Finance Minister Mathias Cormann has responded via email to an article published by ABC Fact Check on a claim he made regarding Labor's record in balancing the budget.

Senator Cormann said that Labor turned a $20 billion surplus into "a record deficit".

I saw the scene as Canberra burned through the eyes of my avatar, and the radar centres in Adelade fall to drones of war,
And now I wait, in hidden hills, until somebody wins
Everybody's King wants to play the Game Of Thrones

There's terabytes of memory out lying in the dust,
In houses with smart fridges, smart cars now full of rust
The owners of the knowledge are lost and crumbled bones
Everybody's King wants to play the Game of Thrones

Interview Conducted by Konstantin von Hammerstein and Peter Müller

The Turnbull government will establish a special $1 billion fund to protect the Great Barrier Reef from the ravages of climate change and declining water quality.

The pivotal issue of election 2016 isn't jobs, or tax, or growth, climate, education, refugees, healthcare or super. It's Australia's politicians.

Christian Post Op-Ed Contributor, pulling-no-punches Matt Barber, a 260 pounds undefeated boxing heavyweight  (he never fought Mohamed Ali) tells us with the confidence of a retired policeman that those who deny the existence of their Creator are delusional. He adds that this is not an insult, it's not a personal attack, it's not a pejorative. It's a fact. Amen to me mum and dad.

Labor says the Deputy Prime Minister has announced the relocation of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority to regional New South Wales without waiting for the green light from the Prime Minister.

Election 2016: Labor 'resurrecting the zombie of Tony Abbott', Di Natale says

Greens leader Richard Di Natale has accused Labor of "resurrecting the zombie of Tony Abbott" by flagging they will back some Coalition cuts put forward in the 2014 budget.

As we pass the halfway mark of the 2016 federal election campaign (how long is it since you heard so many grown adults effectively asking “are we there yet?”), key message scripts and political performances are daily in evidence.

The US has succeeded at last with its audacious con-job. The lead NATO member has managed to orchestrate a huge turnaround for increased military spending among its European allies.

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