The Federal Government is close to securing approval in the Senate for a $7 billion tax incentive package aimed at bolstering ...

US President Donald Trump's embattled health secretary pick, vaccine conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr, squeaked ...

"Public discourse has increasingly been weaponized, with hateful rhetoric aimed at attacking groups in the Australian community ... was passed by the Australian Senate on Thursday.

Disallowance has the effect of repealing the legislative instrument. For further information regarding the disallowance process, see Odgers' Australian Senate Practice or the Guide to Senate Procedure ...

Information on significant events and decisions made by the Senate each sitting day. The summaries contain links to video replays of debates, as well as source documents such as the Senate Journals, ...

As I reflect nearly two weeks on from Australia Day, a day which really should be a time to come together to celebrate ... We have the acknowledgement that the First Fleet brought this country good, ...

The Senate confirmed former congressman Doug Collins -- no relation of the senator -- as secretary of Veterans Affairs on Tuesday, a day after approving fracking executive Chris Wright to lead the ...

The Senate didn't tackle the transmittal of the articles of impeachment by the House of Representatives on the last session day before Congress went on recess to make way for the campaign period for ...

The Senate on Thursday confirmed Chris Najomo as the Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). His confirmation followed the presentation of a report by Abdulfatai Buhari, ...

The Senate is poised to vote on whether to confirm Russell Vought to a top administration role after Democrats held a rare overnight session to oppose his nomination. Vought was tapped by ...

The Australian Christian Lobby has welcomed the Senate's decision to reject the Greens' push to dump the Lord's Prayer from parliament. ACL's Managing Director Lyle Shelton said the motion by Senator ...