Misha Schubert Schools will have to submit a performance plan on how they will improve student results in return for extra funds under the government's overhaul of school funding.
Misha Schubert Tasmania may become the first Australian state to legalise gay marriage - possibly as early as this year - after Premier Lara Giddings today vowed Labor would legislate it in this term of government.
Misha Schubert A heart-rending Senate report exposes the depth of the tragedy of forced adoptions.
Misha Schubert and Amanda Dunn Julia Gillard brands 'unauthorised and unacceptable' her adviser's decision to have a union leader organise indigenous reaction to Opposition Leader Tony Abbott's suggestion that Aboriginal tent...
Exclusive Misha Schubert LIBERAL stalwart Hugh Morgan has joined the growing chorus of conservative criticism over the dole, declaring that surviving on $245 a week must be ''a humbling if not traumatic experience''.
Misha Schubert IT BEGAN with biblical portents: floods and cyclones that stole lives and livelihoods, setting up the first political clash of the year over a levy to help fund the recovery.
Misha Schubert and Stephanie Peatling A bill to legalise gay marriage will be rushed into Parliament early next year.
Misha Schubert Asylum seekers released from detention on bridging visas could be sent to regional towns.
Misha Schubert Since the Queen first visited Australia in 1954, women have risen to the country's highest ranks.
Misha Schubert ASYLUM seekers released from detention on bridging visas could be sent to regional towns with labour shortages, in a bid by the Gillard government to find a silver lining to its onshore processing...
Misha Schubert Adam Bandt is likely to hold seat of Melbourne even if Libs direct preferences against him.
Stephanie Peatling, Misha Schubert Federal government wants to resurrect its failed attempt to send asylum seekers to Malaysia.
Misha Schubert, Royce Millar Some of Julia Gillard's own MPs have predicted an election rout 'in varying degrees of diabolical'.
Misha Schubert THE way Tony Windsor recalls it, Tony Abbott begged crossbench MPs to make him prime minister, joking ''the only thing I wouldn't do is sell my arse - but I'd have to give serious thought to it''.
Misha Schubert THE Coalition would delay delivering many of its big-ticket promises, including introducing disability insurance and expanding Medicare, until after a series of strong surpluses have begun to pay off...
Misha Schubert Children and millions of low-income earners to get free basic dental care under reforms.
Misha Schubert A group of Australian scientists who invented a crucial bit of wifi technology have been vindicated, securing a legal settlement in the US worth more than $220 million from global firms who have used...
Misha Schubert The frontline staff who deal with the desperation of people living on welfare say they are facing a rising tide of hostility and aggression from their clients.
Misha Schubert A PUSH to give parents and carers a legal right to flexible work hours - unless it would seriously disrupt or damage the business they work for - has the backing of unions and workplace law experts.
Stephanie Peatling, Misha Schubert INDEPENDENT MPs have called for ''cool heads'' to prevail as the Craig Thomson saga drags on, with crossbenchers expressing discomfort over using Parliament to punish the MP.