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• Live: Dutton visits Sikh Games after Brisbane office vandalised

  18-04-2025 00:58 via abc.net.au
  
  Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton have both begun their campaigning in Sydney today. Follow live. 
  
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• Victoria hot seats LIVE results: Ryan holds Kooyong; Daniel yet to concede Goldstein; Peter Khalil, Julian Hill join ALP colleagues in Canberra

  12-05-2025 04:55 via smh.com.au
  
  The Australian Electoral Commission cleared its backlog of postal votes over the weekend and processed a few provisional votes.
  
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• Greens retain Brisbane seat of Ryan, Antony Green projects

  12-05-2025 04:55 via abc.net.au
  
  ABC Chief Election Analyst Antony Green says Greens MP Elizabeth Watson-Brown has held onto her inner-Brisbane seat of Ryan.
  
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• These are the five seats still too close to call – and 18 that changed hands

  12-05-2025 04:24 via smh.com.au
  
  Five seats across the nation remain too close to call as the margins in some high-profile electoral battles narrowed to double digits.
  
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• These are the six seats still too close to call – and 18 that changed hands

  12-05-2025 03:50 via smh.com.au
  
  Six seats across the nation remain too close to call as the margins in some high-profile electoral battles narrowed to double digits.
  
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• Claims Beijing issued 'shocking challenge' to Solomon Islands sovereignty

  12-05-2025 02:01 via abc.net.au
  
  China's embassy in the Solomon Islands becomes embroiled in a foreign interference controversy after allegedly forcing a newly appointed minister in the Pacific island nation to quit an international group. 
  
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• Victoria hot seats LIVE results: Ryan likely to hold Kooyong after weekend count; Daniel yet to concede Goldstein; Peter Khalil, Julian Hill join ALP colleagues in Canberra

  12-05-2025 01:41 via smh.com.au
  
  The Australian Electoral Commission cleared its backlog of postal votes over the weekend and processed a few provisional votes.
  
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• Live: Nationals in Canberra to pick leader as Canavan challenges Littleproud

  11-05-2025 23:01 via abc.net.au
  
  National Party members arrive in Canberra to decide the party's leader moving forward, with current leader David Littleproud facing a challenge from Senator Matt Canavan.
  
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• Live: Monique Ryan wins Kooyong as Greens, Labor and Liberals each nab seats

  11-05-2025 23:01 via abc.net.au
  
  The ABC is projecting winners in Bean, Ryan, Bradfield and Kooyong as Nationals MPs prepare for a leadership vote this afternoon.
  
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• Live: Monique Ryan wins Kooyong as Bean, Bradfield called for major parties

  11-05-2025 23:01 via abc.net.au
  
  The ABC is projecting winners in Bean, Bradfield and Kooyong as Nationals MPs prepare for a leadership vote this afternoon.
  
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• The Dutton delusion: Many election myths were believed, then busted

  11-05-2025 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  The Voice defeat made Peter Dutton, his supporters and elements of the media start to believe, but blind faith can often lead you astray.
  
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• The Coalition has a young person problem

  11-05-2025 20:56 via abc.net.au
  
  Post-election analysis showed back in 2022 that the conservative side of politics was failing to attract younger voters. Why didn't it heed the warnings?
  
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• Tim Wilson weighs tilt at Liberal leadership as Nationals’ vote threatens Coalition agreement

  11-05-2025 20:54 via smh.com.au
  
  Leadership votes will be held for both the Liberal Party and the Nationals in Canberra in a defining week for the future of conservative politics in Australia.
  
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• Zelenskyy agrees to meet Putin face-to-face for Ukraine war talks

  11-05-2025 20:42 via abc.net.au
  
  The Ukrainian president says he will travel to Türkiye this week to meet his Russian counterpart, hours after Donald Trump said he was beginning to doubt Ukraine wanted to end the war. 
  
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• Best of cartoons, May 12, 2025

  11-05-2025 14:50 via smh.com.au
  
  The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
  
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• Ed Husic says speaking out on Gaza partly to blame for demotion

  11-05-2025 10:23 via abc.net.au
  
  Dumped cabinet minister Ed Husic has unleashed a scathing attack on the deputy prime minister for his role in removing him from the front bench.
  
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• Labor’s factions never fail to rain on a parade

  11-05-2025 08:24 via smh.com.au
  
  As far as political hits go, Sunday’s blast by Ed Husic struck its target with the precision of a heat-seeking missile.
  
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• Ed Husic criticises deputy prime minister after losing cabinet seat

  11-05-2025 03:03 via abc.net.au
  
  Dumped minister Ed Husic has labelled Labor colleague Richard Marles a 'factional assassin'.
  
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• Ed Husic lashes out at deputy prime minister after losing cabinet position

  11-05-2025 02:15 via abc.net.au
  
  Chifley MP Ed Husic labels Richard Marles a ‘factional assassin’, saying his vocal opinion on the Gaza war contributed to his elimination from the federal cabinet.
  
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• Marles a ‘factional assassin’, Husic says in attack following factional coup

  11-05-2025 02:05 via smh.com.au
  
  The former minister said his removal as a cabinet minister was carried out partly as retaliation for his outspoken pro-Palestinian advocacy.
  
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• Marles a ‘factional assassin’, Husic says in attack after ministerial coup

  11-05-2025 02:05 via smh.com.au
  
  The former minister said his removal as a cabinet minister was carried out partly as retaliation for his outspoken pro-Palestinian advocacy.
  
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• Dumped minister says speaking out on Gaza partly to blame for demotion

  11-05-2025 01:39 via abc.net.au
  
  Dumped cabinet minister Ed Husic says his decision to speak out on the conflict in Gaza was partly to blame for him being dropped from the frontbench, while also lashing Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles as a political "assassin".
  
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• Dumped minister accuses Richard Marles of being a 'factional assassin',

  11-05-2025 01:39 via abc.net.au
  
  Dumped cabinet minister Ed Husic says his decision to speak out on the conflict in Gaza was partly to blame for him being dropped from the frontbench, while also lashing Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles as a political "assassin".
  
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• Dumped cabinet minister says speaking out on Gaza partly to blame for his demotion

  11-05-2025 01:39 via abc.net.au
  
  Dumped cabinet minister Ed Husic says his decision to speak out on the conflict in Gaza was partly to blame for him being dropped from the frontbench, while also lashing Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles as a political "assassin".
  
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• Price and Taylor pledge to fight for Liberal values as firebrand senator confirms deputy run

  11-05-2025 01:36 via smh.com.au
  
  Liberal frontbenchers Angus Taylor and Sussan Ley are locked in a tight battle that may be decided by just a few votes at a meeting on Tuesday.
  
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• Sunday May 11 Full Program

  11-05-2025 01:00 via abc.net.au
  
  David Speers interviews Labor MP Ed Husic. The AFR's Phil Coorey, Melissa Clarke of the ABC and Peter Hartcher from the Age & SMH discuss the week after Labor's landslide election victory.
  
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• Let the factional fights begin

  11-05-2025 01:00 via abc.net.au
  
  The fall-out from Labor's election win began this week. The leadership of the Liberals, Nationals, and Greens are all in play. It hasn't been entirely smooth sailing for Labor either – with two Cabinet Ministers pushed out by the factions.
  
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• Ley's leadership push met with mixed response in home electorate

  10-05-2025 23:39 via abc.net.au
  
  Sussan Ley hopes to be the first female leader of the Liberal Party. But can she afford to take her eye off her electorate in the process? 
  
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• Albanese sold his big health promise to the people. The fight isn’t over yet

  10-05-2025 21:45 via smh.com.au
  
  With bulk-billing in freefall, Anthony Albanese will need to defy gravity to avoid angering voters promised more free visits to the GP.
  
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• Ali France's election win is big for the disability community

  10-05-2025 21:16 via abc.net.au
  
  Ali France's election win over Peter Dutton isn't just a positive for Anthony Albanese and Labor — it's also big for the disability community, writes Nas Campanella.
  
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