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Australian PM 'disgusted' over parliament sex scandal, vows to act

A whistleblower said that government staff used the parliament's prayer room to have sex, and that sex workers had been brought into the building.

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Australia passes law to make Google and Facebook pay for news

Australia's parliament passed final amendments to a media law on Thursday that will force Google and Facebook to pay for news content.

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Facebook blocks news content in Australia over proposed media law

Australian and global news organisations had their content removed from Facebook pages in Australia over a new law that would make digital platforms pay for content.

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Australian governor who fired sitting PM 'given assurances by Queen'

Elizabeth II's private secretary told the Governor-General who sparked Australia's biggest constitutional crisis that he could dissolve parliament

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Australia's centre-right coalition elected for surprise third term

Australian opposition leader Bill Shorten conceded to conservative Prime Minister Scott Morrison late on Saturday evening, saying his Labor Party would not be able to form a government.

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Australia recognises West Jerusalem as Israel's capital

"We look forward to moving our embassy to West Jerusalem when practical... and after final status determination," Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison told reporters.

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Australia: Michael McCormack appointed new Deputy PM

As new leader of the National Party, McCormack automatically replaces scandal-hit Barnaby Joyce as deputy prime minister

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Australia public morals row as PM bans sex between ministers and staff

Malcolm Turnbull outlaws relationships between ministers and employees after revelations of his deputy Barnaby Joyce’s affair with his press secretary, who is pregnant.

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Aussie media obtain top secret files sold in second-hand shop

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) have called it “one of the biggest breaches of cabinet security in Australian history”.

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Celebrations as Australia allows same-sex marriage

Only four MPs voted against the move.

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Australian MP proposes to partner during Parliament session

Victorian MP Tim Wilson proposed to his partner, Ryan Bolger, during Question Time in Parliament

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Why Australia has lost its deputy prime minister

"It is a tough game, politics. You take the hits and the sacrifices," Barnaby Joyce told reporters

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Legal challenge over Australian same-sex marriage vote

Australia's High Court has begun hearing a legal challenge against the government's plan to hold a postal vote on whether to legalise same-sex marriage

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Aboriginal art against mining

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Senator slammed after burqa ban stunt in Australia

Pauline Hanson criticised after turning up to the Australian senate covered in the full-face veil.

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'I had no idea that I was a Canadian' - Australian senator resigns

Larissa Waters, who made the headlines for breastfeeding in the Australian parliament, has resigned after realising she is a dual national.

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New South Wales to fly Aboriginal flags permanently for first time

Australia's reconciliation process with its Aboriginal community takes another step forwards with NSW deciding to fly indigenous flags permanently

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[Watch]: Australian Senator breastfeeds while moving motion in parliament

The Greens senator made headlines in May this year as the first woman to breastfeed within Federal Parliament

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Australian PM mocks Donald Trump

The premier, whose popularity in the polls has been sliding, was recorded alluding to Trump's links with Russia at an off-the-record press ball in Canberra.

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US will honour Obama's "dumb" refugee deal with Australia

Vice President Mike Pence said the US would accept the agreement out of respect to its alliance with Australia.