Treasurer Joe Hockey is the "Masterchef of cooking the books" according to his Opposition counterpart Chris Bowen, who has repeatedly accused the Coalition of using "voodoo economics" to create a sense of crisis to justify dramatic spending cuts in the bu

Attorney-General George Brandis claims people have a right to be bigots and to say things that other people find offensive.

Alan Tudge, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister, claims that under the Racial Discrimination Act, offensive language can be considered a crime.

With Australian electricity prices amongst the highest in the world, more and more households are going solar. The big power companies say the Renewable Energy Target is undermining their businesses and they want it wound back. The federal government agrees, so who is to blame for the high price of power? Jess Hill investigates.

Last week Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced that Sydney would get a second airport at Badgerys Creek. It's estimated that the new airport will cost somewhere around $2.5 billion, the majority of which is to come from the private sector. Mr Abbott wants to be known as the infrastructure prime minister and has made it...