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Labor admits trust damaged after surviving voter revolt

The Liberals have fallen short of a by-election upset in a traditional Labor stronghold after voters took a sledgehammer to the 10-year-old state government.

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NSW Labor accused of trying to ‘redesign’ a mental health system with no psychiatrists

Patient care compromised by closing beds and shifting workload to less qualified staff, motion claims

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Sitting week a test run of post-election politics

The Senate might have hosted a test run of the next parliament after Labor teamed up with the Greens to pass major reforms.

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‘There is fear of what lies ahead’: Germans divided as snap election looms

Voters share which party they are backing on key issues from immigration to economic stagnation amid a fractured political landscape

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‘The far right wants us to play by their rules’: Can German Greens survive ‘witch-hunt’?

As AfD says Germany is in grip of ‘eco-dictatorship’, Green party tones down mention of climate action

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New Mortgage Rules Could Help Young Aussies With Student Debt Buy A Home

"People with a HELP debt should be treated fairly when they want to buy a house."

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By courting the far right, the man tipped to be Germany’s next chancellor may have sealed his own downfall

Conservative Friedrich Merz shattered a political taboo. His blunder gives the centre-left has a chance in the 23 February election

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Byelections show Labor is in trouble in Victoria – but how much will Peter Dutton benefit?

Is history repeating itself in Labor’s fortress state of Victoria?

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Outgoing minister opens up about 'painful experience'

Retiring Labor MP Stephen Jones has used a farewell speech to parliament to talk about the "painful experience" of the royal commission into child sex abuse.

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US accuses Australia of breaking ‘verbal commitment’ on aluminium exports – as it happened

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'Dutton-proof': no more clean energy money for uranium

Clean energy incentives will not support uranium mining after parliament passed an amendment that could also hinder future attempts to establish nuclear power.

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Labor’s Half A Billion Dollar Investment in Women’s Health: What’s In It For You?

More endo clinics, bigger rebates on IUDs and more.

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Morning Mail: Trump reveals Putin war talks, Greens demand NBN CEO pay cut, black summer remembered

Labor urged to cut the pay of the national broadband network’s boss; Trump says he has held talks with his Russian counterpart over the Ukraine conflict

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Invincible no more: by-election puts Labor on notice

With a state by-election result hanging on a knife edge, voters have fired a "warning shot" at Labor ahead of the upcoming federal election.

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View from The Hill: Labor faces risk of Victorians using federal poll as referendum on both Allan and Albanese governments

The weekend byelection in the outer suburban seat of Werribee saw the widely-anticipated slap-in-the-face to Victorian Labor, which is absolutely on the nose. The question is: to what degree were electors venting against federal Labor too?

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The weekend byelection results were close to Labor and the Greens’ worst case scenario – but it’s not all good news for the Liberals

One federal Labor MP said his party’s brand has ‘taken a dive’ in Victoria

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Victoria byelections: Liberals claim Greens seat as Allan pledges to ‘do more’ after vote dives in Labor heartland

Greens concede loss to Liberals in Prahran and ALP on a knife-edge in Werribee

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Victorian byelections: Liberals gain Prahran from Greens and Labor ahead in Werribee

Byelections occurred on Saturday in the Victorian state seats of Prahran and Werribee. The Liberals gained Prahran from the Greens by a 51.6–48.4 margin, a 13.6% swing to the Liberals since the 2022 state election.

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Merz’s gamble: Germany’s centre-right leader splits voters by flirting with hardline AfD

Would-be chancellor Friedrich Merz breaks postwar convention of no political deals with far right

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Nigel Farage has been a threat to every recent UK prime minister. But this is something new

Reform has surged in the polls, panicking both Labour and the Conservatives. It’s a trap, and the risks are high

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Greens concede Prahran as Werribee hangs in the balance

A Liberal candidate has wrested an inner-city seat from the Greens in one of two state by-elections, as the other political contest remains too close to call.

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Ballots and barbs in by-election litmus test for Labor

State Liberals hope voter frustration over living costs and crime will deliver them upsets in two by-elections being held at once in capital city suburbs.

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Cries continue for Trump's Gaza plan to be scrapped

Australian activists have taken to the streets to contest Donald Trump's declaration the US will take over war-torn Gaza, with more weekend protests planned.

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Misleading and false election ads are legal in Australia. We need national truth in political advertising laws

The highly pertinent case of a little-known independent candidate in the Victorian seat of Wannon has exposed a gaping hole in Australia’s electoral laws, which allow for misleading political advertisements in the lead-up to an election campaign. It’s all entirely legal and is already being exploited to try to shape…

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WA Labor has thumping Newspoll lead a month before election; federal Labor improves

The Western Australian state election will be held on March 8. A Newspoll, conducted January 29 to February 4 from a sample of 1,039, gave Labor a 56–44 lead, from primary votes of 42% Labor, 32% Liberals, 3% Nationals, 12% Greens, 4% One Nation and 7% for all Others.

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