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Labor party expels three Independent candidates who tried to resign

Two said issues they raised were not addressed.

Newcastle Herald

The Labor campaign flyer that isn't a Labor Party flyer

Port Stephens Labor council campaign flyer sparks controversy.

Newcastle Herald

Power boat skipper charged after run-in with Labor Party members aboard fundraising cruise

Power boat skipper charged following anti-offshore wind protest.

Newcastle Herald

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Faith-based politics is nothing new in Australia – so what’s Albanese really worried about?

Senator Fatima Payman’s defection over Labor Party policy on statehood for the Palestinians has generated wider discussion about the written and unwritten rules of Australian politics. One of those involves the vexed question of the role of religious faith.

The Conversation

All ‘commit’ and no ‘disagree’: the real reason why Labor’s solidarity pledge is not working

The Australian Labor Party’s solidarity pledge is being widely sledged in the wake of Western Australian Senator Fatima Payman’s resignation from caucus.

The Conversation

Australian senator resigns from ruling Labor party over stand on Palestinian statehood

Fatima Payman, 29, was ‘indefinitely suspended’ from Labor caucus last week after she defied party and sided with Greens to call for recognition of Palestinian statehood

The Independent UK

Fatima Payman breached ‘caucus solidarity’. What does this mean and why is it so significant?

The machinations of the Australian Labor Party machine are back in the spotlight this week, with Western Australian Senator Fatima Payman crossing the floor to support a Greens-backed motion calling for the Australian Senate to “recognise the State of Palestine”.

The Conversation

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Australia appoints second woman governor-general in 123 years to represent British monarch

Australia has appointed Sam Mostyn as only its second woman governor-general, a largely ceremonial role representing the British monarch as the nation’s head of state

The Independent UK

View from The Hill: Albanese suspends rebel senator Payman from participating in caucus indefinitely after she says she’d cross the floor again

Anthony Albanese sprang into action after his recalcitrant senator, young Muslim woman Fatima Payman, gave a defiant Sunday morning interview on the ABC Insiders program in which she vowed to cross the floor again if similar circumstances arose.

The Conversation

Payman might cross the floor again despite party rebuke

Labor senator Fatima Payman has been iced out of a partyroom meeting as punishment for crossing the floor but remains unapologetic about her actions.

AAP

'They're not Labor people': Greens set sights on 'winnable' Canberra

Greens unveil new candidate for inner-city lower house seat.

The Canberra Times

Vic Labor government would win election, poll says

Victorian Labor would win an election if one was held now, setting it up for a potential historic fourth consecutive term, but its primary vote is slipping.

AAP

October 7 attack 'legitimate': Islamic Council rep

A leading Islamic group won't attend the Victorian premier's Iftar dinner over Labor's response to the Gaza conflict, calling an attack on Israel "legitimate".

AAP

'Waiting in silence': POWs honoured on 20th anniversary

Anthony Albanese says Australian prisoner of war stories need to be told, while paying homage to one prisoner of the Japanese who became a "tower of humanity".

AAP

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The Independent UK

Preliminary Dutch government talks delayed as official seeking coalitions says he needs more time

The official appointed to investigate possible coalitions after the Dutch election won by Geert Wilders’ far-right Party for Freedom says he needs more time

The Independent UK

Former Labor Party minister to investigate possible coalitions after Wilders' Dutch election win

Far-right Dutch election winner Geert Wilders has tapped a former minister from the center-left Labor Party to investigate possible coalitions

The Guardian - AU

Former governor general and Labor party leader Bill Hayden dies aged 90

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed his death on Saturday

The Conversation

Hamas assault echoes 1973 Arab-Israeli war – a shock attack and questions of political, intelligence culpability

The parallels were striking – and surely not coincidental.

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The Conversation

Who is Jacinta Allan, Victoria's new premier?

With the sudden announcement that Daniel Andrews will be stepping down as premier of Victoria at 5pm today, the Labor Party has been working to find the best replacement.

The Independent UK

Norway's conservative opposition wins local elections with nearly 26% of the votes

Norway's center-right opposition party has won local elections, with the conservatives of former Prime Minister Erna Solberg ahead of the governing Labor Party

Newcastle Herald

What Newcastle's super balances tell us about the region

The average level of superannuation held by Novocastrians is the highest of all the regions.

The Conversation

Andrew Leigh calls out how Labor's factional 'duopoly' is undermining the party

Andrew Leigh, an assistant minister in the Albanese government, has launched a swingeing attack on the stranglehold the factional “duopoly” has on the Labor Party.

The Conversation

Vale Simon Crean: a true believer in the Labor Party

On reflection, Simon Crean was probably the first domino to fall in a certain madness that seized Labor during the Howard era and presaged a decade of turmoil that only settled down under Bill Shorten’s leadership (2013-19).

The Conversation

Jim Chalmers wants a truly independent RBA. He should be careful what he wishes for

Might Jim Chalmers have forgotten Labor Party history?

The Conversation

'We haven't got anybody': new research reveals how major parties are dying in remote Australia

On the eve of the 2019 federal election, a Labor Party politician made a panicked phone call to someone they knew in Kununurra, a remote town of over 5,000 people in Western Australia. As the person later recalled to us during an interview for our research, the conversation went something…

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