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Greg Brown is the Canberra Bureau chief. He previously spent five years covering federal politics for The Australian where he built a reputation as a newsbreaker consistently setting the national agenda.

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Opposition leader Bill Shorten visiting the Gold Coast at Helensvale light rail station today. Picture Glenn Hampson

Shorten flags minimum wage rise

Bill Shorten has flagged legislative changes as an option to force the Fair Work Commission to increase the minimum wage.

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National Affairs

Wimmera Field days 2019Barnaby Joyce opens the field days with Chris Bartlett president of the field days watching onPicture: ANDY ROGERS

‘Shut up’, Barilaro tells Joyce

NSW Nationals leader John Barilaro has hit out at Barnaby Joyce, urging the federal party to stop navel gazing.

Greg Brown and Remy Varga

Coalition under pressureNational Affairs

Coal war: Joyce sparks showdown with Libs

Barnaby Joyce and senior Nationals warn the Coalition could be severed over energy policy, as Libs fear a poll backlash on coal.

Joe Kelly and Greg Brown

National Affairs

Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack during the Tourism & Transport Forum?s 2019 Leadership Summit in Sydney, March 8, 2019. (AAP Image/Peter Rae) NO ARCHIVING

McCormack’s marriage swipe

Deputy PM Michael McCormack has hit back at Barnaby Joyce, issuing a veiled reminder of his marriage breakdown.

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ExclusiveNational Affairs

NSW Prime Minister Scott Morrison at the Liberal Party Election Launch at Penrith Panthers. Photos by Chris Pavlich for The Australian

PM slaps down Joyce on coal

The PM has slapped down Barnaby Joyce’s call for a government-subsidised coal-fired power station in central Queensland.

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National Affairs

10/03/2019: All About Women 2019, Leading While Female at Sydney Opera House. (L-R) Moderater Jacqueline Maley and panelists Julia Banks, Linda Burney, Julie Bishop and Sarah Hanson-Young. Hollie Adams/The Australian

Abbott the prime mover against Turnbull: Banks

Liberal turncoat Julia Banks has named Tony Abbott as the ringleader in the move to depose Malcolm Turnbull as PM.

Greg Brown and Olivia Caisley

ExclusiveNational Affairs

The Treasurer Josh Frydenberg during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture Gary Ramage

Liberals baulk at $1m for Treasurer

Victorian Liberals are deeply concerned over a push to spend big bucks on Josh Frydenberg’s reelection campaign.

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Climate

Malcolm Live on Politics Live with presenter Andrew Neil for the BBC Credit: BBC From source:https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p072rq0w

Turnbull, Abbott renew row on climate

Malcolm Turnbull has reignited his long feud with Tony Abbott with a slapdown over talk of a new coal-fired power station.

Greg Brown and Richard Ferguson

National Affairs

06/01/2019: Emma Husar speaks out about the treatment of women in federal parliament, saying the Liberal Party is not the only one

Husar billed over travel breaches

Emma Husar today paid back taxpayers more than $2300 after an audit found she breached parliamentary expenses rules 21 times.

Greg Brown

EXCLUSIVENational Affairs

Senator Helen Polley, Senator for Tasmania, Australian Labor Party. Official Portrait. 4th December 2018. File No 20180419 Parliament House Canberra. Image David Foote-AUSPIC/DPS

Labor senator’s abortion rethink

One of Labor’s socially conservative stalwarts has backed Bill Shorten’s plan to make the procedure more readily available.

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