Adam Bandt

Minister for Resources and Northern Australia Matt Canavan has quit cabinet today and thrown his support behind former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce, who has announced plans to seek leadership of the National Party tomorrow. It follows the resignation of deputy Nationals leader Bridget McKenzie yesterday and Greens leader Richard Di Natale today.

Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack has repelled a leadership challenge from Barnaby Joyce, emerging victorious in a party room ballot this morning, while Adam Bandt has been elected unopposed as Greens leader following the resignation of Richard Di Natale.

Western Australia’s unemployment rate has risen to 5.8 per cent in January, sitting above the national average, despite the state recording 6,700 more people in employment for the month.

The Morrison government is considering providing paid pandemic leave to workers in a bid to curb deadly coronavirus outbreaks.

A parliamentary battle looms on safeguards in the Morrison government's hiring scheme for young workers.

The powerful construction and maritime union could soon split from its manufacturing, mining and energy divisions under draft laws set to sail through federal parliament.

UPDATED: Elderly Australians have been given the medical regulator's okay to get the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine after concerns raised from overseas were allayed.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison is sorry a former Liberal staffer feels he has been victim-blaming in response to her allegations of being raped at Parliament House.

More doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine have arrived in Australia as the early stages of the jab rollout continue.

Unemployed workers will receive a permanent $50 a fortnight increase to the JobSeeker payment once the coronavirus supplement is scrapped.

Former finance minister Mathias Cormann has been chosen as the new secretary-general of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.

Scott Morrison is refusing to back down from the India travel ban despite a torrent of criticism from high-profile figures and within conservative ranks.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has casually shot down two Greens ideas for economic repair ahead of the federal budget.

A rise in renewable electricity and curbed transport industry activity have helped to drive down Australia's greenhouse gas emissions.

A plan to allow Australia's renewable energy agency to invest in non-renewable technologies has been shot down in the Senate.

An energy industry body representing thousands of companies may sue the federal government if it uses Australia's green bank to invest taxpayer dollars in fossil fuel technology.

More than 11,000 people have been sent debt notices worth almost $33 million linked to JobKeeper wage subsidies.

Former police officer and Indigenous social justice campaigner Dorinda Cox has been confirmed to fill a Western Australian Senate vacancy for the Greens.

One of the country’s most progressive unions has come out in support of universal access to higher education.

WA's chief scientist has bemoaned 'a decade of nothingness' on federal energy policy while expressing cautious optimism about a change in approach with a new government in Canberra.

The Albanese government has agreed to a number of changes to its climate laws, securing Greens support to get them through parliament.

Greens leader Adam Bandt has taken aim at the government's decision to approve thousands of kilometres of offshore waters for oil and gas exploration.

The response to the passing of the Queen shows that substance, tradition and history still have their place.

Kate Chaney has conditionally backed the ongoing use of gas in the path to net zero while panning the business case for Woodside's Scarborough project as overly optimistic.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and opposition leader Peter Dutton have led tributes to the late Queen in parliament.

The opposition says the government is trying to till the soil for changes to the stage three tax cuts.

The federal government is still mulling a plan to ease energy pain with a 50 per cent rise in power prices projected over two years, but has confirmed $20 billion to rewire the nation’s electricity grid.

Reducing Australia's dependence on China will be an important step for securing the nation's resilience, as Anthony Albanese seeks a meeting with Xi Jinping.

An energy relief package for households and businesses that caps the price of gas has passed parliament.

The government's climate policy is being pincered by the opposition and the Greens, forcing Labor into a battle on two flanks.

The federal government will need to agree to stop new coal and gas projects opening if it wants the Greens' help on a signature emissions reduction measure.

Madeleine King has acknowledged efforts by the US government to support green energy could threaten investment in Australia's own nascent hydrogen industry.

The Greens will back Labor's safeguard mechanism laws after a deal was struck, creating new hurdles for oil and gas projects but helping manufacturers.

The federal government has tabled more than 80 amendments to a contentious workplace relations Bill with some changes catching business groups by surprise.

Employers who say giving workers the right to switch off after hours will diminish flexible work arrangements are "scaremongering", a union boss says.