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At the dawn of 2023, we can see the shadowy outline of possible 2025 election issues.

Labor picks barrister to take on Greg Piper

If the Labor Government is really the champion of Medicare it would now focus on the delivery of health service and not just on funding.

Election campaign review also warns party risks losing outer suburban seats in Melbourne to independents unless lessons learned

The election win 50 years ago delighted by father and angered my mother. Their politics were never reconciled yet they stayed together until my father’s death

Amid the scale and sweep of the list of decisions made by the Whitlam government in their first week in office, most people remember the big changes: freeing all draft resisters from prison, or official recognition of Communist China.

The number of votes separating some candidates can be tallied on one hand as election counting continues in six lower house seats.

Mr Pesutto is roughly 1,000 votes ahead of teal independent Melissa Lowe, as the former shadow attorney-general prepares for a tilt at the party leadership.

As the 2022 Victorian election campaign moved into its final days late last week, the consensus within the major parties, various community independent candidates, new little parties furious about lockdowns, and the mainstream media was that the election was a referendum on the premier, Daniel Andrews.

Labor material includes flyers, an advertisement at a cinema and several billboards in marginal electorate

Dreamers and Schemers: A Political History of Australia by Frank Bongiorno is a comprehensive account of the history of Australian parliamentary politics. It examines political parties and their leaders, factional divides and national elections.