Making a direct comparison between Coalition policies under Mr Abbott and Mr Turnbull, Sales said: "There was very little difference, so then what was the point of knifing Tony Abbott?"

Mr Turnbull refused to "buy into those sort of unpleasant metaphors".

"We shouldn't be using violent metaphors," he said, prompting Sales to replace "knifing" with "replace". 

May the Brussels terror attack remind us of the other attacks in Turkey and in Africa... and the USA.

We know who the culprits are but we dare not mention their REAL names, because they are our "friends", in religious freedom and petroleum supplies.

May all of us rest in peace.

Record-breaking autumn heat is just a warning of what's to come if Australia doesn't act immediately to combat climate change.

That's the message from environmental experts armed with a report that reveals a notable climb in average temperatures across the country at the start of March.

The Western MSM are all a flutter: Russia are pulling out of Syria (sort of). They can’t quite decide if it’s a victory, or a defeat. They don’t know if it’s because they ran out of money, are giving up, or it’s all a big lie – but they all agree on two things: 1) Russia has not achieved anything and 2) This is a massive a surprise.

The chances of a July 2 federal election have shortened dramatically with the passage of Senate voting reforms after a marathon 40-hour debate.

The Coalition, with the support of the Greens and independent Senator Nick Xenophon, pushed through the bill shortly after 1.30pm on Friday by 36 votes to 23.

The debate was one of the longest considerations of a single bill in the past 26 years.

Disappointed by the government-commissioned review into anti-bullying program Safe Schools, far-right conservative MP George Christensen fell back on one of the oldest tricks in the homophobic playbook: an attempt to conflate homosexuality with paedophilia.