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Home Office officials were asked to explore building migrant centres on Ascension and St Helena
Former Australian PM joins UK’s Board of Trade despite criticism of his views on climate change and gay marriage
Labour party calls move to appoint controversial rightwinger to the board of trade as ‘shameful’
Instability fuelled by hyper-partisan culture, ideological spats and structural weakness
Prime minister backtracks on legislating emissions targets as political rivals circle
PM Turnbull and Labor’s Shorten to face leadership questions if results are poor
The Liberal-National government has a woeful record on environmental issues
Yes vote set to top postal survey but opponents dig heels in over legislation
Echoes of Trump’s US energy policy put Canberra’s promised emissions cuts in doubt
A plebiscite on gay unions exposes wider leadership rifts, which prime minister Malcolm Turnbull will struggle to overcome
Senator is latest to be caught out by rules barring MPs from holding dual nationality
Diane Abbott just the latest in a parade of close encounters of the excruciating kind
Prime minister should have trusted his centrist instincts, writes Pilita Clark
Decision a blow to Japan’s ambitions to develop arms export industry
Prime minister remains personally popular but ruling party’s poll lead cut to just 4 points
Front bench job moves loom for PM Turnbull’s 3-month old administration
Majority of population support legal immigration
Canberra to alter climate change policy following Tony Abbott’s ousting
Turnbull reverses course on predecessor’s much maligned policy to reinstate the honours system
Odds have swung from Japanese pitch to French and Germans amid new climate after Tony Abbott’s exit
In come Scott Morrison and five women; out go Joe Hockey and former PM Tony Abbott
Economic woes leave less room for constant coups and melodrama
Five areas on which the leader of a slowing country and a divided party may focus
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