The government late Monday night released its draft legislation for implementing a successful same-sex marriage plebiscite – the day before Labor is set to torpedo the February 11 popular vote.

The exposure draft, immediately attacked by the opposition, would exempt civil celebrants as well as ministers of religion from having to conduct...

Australia needs to speed up the spread of ideas across the economy in its quest for higher living standards, the secretary of the prime minister’s department, Martin Parkinson, has said.

Addressing the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) on Monday, Parkinson said innovation – the creation and application of ideas...

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