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Voter beware: how electoral commissions are powerless to stop deliberately misleading party names

A “Free Palestine” party is registered to contest the Victorian state election in November. The conflict in the Middle East is notoriously complex. But what could be simpler than a single-issue political cause, with such a direct slogan as “Free Palestine”?

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Door ajar for rail loop rethink as premier finds feet

Australia's newest premier has revisited his past life and refused to rule out reviewing a signature transport project on his first full day in top job.

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Ben Carroll is the new Victorian premier. He has a long and urgent to-do list – and 4 months until an election

After a tumultuous 24 hours, the Labor Party in Victoria has decided it will have Ben Carroll as its new leader and therefore Premier of Victoria.

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The Victorian Labor government had many successes. But it has also had its failures – and these have lost the voters

The Labor Party in Victoria is going through its most difficult period in the 21st century.

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Grattan on Friday: One Nation’s spectre hangs over Labor national conference

Bill Kelty has been a member of the Labor Party since 1964 but he is not among the hundreds of delegates at the party’s national conference in Adelaide. If he were, the conference’s Thursday debate on the economy might have seen a touch of fire.

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Tim Wilson’s book advocates a far more radical overhaul of our tax system than Labor’s budget

Shadow treasurer Tim Wilson has thrown himself into fighting the reduction of the capital gains tax discount in Labor’s budget, as well as the abolition of negative gearing on existing properties. But as treasurer Jim Chalmers recently pointed out in parliament, quoting from Wilson’s 2020 book The New Social Contract,…

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Ex-Libs leader warns swing to right boosting One Nation

Malcolm Turnbull has urged for the Liberal Party to go back to being centrist as a poll showed One Nation could become the official opposition in parliament.

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Swing to government with by-election neck and neck

Early results in a state by-election indicate a swing towards the ruling LNP government in a race that will go down to the wire.

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Antony Green on how Farrer’s ‘breakout’ by-election will make history

Early voting is now in full swing for the coming Farrer election on May 9. The by-election is being framed as a temperature check of the right in federal politics, given the rise of One Nation and the collapse of the Liberal and National parties.

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Labor clinches second term as One Nation surges at poll

Labor has stormed to a huge win in South Australia, as One Nation hopes its historic second placing translates into seats.

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PM eulogises corruption-tainted political playmaker

Controversial Labor powerbroker Graham Richardson has been remembered by all corners of Australia's political class after a career defined by ruthlessness.

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Should Albanese ‘fight Tories’ harder? Or is blandness a safe bet in a fearful, populist world?

Anyone who reads Sean Kelly’s opinion pieces in the Nine newspapers will not be surprised to learn he is disappointed by the federal Labor government. The sense that, despite the lack of a credible opposition, the Albanese government is moving too slowly and cautiously is a widespread belief amongst Australians…

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Labor legend Graham Richardson to receive state funeral

The former Labor senator has been hailed as a Labor legend "formidable character" after his death following a long battle with cancer.

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Kingmaker, Labor warrior and no stranger to scandal: Graham Richardson dies at 76

There is no modern Australian politician whose name is as synonymous with a certain way of doing politics as that of Graham Richardson, who has died at 76 after a long battle with cancer.

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Wilders, Timmermans are among the leaders of the key parties in Dutch election

The Dutch election for all 150 seats in the lower Second Chamber of parliament is forecast to be a close race between Geert Wilders' populist Party for Freedom and the center-left bloc of the Labor Party and Green Left

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'Stop apologising': Ley backs top Lib's call for unity

A senior Liberal's speech calling for an end to the party's soul searching after a horror election result has won the support of Opposition Leader Sussan Ley.

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Trump Admin Reportedly Revokes Visas Of Dozens Of Mexican Officials Over Suspected Cartel Ties

The Trump administration has revoked the visas of at least 50 Mexican officials over alleged cartel ties, according to a new report

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A longstanding tax on wealth is a central issue as prosperous Norway votes in a close election

Norway is holding an election on Monday, with inequality and the future of a century-old wealth tax in focus

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Sinaloa Cartel Associates Reportedly Got More Than 20 Senate 'Adviser' IDs from Mexican Political Parties

U.S. intelligence agencies are reviewing reports that Senate credentials were granted to leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel, who were listed as "advisers" allegedly linked to the Labor Party (PT).

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Pro-Palestine MP's 'authoritarian' Labor spray rejected

A Labor premier says a sidelined MP's claims of bullying in a scathing attack on the party's leadership was an ordinary feature of typically secret discussions.

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Federal election feel like ages ago? Parliament is now back. Here’s your political refresher

Despite many pre-election predictions, the 48th Australian parliament looks quite similar to the 47th. The Labor Party has greater representation than before: 94 Members of the House of Representatives (up from 77) and 29 Senators (up from 26).

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Involvement in US strikes on Iran could make Australia a target, experts warn as government tight-lipped on Pine Gap

Calls for more transparency on potential use of US-Australian surveillance base at Pine Gap and Tindal airbase

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Dutch center-left parties unite to challenge the right in a historic merger

Two center-left Dutch political parties have agreed to merge

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Defections are fairly common in Australian politics. But history shows they are rarely a good career move

For many years now, Australian political scientists have pointed out that established partisan allegiance is in decline. In 1967, 36% of Coalition supporters and 32% of Labor voters reported lifetime voting for their side. At the 2022 election, the Australian Election Study found the figures to be 16% and 12%.

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Grattan on Friday: Albanese will need some nuance in facing a female opposition leader

Anthony Albanese loves a trophy, especially a human one. He prides himself on his various “captain’s pick” candidates – good campaigners he has steered into seats.

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