Tim Storer has one hell of a decision to make shortly after the May budget, when the government plans to bring back its legislation to give tax cuts to big business.
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The government’s company tax cut for big business has received a further blow.
The government has been forced to put off a vote on its tax cut for big business.
Tony Abbott described Pauline Hanson as ‘a remarkable and a resilient presence in our public life for more than two decades’.
Michelle Grattan speaks with Deep Saini about the week in Australian politics.
If the government clinches the tax cut legislation it will be a major victory – with its own irony.
Research shows they face greater obstacles to election than their male counterparts, thus work harder and represent constituents better.
The reallocation is short and long Senate terms for Tasmania distorts the 2016 election result.
The recommendations of the Senate inquiry into the future of public interest journalism are unlikely to get much traction, but the very real issues it was investigating remain unresolved.
As lawmakers debate immigration policy in coming weeks, they should realize that giving immigrants who came to the US as children citizenship not only has broad political support but lifts the economy too.
What’s unique about this shutdown? It happened under a unified government – and that’s bad news for the GOP.
Jeff Flake called the US president’s lies and attacks on the media a danger to democracy, but it’s unlikely to change anyone’s mind.
Everything on the GOP wish list just became more daunting to achieve.
Republicans were able to push through a tax plan and a flurry of judicial nominees after the Senate curtailed use of the filibuster. It’s time to go all the way.
It began with a sex scandal. How else?
Doug Jones has won a tough battle to represent Alabama in the US Senate; meanwhile, the crucial byelection in Bennelong is neck-and-neck, with huge implications for the government if it loses.
It is possible for minors in all 50 states to get married. A scholar explains the long history of child marriage, mostly of young girls, in the US.
Sam Dastyari has given in to pressure from within his party and resigned from parliament, saying he had always acted with integrity.
Nigeria is on the verge of passing a law to criminalise rampant mob lynching. Other countries have tried to do this and failed.
The tax bill that just cleared the Senate contains sweeping changes to nearly every facet of American life.
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