Mr Turnbull appeared to talk down the possibility of the Australian Building and Construction Commission bills passing, forcing his hand to a double-dissolution election. “Regrettably, they seem to be ...

What are the ABCC and Registered Organisation Bills and why are they important? The Australian Building and Construction Commission Bill proposes the reintroduction of a building industry watchdog.

The list of policies requiring legislation that may be blocked in the Senate is growing by the day, raising the question of whether we’re headed for a 1974-style double-dissolution election (not to be ...

MALCOLM Turnbull has no choice: if he backtracks from a double dissolution election, he’ll look like a political wimp, writes Laurie Oakes. Otherwise he might as well have the letters W-I-M-P stamped ...

Mr Turnbull intends to call a double dissolution election if the senate does not pass critical legislation. If the bills do not pass through the senate, he said Australia would head to the polls on ...

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has refused to rule out a double dissolution election amid criticism from the Business Council of Australia over Labor’s industrial legislation and taxes. The Business ...

After a marathon debate the Senate has passed the government’s comprehensive rewriting of the upper house voting system, designed to limit the prospect of “micro” players being elected.