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The Indigenous Australians minister says she gave everything she could "with all her heart" to advance reconciliation and improve the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Linda Burney, the first Aboriginal woman elected to the House of Representatives and the federal Minister for Indigenous Australians is one of two senior ministers retiring from politics as part of a reshuffle of the Albanese ministry.

The Standing Committee on Communications and the Arts heard evidence from a variety of stakeholders, including the state government's Arts Queensland, peak body QMusic, and a research round table.

The two sides of politics in Australia will slug it out over inflation, immigration and energy between now and the election — and both will be closely watching how these issues play out in the US.

A former financial planner who stole $3.3 million from his clients to fund his sports betting addiction writes to the prime minister from his prison cell, urging him to adopt the recommendations made by a parliamentary inquiry into online gambling harm.

The CFMEU's history gives us a window into Australia's economic, political and industrial landscape over the past 40 years.

No doubt the administrators will clean out the CFMEU. But you'd be an optimist to feel confident that one collection of bad applies won't eventually be replaced by another. 

After once describing Donald Trump as "nuts" and a "traitor to the West", former prime minister Kevin Rudd has changed his tune.

Cabinet minister and former union leader Bill Shorten says he expects the ALP to ban all donations from the embattled CFMEU when the party's executive meets today.

The ATO has issued tens of thousands of director penalty notices that make people personally liable for debts, and is also more commonly using garnishee notices, which allow it to take money directly from a person's bank account or employer. That's sending more businesses under.

After all the bleak headlines of the past couple of weeks, Albanese's cheery optimism may seem a little weird. But some in the government can't believe they're not "cooked".

Labor's Don Farrell is working on changes that would cap both donations and spending during federal elections. But the far-reaching reforms are expected to face a rough parliamentary road ahead.

With federal politicians now back in their electorates for the winter break, the focus of the debate within Labor ranks is about Palestine and the resignation of Senator Fatima Payman.

Greens deputy Mehreen Faruqi says it should be left to Palestinians to decide whether to dismantle Hamas, as she also makes claims that ex-Labor senator Fatima Payman is being "vilified" by her former party.

It's been a wild week in politics, both here in Australia and across the world. It's a reflection that recent events in the Middle East will continue to dominate and divide voters for some time to come. 

Senator Fatima Payman announced that she quit the Labor Party and will be running as an independent.

Winter has crept over the capital and federal parliament has risen for the mid-year break and it comes amid scenes of acrimony - both inside and outside the building.

The convenor of The Muslim Vote movement Sheikh Wesam Charkawi plans to announce candidates for two federal seats currently held by Labor as early as next week, and says voters are turning away from the government due to its "weak" support for Palestinians. 

The last week of parliament before the winter recess can often be messy — and this week proved to be no exception for either Anthony Albanese or Peter Dutton. 

Laura Tingle spends a day with the Speaker of the House, Milton Dick, finding out more about his role in relation to Australian democracy and the rich traditions that infiltrate Parliament House.

Australia's corporate watchdog, ASIC, isn't prosecuting enough white-collar crime and can't perform its full range of duties, so a Senate committee has recommended it split into two new, more streamlined regulators.

This seems as good a time as any to evaluate the reliability of what politicians tell us about the housing crisis — and how they're going to make things better.

The first study tracking the murder of children by parents in domestic violence situations is released.

Laws to phase out Australia's live sheep export trade by 2028 pass parliament, despite last-ditch attempts by opponents to put the brakes on the legislation.

Some frame Julian Assange as a free press warrior and others a reckless hacker. As Anthony Albanese backed quiet diplomacy to free him, this unusual move to wield political influence over the legal systems of our democratic allies seems to have been lost in the haze.