Joe Kelly

Joe KellyNational Affairs editor

Joe Kelly is the National Affairs Editor. He joined The Australian in 2008 and since 2010 has worked in the parliamentary press gallery, most recently as Canberra Bureau chief.

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Menzies Federal Liberal MP Kevin Andrew in his office. Picture: Josie Hayden

Faith freedoms ‘poorly protected’

A multi-party parliamentary committee is expected to report today that religious freedoms in Australia are limited.

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The Marriage Equality was again addressed in the Senate Chamber at Parliament House in Canberra. Senator Barry O'Sullivan.Picture Gary Ramage

PM’s choice of defeat or backflip

The Greens have warned Malcolm Turnbull that he faces a humiliating defeat on the floor of parliament over a banking inquiry.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 28: Australian Greens Leader, Dr Richard Di Natale holds a press conference to discuss their support for introducing federal and ACT laws in support of voluntary assisted dying at Parliament House on November 28, 2017 in Canberra, Australia. The Senate is hoping to pass legislation on same-sex marriage this week, after Australians voted 'Yes' in the Marriage Law Postal Survey for the law to be changed. (Photo by Michael Masters/Getty Images)

Greens to back banking inquiry

Richard Di Natale warns Malcolm Turnbull to face defeat on the floor of parliament or call a Royal Commission into the banks.

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Torres Strait islander Eddie Mabo whose appeal to High Court of Australia against 1985 Queensland Act which extinguished Aboriginal land rights, resulted in 1993 Native Title Act, in undated file photo.

Native Title options canvassed

The Turnbull government will pursue the most significant improvements to the native title system since its inception.

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23/11/2017: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, at Macquarie University Train Station, Macquarie Park, in Sydney on Tuesday. Hollie Adams/The Australian

PM told: unleash ‘inner mongrel’

Malcolm Turnbull is being urged to take the fight to Labor with more ‘passion and aggression’ in the wake of the Queensland election.

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Tony Windsor, Post election defeat at The Longyard Hotel Tamworth. Pic: Marlon Dalton

Windsor apology for Mundine tweet

Tony Windsor has been forced to apologise to Warren Mundine following accusations he ‘defamed’ the indigenous leader on Twitter.

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Barry O'Sullivan ,flies to Canberra tomorrow and will become the newest QLD Senator, for the LNP , replacing Barnaby Joyce, at a park in Fig Tree Pocket, Brisbane .

Pressure builds for bank probe

Malcolm Turnbull is holding firm against moves by the Nationals for a banking inquiry.

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Warren Mundine pictured at his home in Roseville Chase, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 10 November 2017. Warren Mundine has just published a new book titled "In black and White"(AAP IMAGE / Damian Shaw)

‘Windsor has defamed me’

Indigenous leader Warren Mundine has forced an apology from Tony Windsor, having said the former MP defamed him on Twitter.

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Liberal Senator Ian Macdonald after Question Time in the Senate chamber at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, September 14, 2017. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

Switch to Malcolm ‘a disaster’

Veteran Queensland Lib Ian Macdonald delivers a damning and frank assessment of Malcolm Turnbull’s leadership | WATCH

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Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull talks to the media during a press conference at the Port Kembla steelworks in Wollongong, Monday, November 27, 2017. (AAP Image/Daniel Munoz) NO ARCHIVING

‘We’re down two seats’

Malcolm Turnbull doubles down on his opposition for a banks royal commission as he comes under pressure from Nationals.

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