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Liberals claim victory in Bragg by-election, while electoral commission warns final results may take days

Liberal candidate Jack Batty is "confident" of victory in Adelaide's inner east, as Labor's Alice Rolls says it looks like he is "going to get over the line by a whisker".

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Anti-abortion event for women moved to unknown location over alleged violent threats as SA Opposition Leader lashes out at journalist

An event where politicians from across the political spectrum were due to speak moves at the last minute because of "violent threats", according to South Australian Liberal leader David Speirs. He later withdrew from the event.

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Voters in eastern suburbs seat of Bragg go to the polls again, this time to replace Liberal Vickie Chapman

South Australia's electoral commission has warned a result in the Bragg by-election will likely take days due to the high number of declaration votes.

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Australia prioritizes reducing emissions and cheaper EVs

Australia’s new government is putting climate change at the top of its legislative agenda when Parliament sits next month for the first time since the May 21 election, with bills to enshrine a cut in greenhouse gas emissions and make electric cars cheaper

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Census data reveals well-off seats no longer rusted-on for Liberals

The release of 2021 census data shows that long-held presumptions about safe Liberal seats are now shaky.

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Does Labor have ‘total control’ in Western Australia?

Just before the Western Australian state election in March 2021, the then leader of the Liberal Party did an unusual thing. He conceded defeat – but then asked voters to stop premier Mark McGowan’s Labor Party from achieving “total control” of the state.

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'Personal' donations to the Liberal Party came from vaping lobby during debate over policy

As the Coalition feuded over vaping, Four Corners can reveal a lobby group gave $44,000 to the Liberal Party but declared it as personal gifts from its director on electoral returns.

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Government use of political campaign tool “regrettable” but not “meaningful”, Ombudsman findings reveal

South Australia's Ombudsman finds the use of the campaign tool NationBuilder by the former premier's office was "inadvertent" and any information collected "most likely could not be used in a meaningful way".

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Education system ‘run by Marxists’: Jason Clare takes aim at Liberal senator over comments on teachers

Hollie Hughes told a Sydney Institute forum parents need to ‘turn the internet off’ as she gave reasons for the party’s election defeat

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Here is what the Liberal party could learn from the Conservatives under David Cameron

The former UK prime minister modernised the Tories on climate and diversity. My party should do the same

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Australian voters have sent Peter Dutton a clear message; he would be silly to miss the cue

Dutton’s choice to continue a policy of wrecking in energy highlights the challenge Albanese has in seeking to end the destructive decade

The Guardian - AU

NSW Liberal MP uses parliamentary privilege to accuse party members of corruption

In claims referred to Icac, Ray Williams told parliament senior Liberal members were ‘paid significant funds’ by developer

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Colombia: president-elect looks to build governing coalition

President-elect Gustavo Petro, who has vowed to lift up Colombia’s poor and disenfranchised, has won the support of an influential party of the establishment as he tries to build a majority coalition in Congress

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Tasmania's upper house passes legislation to impose harsher penalties on protesters

Tasmania's upper house effectively passes legislation to impose harsher penalties for protesters and organisations that obstruct workers or cause a "serious risk". Here's what it means for a state with environmental protest woven into its identity.

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Australian authorities declare final results after election

Authorities are to declare the final seat in a greener, more fragmented Australian Parliament following May 21 elections

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Tasmanian government spent $700k on COVID-19 hotel — only for it to never be used

The Tasmanian government is accused of wasting more than $700,000 of taxpayer money upgrading a motel owned by a Liberal Party member, before abandoning plans to use it as a COVID-19 management site.

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It’s been called the worst job in politics. Can Peter Dutton buck the trend?

Like former Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Peter Dutton found party stardom in the immigration portfolio. The two men’s contest for the leadership back in 2018 wasn’t the result of any huge demand for change among voters. It happened because they were popular within the Liberal Party’s base, or at least…

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Human Brick House David Pocock Has Wrestled An ACT Senate Seat From The Liberal Party

He won the seat off outgoing Senator Zed Seselja weeks after the election.

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Scott Morrison divides even after fall as Minister faces axe

Scott Morrison's defeat left the parliamentary Liberal Party at a historic low – and now it seems he's doing more damage on the bounce.

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Consultation to start on SA Indigenous Voice to Parliament ahead of 2023 launch

South Australian Attorney-General Kyam Maher wants to begin talks on a state version of the First Nations Voice to Parliament ahead of a launch of the body next year.

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WA Liberals pledge change including a shake-up of the preselection process after election wipe-out

The Liberal Party's proposed changes include a shake-up to the preselection process in the wake of its disastrous federal poll results that followed years of poor performance at the state level.

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Clubs, organistations with Tasmanian Liberal patrons on receiving end of pre-election cash splash

Tasmanian Liberal MPs were patrons or members of at least seven organisations that won taxpayer-funded grants after pre-election promises — but the government is adamant the local community does not expect organisations to be ineligible "simply because a candidate is a patron".

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Malcolm Roberts says a rule change at the WHO 'would have decimated' Australia's sovereignty. Is he correct?

The One Nation senator has continued to push the baseless claim that Australia could be forced to adopt restrictive health measures by the World Health Organization.

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WA Liberals report finds widespread branch stacking and manipulation of preselections

A leaked review of Liberal Party membership records in WA, conducted in the wake of the party's abysmal performance at last year's state election, reveals widespread branch stacking and manipulation of state preselections.

The Conversation

Sussan Ley says she is listening to women who rejected the Liberals. But will she hear what they are saying?

Sussan Ley, deputy leader of the Liberal Party and shadow minister for women, has been given a difficult task: bring women voters back to the Liberal Party. This will be no mean feat, given widespread acknowledgement they played a significant role in the Morrison government’s defeat.

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