Dolly Parton's enormous regulation-flouting tour buses have finally made it to Australia for the singer's nationwide tour. So will unlikely hero Anthony Albanese be cashing in on his ceremonial smooching?

Former Liberal NSW premier Nick Greiner has fired another salvo at current premier Barry O'Farrell in an attempt to get him to privatise the state's electricity network.

Arriverderci Silvio Berlusconi. The 75-year old multi-billionaire has agreed to step down as Italy's Prime Minister, but should have been red-carded years ago.

For Labor, the latest opinion poll result is a bit like the moment in the 1976 film Rocky, when Sylvester Stallone calls blindly over his shoulder to his trainer: Cut me!

He may have looked more movie star than politician when wearing it, but Malcolm Turnbull has decided to auction off his celebrated black leather jacket – with the proceeds going to charity.

The Gillard government's controversial media inquiry begins its first public hearings today. So who's fronting up and what do they have to say?

It's probably not surprising how regularly our old leaders pop up in the media, especially when they've got a book to sell or some leadership speculation to quash. Here's a rundown of the movements of our last three prime ministers.

Prominent global warming sceptic Hugh Morgan wouldn't be everyone's first choice to chair a high-level forum on tackling climate change. But that's exactly what he did at the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Perth last week.

The 70 most powerful people in the world have been revealed – and not a single Australian has made the grade. That is, unless you count Rupert Murdoch.

Minerals Council of Australia CEO Mitch Hooke has hit out at Andrew Twiggy Forrest's claim that the mining tax, due to be debated in parliament today, will unfairly punish the nation's smaller miners.