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PLANS are reportedly underway for Malcolm Turnbull to meet Donald Trump in May, as Julie Bishop opened up about their heated call.

TONY Abbott has blasted Malcolm Turnbull and proposed a dramatic policy shift to beat One Nation with his new strategy ‘Making Australia Right’. Sound familiar?

AUSTRALIAN politicians have welcomed new research which shows legalising same sex marriage could reduce suicide rates among young people.

THOUSANDS of workers will be worse off from today’s decision to cut Sunday penalty rates. And it couldn’t have happened at a worse time.

ONE of our most influential economists has ripped into Australia’s “dysfunctional” MPs, accusing them of firing insults at each other instead of doing anything useful.

MAKE no mistake — same-sex marriage will happen in Australia, and the architect of the US campaign for equality has a sure-fire strategy to make it happen.

MORE than $280 million in funding designed to support indigenous companies and indigenous workers has instead made a few people ‘millionaires’.

JULIE Bishop and her US counterparts definitely agree on one thing: something needs to be done about North Korea’s increasingly provocative behaviour.

THE Turnbull Government’s welfare reforms are all but sunk after Pauline Hanson withdrew support, claiming new mums could rort the system.

LABOR has pledged to make Australia the energy capital of Asia, declaring a massive commitment to renewable power sources.

A WAR of words has erupted after Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu criticised Kevin Rudd’s support for a Palestinian state.

Trump ‘to change’ climate change stance

DONALD Trump will reverse his stance on climate change, a former US Republican congressman visiting Australia says.

THEY denied it at the time, but it looks increasingly clear that Australia agreed to a refugee swap deal with former US President Barack Obama.

AUSTRALIA can’t lecture anyone on the South China Sea until it sorts out its own dispute with East Timor, says former Victorian Premier Steve Bracks.

FORGET class sizes, or the public versus private debate. The real solution to Australia’s school crisis is suddenly staring us in the face.

Julie Bishop denies ‘people swap’ deal

FOREIGN Affairs Minister Julie Bishop has denied the refugee resettlement deal with the United States was part of a “people swap”.

SALIM Mehajer has ambitions to be prime minister, but that dream is looking less likely than ever now thanks to a roadblock that’s been put in his way.

JULIE Bishop says she wouldn’t characterise the US refugee deal with Australia as a “people swap” despite Immigration Minister’s comments.

ISRAELI PM Benjamin Netanyahu has praised Australia for standing up to UN “hypocrisy”, while thanking the nation for its consistent friendship.

Super plan to help first home buyers

YOUNG Australians could dip into their super to buy a home under a plan to tackle housing affordability being considered by the Turnbull Government.

ALBO has invited Barnaby Joyce for a beer in Annandale after the Deputy PM and cow herding pollie repeatedly slagged off the so-cool-it-hurts inner west suburb in Parliament.

ISRAELI Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives Wednesday to be welcomed by government figures who have been distant admirers.

The case to dismiss newly elected City of Sydney councillor and renowned Sydney architect Philip Thalis over an alleged conflict of interest will continue in court.

A TURNBULL government MP has been criticised for saying that the first step to buying a house is to get a “highly paid” job.

THE Centrelink debt debacle dominated Q&A last night, and Labor’s Tanya Plibersek certainly wasn’t holding back.

THE government has a plan to ensure electricity is reliable and curb high power bills. Before householders start applauding, they should realise they will be paying for it.

Green bank could fund coal power stations

THE Turnbull government is considering changes that would allow the Clean Energy Finance Corporation to fund ‘clean coal’ power stations.

AUSTRALIA has agreed to consider a 10-year defence plan that could include more than $1 billion in sales to the UAE.

FEMALE footballers, rockclimbers and water polo players will feature in a new advertising blitz designed to inspire more Australian girls to take up sport.

DAYS after the CBA posted a record half-year profit, Malcolm Turnbull has rejected suggestions that the banks could be denied a corporate tax cut.

PM’s verdict on Trump’s ‘fake news’ claim

MALCOLM Turnbull has responded to claims made by Donald Trump about their leaked phone call, as he weighed in on the US President’s ‘fake news’ assertions.

THE job of rogue Nationals MP George Christensen is to keep his party in line. But how can he do that if he’s threatening to jump ship?

MALCOLM Turnbull is in New Zealand to meet new Prime Minister Bill English, but Lucy Turnbull got a strange request during today’s meet and greet.

Pollie lifetime travel perk gets axed

A GENEROUS perk giving retired MPs free travel for life has been dumped and a new watchdog set up to monitor dodgy pollie expenses.

ONCE upon a time there was no love lost between Tony Abbott and Pauline Hanson - but the former PM is now praising her as a responsible voice in parliament.

ANOTHER Coalition MP is threatening to quit the Turnbull Government after Cory Bernardi jumped ship to start his own party last week.

PAULINE Hanson and Derryn Hinch have called for changes to euthanasia laws after detailing their own heartbreaking experiences.

JULIE Bishop had to yell to be heard over the top of noisy protesters in Question Time, just a week after new security measures at Parliament House were flagged.

VETERAN senator Ian Macdonald called up the ghosts of Hitler, Joseph Stalin and Idi Amin in an explosive rant over his defence of travel entitlements for retired politicians.

WHAT is the difference between a “target” and a “goal”? Quite a lot according to the Labor Party, but they’ve even managed to confuse themselves.

POLITICAL jockeying has moved into overdrive to replace Kathy Smith as the next Member for Gosford.

THERE’S a reason that support for One Nation has reached a massive 23 per cent in Queensland.

THE Prime Minister says another win on the election-triggering ABCC bill proves the Government can get its agenda through the upper house.

LOBBYISTS who use ‘Mediscare’-style political campaigns could face jail time under tough new measures being considered by the government.

THE Turnbull government is set to ditch “zombie” savings measures and backflip on capital gains tax concessions to repair the budget.

NICK Xenophon’s alternative plan to fill the Turnbull Government’s budget black hole would cost high-income earners an extra $2600 per year.

INSIDERS have revealed what Donald Trump said to a staffer about Malcolm Turnbull after their alleged explosive phone call.

A FURIOUS Pauline Hanson has lashed out at One Nation candidates who don’t like her preference deal with the WA Liberal Party.

ROGUE MPs are pushing to have our short-lived prime ministers stripped of their lifetime gold passes.

CLIVE Palmer says he has launched legal proceedings against the Prime Minister and the public will hear “what really happened” in the collapse of Queensland Nickel.

SRI Lanka’s PM has criticised Tony Abbott while telling his citizens in Australia’s offshore detention centres to return home — but not without a warning.

Bank posts $4.9b profit but it’s not enough

THE Commonwealth Bank has posted a record half-year return but the government wants to make sure it will be even bigger in the future.

TREASURER Scott Morrison has the crossbenchers in a headlock over $13 billion in savings he wants — and the PM supports his aggressive style.

THE controversial robo-debt recovery system which caused a furore among Centrelink recipients has undergone one very important adjustment.

LAST month, Malcolm Turnbull was sent a secret document. It outlined a simple but radical plan to fix one of the toughest problems facing Australia.

TREASURER Scott Morrison has threatened to increase taxes if a raft of welfare cuts worth billions of dollars are blocked by the Senate.

A FURIOUS Bill Shorten is accusing the Government of fabricating a workplace deal it says he put together to take paid maternity leave from union members.

DESPITE efforts of federal and state governments and everyday Australians, Malcolm Turnbull has said we are not doing enough to curb indigenous disadvantage.

CORY Bernardi has outlined part of his plan to “clean up Canberra” and former prime minister Tony Abbott is in the firing line.

YOU might think these two women have much in common, but when it comes to Jacqui Lambie, Pauline Hanson has a different view.

ONE Nation has voted against tougher penalties for gun smugglers because it says the laws are being promoted by “enemies of freedom”.

IN A decision that will divide New South Wales, the Government has abandoned its controversial council mergers in the bush but will keep them in Sydney.

AN INCREASE in the Medicare levy is now a negotiation option after the Senate crossbench rejected the government’s $4 billion welfare cuts.

KEY crossbenchers have refused to support the Turnbull Government’s “deep” welfare reforms, resulting in a war of words on Twitter.

PETER Dutton has accused GetUp! of using money for ‘wacky causes’ after they supported a bid to take the Turnbull government to court.

A CAMPAIGN is building in Washington DC for the PM to be granted the rare honour to reinforce relations after his volatile phone call with Donald Trump.

KEVIN Rudd has warned of the potential for a second Stolen Generation as the numbers of indigenous children in out-of-home care rise.

POLITICIANS have been issued a stern warning not to bring props to Question Time after the Greens produced a solar panel to counter Scott Morrison’s lump of coal.

IMMIGRANTS to Australia should be subjected to an “extreme vetting” test before they become citizens or receive welfare, according to a radical proposal.

PAULINE Hanson has called for African gang members to be deported following the latest violent incident in Melbourne.

THE government has been accused of ‘robbing Peter to pay Paul’ by promising to use savings from social welfare cuts to boost NDIS funding.

THE WA Liberal party has put One Nation ahead of the Nationals in a desperate bid to remain in power. Pauline Hanson must be delighted.

MALCOLM Turnbull has admitted windmills didn’t cause a South Australia-wide blackout last year as the debate of renewable energy heats up.

AN IRRATIONAL commitment to coal has been at the centre of Australia’s fierce energy debate, typified by ministers taking turns to fondle a lump it in Parliament.

A SENIOR member of the Queensland Liberal National Party has defected to Cory Bernardi’s new Australian Conservatives party.

SHE blamed them for putting her in jail and they swore they’d always put her last. But Pauline Hanson and the Liberals have struck a deal in a key battleground.

IN A very personal dig, the sister of former Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said her brother lacked the ‘strength of conviction’ of Britain’s PM

A BATTLE has erupted over the naming and shaming of 11 “shonky” private colleges which have already left hundreds of Coast students high and dry.

DESPITE a rough week, and internal whispers of an overthrow, there’s one reason Malcolm is as safe as houses, writes Joe Hildebrand.

MALCOLM Turnbull has confirmed his roasting of Bill Shorten was not prepared but that it was “from the heart” as he insists he’s “not a hater”.

THE Turnbull government is set to scrap a national housing scheme after it failed to deliver any major increase in the amount of affordable housing.

THE Opposition’s attacks on the Turnbull Government’s push for corporate tax cuts have been dealt a blow overnight by RBA governor Philip Lowe.

BLACKOUTS could soon become more common in areas other than South Australia, with a warning being issued to NSW residents as well.

THE Australian Defence Force will sanction “those responsible” for training materials that offended Indonesians at a Perth army base.

COALITION MPs have personally targeted Bill Shorten again today — questioning how a nation could be run by a man who’s never worked.

AUSTRALIAN politics is in a sorry state if Malcolm Turnbull’s spray of insults at Bill Shorten is being called a dramatic turning point.

AS employers on Commonwealth building projects scramble to become compliant with new industry regulations there’s fears about job disruption.

THEIR mantra is jobs for the Central Coast, but two of the region’s State Labor MPs have been caught out sending expensive, taxpayer-funded printing work to a Sydney company.

MALCOLM Turnbull may have called him a parasite and a sycophant, but Bill Shorten says it’s the Prime Minister he feels sorry for.

JACQUI Lambie has called for all full face coverings, including the burqa, to be banned in public if Australia’s terror threat level is raised.

‘I feel for him, he’s under great pressure’

YOUNG people will be stripped of their unemployment benefits as part of Newstart reforms, which will force them to wait until they turn 25.

FAMILIES and young job seekers will be worse off under the Government’s proposed changes to social security benefits, the Greens have warned.

AMBITIOUS multibillion-dollar roads, building projects, high-speed rail and metro networks — this is Australia’s hi-tech future.

WITH his party fracturing, and woeful polls only one thing can save Malcolm Turnbull. He actually needs to stand for something.

CORY Bernardi has admitted he didn’t speak to the Prime Minister about quitting the Liberal party before their phone call yesterday.

THE Turnbull government looks set for a win on its election-triggering industrial relations law after key crossbencher Derryn Hinch changed his mind.

WORKING parents will secure a $500-a-year cash boost under a major concession designed to get the government’s childcare changes through Parliament.

PUBLIC outcry over politicians’ entitlements has prompted both Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten to take action on their first day back at Parliament.

‘My fish and chips shop never lost $22m’

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