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Election Diary: The election’s first debate was disaster-free but passion-free too

The election’s first debate, on Sky News on Tuesday night, was disappointingly dull. Viewers who’d been following the campaign would have learned little. There was minimal spontaneity.

The Conversation

A sense of community and democracy diminished as pre-poll votes sizzle

The way we participate in democracy has changed.

The Canberra Times

How the Indigenous voice referendum could have passed with bipartisan support – in charts

Support among Coalition voters dropped after the Liberal party came out in opposition to the referendum in April, data reveals

The Guardian - AU

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Glitch or death spiral: can the Liberal party brand be revived?

Tasmania is the only state or territory where the party remains in power. What must it do to ‘right’ the conservative ship?

The Guardian - AU

Voters abandon major parties, study finds

In 1967, about three in four voters said they always voted for the same party but in 2022 this has dropped to just over one in three.

AAP

Leadership, independents key to election

An academic study of the 2022 federal election has found voters were attracted by Labor's strong leadership, but many abandoned both major parties.

AAP

Northumberland garden named one of the most picturesque in the world

A study analysed Instagram data to find the most picturesque gardens in the UK - and the world!

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With Anthony Albanese's popularity apparently soaring, have we reached peak Albo?

The honeymoon period for Australian prime ministers is 94 days, according to a leading political science expert — which means that Anthony Albanese's popularity bubble is set to burst.

ABC News

Australian leader wants legislated carbon reduction target

Australia’s Parliament has sat for the first time since May elections with the new prime minister determined to have a greenhouse gas reduction target enshrined in law

The Independent UK

Scott Morrison and Barnaby Joyce were most unpopular leaders at election since 1987, study shows

Findings also showed teal independent support likely to have been ‘tactical Labor or Greens voters’ instead of dissatisfied Liberals

The Guardian - AU

Federal election 2022 result fails to make impact on lives of multicultural Australians

A number of informal votes and a shift away from the major parties are some of the trends seen in the more diverse communities in Australia.

ABC News

Can the independents upset Australia’s political status quo?

As trust in the major parties declines, independents hope to win over voters in Saturday’s election.

Al Jazeera

Every Gold Coast electorate is a safe LNP seat. But there's 'danger' in assuming that won't change

Gold Coast electorates had some of the lowest voter turnouts at the last federal election, but political pundits say it would take an “implosion” for the LNP to lose any of its eight safe seats in the region.

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