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Shooting of Shinzo Abe is a huge shock for Japan and the world

Japan is reeling from the assassination of its longest-serving former prime minister, Shinzo Abe. He was campaigning for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party for the Upper House elections due on Sunday, in the city of Nara in western Japan, when he was shot from behind with an apparently home-made sawn-off…

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Japan election: what you need to know

A strong showing by Japan's ruling party in upper house elections on Sunday would give Prime Minister Fumio Kishida a firmer grip on the factious party and allow him to emerge from the shadow of a powerful predecessor and define his premiership.

Reuters

Factbox: Main parties contesting Japan's upper house election

(Corrects year of establishment of DPFP to 2020 from 2000 in July 6 story)

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In over 110 years, Congress goes without representation in UP Legislative Council

Motilal Nehru was Congress' first MLC in the House in 1909

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Factbox: Main parties contesting Japan's upper house election

Japan holds an upper house election on Sunday that is key to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's attempt to gain firmer control of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to enable it and its Komeito junior partner to push through legislation.

Reuters

Factbox: The numbers to watch in Japan's upper house elections

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is aiming for a convincing win in upper house of parliament elections on Sunday to enhance its ability to push through policies to tackle rising prices and bolster defence.

Reuters

Analysis-Inflation, not deflation, is now Japan's political hot potato as election looms

The rising cost of living is turning into a thorny political issue ahead of Japan's upper house election this weekend, as opposition parties peg blame for recent price hikes on Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's policies.

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24 Rajya Sabha members to take oath on Friday

Twenty-four newly-elected members of the Rajya Sabha will take oath on Friday in the chamber of the Upper House of the Parliament. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Japan coalition headed for election win, LDP seen gaining seats -poll

Japan's ruling coalition is headed for victory in a July 10 upper house election, with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's ruling party likely to extend the number of seats it holds on its own, according to an opinion poll published on Monday.

Reuters

A steep decline for JD(S) in Council in two years

The party has lost seven seats since November 2020

The Hindu

One Nation's Pauline Hanson wins Queensland Senate seat, Amanda Stoker out

Pauline Hanson retains her Senate seat for another term, with the Australian Electoral Commission officially declaring she has finished fifth in Queensland's upper house race.

ABC News

With majority in Council maintained, BJP govt. gets set to clear anti-conversion Bill

BJP will have 39 members in the 75-member Upper House

The Hindu

Medicinal cannabis inquiry looks at driving exemption

Medicinal cannabis users face discrimination at roadside drug tests, compared to other prescription drug users.

Newcastle Herald

Keen battle for four Legislative Council seats today

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Explained | The battlefield for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections

The biennial Rajya Sabha polls are scheduled for June 10 and a close contest is expected in Haryana, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, and Karnataka

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Former Liberal MP Phil Edman denies hindering WA Corruption and Crime Commission inquiry

Phil Edman will fight allegations he hindered a Corruption and Crime Commission investigation into his alleged misuse of parliamentary expenses, including travel for sex and paying for strippers.

Newcastle Herald

Court rules on plan to burn wood chips in Hunter power station

The NSW Land and Environment Court has rejected Verdant Earth Technologies' appeal to establish a biomass power station near Warkworth.

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Chidambaram, Sibal, 39 others elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha

Elections will be held for 16 seats in four States on June 10

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Congress should have been more astute in choice of RS poll candidates: Sanjay Raut

Sena leader urges Congress to get its act together, says non-BJP Opposition cannot move forward without it

The Hindu

Shiver and seizure: On the list of Congress Rajya Sabha candidates

Congress leader

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RCP Singh out, JD(U) names its Jharkhand chief as RS nominee from Bihar

Mr. Singh will have to resign from the Union Cabinet unless he can get BJP to send him to the Upper House.

The Hindu

BJP’s tryst with 100-member mark in Rajya Sabha

With elections to Upper House in June, the party’s tally is set to fall once again

The Hindu

Rajya Sabha elections first test for Udaipur Declaration

Party had adopted the “50 under 50“ formula to keep half the positions for all those who are under 50-years of age

ABC News

NSW's voluntary assisted dying laws pass after marathon debate in parliament

Voluntary assisted dying is now legal in NSW after the bill introduced by Independent MP Alex Greenwich passes both houses.

ABC News

Government strikes deal with Greens and SA Best to end COVID-19 emergency declaration

A deal has been struck to pass law changes through the state parliament's upper house that will modify how COVID will be managed in South Australia.

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