A budget bill to prevent the US government from being thrown into another shutdown has passed as the President Donald Trump prepares to declare a national emergency to ensure his controversial border wall is built.
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Finance Minister Mathias Cormann denies there is a threat to the US-refugee resettlement deal, despite the Coalition's tough rhetoric surrounding border security.
Week in Politics Wrap: The Coalition has suffered a historic blow, becoming the first government to lose a substantial vote in the lower house since 1929 after the medivac bill passed parliament this week.
FULL INTERVIEW: Nationals frontbencher Keith Pitt says Labor has to choose whether it is 'foolish enough' to vote against the Coalition's divestiture bill.
The Coalition is facing further internal turmoil, with the Deputy Nationals leader at odds with a senior cabinet minister over when the government's so-called 'big stick' energy policy will be put to parliament.
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