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Why preferential voting is superior to first past the post

The South Australian state election will be held on March 21. Preferential voting will be used to elect members for all 47 single-member lower house seats. This is the same system as used for federal House of Representatives elections.

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Ley laments domestic killings as 74 women dead in 2025

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has continued her yearly tradition of naming every woman who died from violence in Australia, on the eve of an international event.

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Labor MP Ali France thanks late son for his belief in her in first speech to parliament after unseating Peter Dutton

Melbourne member Sarah Witty, who defeated former Greens leader Adam Bandt, also credits profound impact of family life on her politics

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Dutton dethroner shares emotional journey to parliament

The MP who unseated Peter Dutton at the election has paid tribute to her late son during a heartfelt maiden speech that touched on a life-changing accident.

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Fresh-faced MPs arrive in parliament for orientation

Newly elected politicians will learn the ropes of the lower house as they prepare for the first sitting day since the federal election.

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The Peter principle: how Dutton’s election campaign in Dickson went horribly wrong

Labor considered the Brisbane seat ‘enemy territory’ at the start of the campaign. By the end, Ali France was the first person ever to unseat an opposition leader at a federal election

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Loser Peter Dutton Soft-Launches ‘Graceful Exit’ From Politics After Historic Defeat

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'I miss him so deeply': Labor MP reveals inspiration

Labor MP Ali France has paid tribute to her son who lost his battle with leukaemia after she toppled Peter Dutton and claimed the Queensland seat of Dickson.

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From tragedy to triumph: Ali France and the ‘remarkable women’ who delivered a slew of Labor wins in Queensland

Seven female Labor candidates, ‘enough for an entire netball team’, have won seats in the sunshine state, with Anika Wells praising the party for ‘empowering women’

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Who Is Ali France AKA The Labor Candidate Who Just Booted Dutton Out Of Dickson?

Ali France has just become the first person to unseat an opposition leader at a federal election, after her stunning victory this election.

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Albanese takes victory lap after Labor landslide

Anthony Albanese has thanked supporters after the prime minister secured a second term in leading the nation with expanded ranks of Labor MPs.

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Albanese increases majority and Dutton loses seat in stunning election landslide

The Albanese government has been re-elected with a substantially increased majority, and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has lost his seat, in a crushing defeat of the Coalition.

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Glum and glummer: Liberal faithful reel as Peter Dutton loses seat of Dickson after 24 years

Liberal party supporters in shock as opposition leader forced to concede seat in Brisbane to Labor’s Ali France

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Peter Dutton Has Lost His Seat And Thank You, People Of Dickson

It's projected that Peter Dutton has lost his QLD seat of Dickson to Labor’s Ali France.

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Who is Ali France, the Labor candidate who has unseated Peter Dutton in Dickson?

The 49-year-old disability advocate is the first person to unseat an opposition leader at an election

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Dutton faces eject button as dogfight for seat tightens

A change to preference flows could put Peter Dutton in re-election danger, despite a two-party preferred lead in his marginal seat of Dickson, polling shows.

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Preferences may help decide the Australian election. Here is what could happen in five crucial seats

How-to-vote cards offer some clues to how preferences may flow, but no one can be sure how closely voters will follow them – and some offer no advice

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Albo Addresses Labor Candidate’s Resurfaced Tweet Depicting Dutton As A Nazi

"Ali France is an extraordinary Australian and I don’t know what your tweets are like more than a decade ago,” Albanese said at a press conference in Perth.

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State of the states: six experts on how the campaign is playing out around Australia

The federal election campaign has passed the halfway mark, with politicians zig-zagging across the country to spruik their policies and achievements.

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ALP backs female candidate's third run against Dutton

Ali France will get a third chance to run as the Labor candidate in the Queensland seat of Dickson, held by Liberal Leader Peter Dutton.

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Queensland's federal seat of Dickson sees LNP's Peter Dutton in tight contest against Labor's Ali France

Even after sitting MP Peter Dutton doubled his margin in 2019, his seat of Dickson remains marginal. Is it in play in this federal election?

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