Australia’s home affairs minister is in doubt as it emerges that he intervened in the cases of three women held in detention
New Australian prime minister suffers epic fail in first test
Sydney Letter: Public tired of PMs changing via party processes, rather than by voters
Australia’s new prime minister quotes Bono in maiden speech
Scott Morrison is an Evangelical Christian with a tough line on asylum seekers
Australia’s PM fights to the end but his time appears up
Malcolm Turnbull faces likely ousting on Friday after caving in too often to conservatives
Australian prime minister faces second leadership challenge
Challenger Peter Dutton says he is working on renewed bid to unseat Malcolm Turnbull
Australia’s Malcolm Turnbull shelves flagship energy policy
PM dumps emissions targets in bid to stave off leadership challenge in Liberal party
Outrage in Australia over senator’s ‘final solution’ call for Muslim immigration
Fraser Anning heavily criticised across political spectrum for inflammatory speech
‘Kill Bill’ strategy fails as odds on Labor government Shorten
Super Saturday byelections in Australia result in gains for opposition parties
Russia urged to accept responsibility for MH17 aircraft atrocity
Investigators say missile that downed aircraft in 2014 came from Russian military
Australian PM Turnbull should be careful what he wishes for
The results in four upcoming by-elections could change the course of politics
Australia to offer national apology for institutional child sex abuse
Government to adopt 104 of 122 recommendations posed by inquiry
Australian banking inquiry exposes litany of abuses
Alleged abuses include bribery ring using forged documents
Macron says Australian PM’s wife is ‘delicious’
‘I want to thank you and your delicious wife for your warm welcome,’ says French president
North Korean media hails ‘candid’ talks with neighbours in South
State media says discussions wrapped up with amicable ‘feelings of blood relatives’
Australian government’s right-wing hard man is a sensitive soul really
Sydney Letter: What so upset Peter Dutton was coverage of his new-found concern for white South African farmers
Steve Smith and David Warner both banned for a year
Smith also stood down from his captaincy role for a minimum 12-month period
Australia expels Russian diplomats amid Salisbury fallout
Government gives ‘undeclared intelligence officers’ seven days to leave country
Forget ‘Dynasty’, Australian politics is the best show in town
An extramarital affair and its fallout have put the ruling Liberal-National coalition under pressure – and gripped the nation
Australian government in crisis as deputy PM quits over affair
Sexual harrassment complaint ‘the straw that broke the camel’s back’, says Barnaby Joyce
Turnbull pledges to sack ministers who breach sex ban
Prime minister says: ‘I’d expect them to resign, I wouldn’t expect I’d need to sack them’
Australian government in turmoil after sex scandal
Comments by prime minister Malcolm Turnbull rejected by his deputy as ‘inept’
Australian ministers banned from having sex with staff
PM Malcolm Turnbull introduces rule after deputy Barnaby Joyce caught up in scandal
Australia’s deputy prime minister under fire for affair with pregnant adviser
Vikki Campion got a major promotion, giving her a salary of €122,000
Canada opens doors to Irish while other countries close theirs
Australia, New Zealand and US are tightening immigration. Canada is doing the opposite
Australia’s PM gets boost after same-sex marriage legalised
Sydney Letter: A year of Liberal-National infighting is sweetened with recovery in polls
Australia legalises same-sex marriage with landslide vote
Celebrations as country joins 25 other nations that recognise marriage equality
Australian MP proposes to his boyfriend in parliament
Politician pops question with same-sex marriage Bill expected to pass this week
Australian politician apologises for rape and Irish jokes
John Alexander sorry for crude and inappropriate comments he made 20 years ago
Asylum seekers leave Australian-run camp after police move in
Controversial centre in Papua New Guinea had been sealed off as authorities moved to close it
Marriage equality: Australia says yes
Country will become the 26th to allow same-sex couples to marry
Strict Australian citizenship rule claims another politician
Senate president Stephen Parry stands down due to having British links by descent
Higgins shares Brexit concerns with Australian prime minister
President speaks with Malcolm Turnbull about historic links between Ireland and Australia
Australian gun amnesty sees some 51,000 firearms collected
Malcolm Turnbull says country’s laws would limit chance of Las Vegas-type mass shooting
Meet the Irish leading Australia's marriage equality campaign
#RingYourRellos: As the country prepares for a postal vote, much can be learned from the Irish experience
US ambassador to UN says North Korea ‘begging for war’
North Korea preparing for further missile launch
Australia says New Zealand opposition trying to bring down government
Australia’s deputy PM Barnaby Joyce revealed to be a New Zealander
Australian government in peril as deputy PM revealed to be New Zealand citizen
Barnaby Joyce refuses to step aside pending high court hearing to determine his status
Australians set to vote on same-sex marriage by end of year
Former prime minister Tony Abbott says he will vote no ‘to help stop political correctness’
Australia’s ruling party refuses vote on gay marriage Bill
Finding policy agreement on issue is test of Malcolm Turnbull’s authority
Trump ‘pressured Mexico president to stop criticising wall plan’
‘Washington Post’ publishes transcripts of calls with Peña Nieto and Malcolm Turnbull
Australian anti-terror police arrest four as attack foiled
Reports that Sydney raids relate to plans to bomb aircraft
Third Australian politician admits to holding dual nationality
Minister to take court case on basis he did not know his mother signed him up for Italian citizenship
Minneapolis police chief resigns after Australian woman’s shooting
Justine Damond (40) died after she was shot in abdomen through window of police car
Australia demands answers on Minneapolis police shooting
Prime minister Malcolm Turnbull denounces ‘shocking’ killing of Justine Damond
Recession-busting Australia heading for the buffers
Why the ‘lucky country’s’ record-breaking period of growth might not last
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