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‘I believe I can win’: the immigrant hoping to upset Labor in a western Sydney stronghold

Ahmed Ouf, a pharmacist from Egypt, says local election success means he can take Blaxland from Jason Clare

The Guardian - AU

Does Rebekha Sharkie understand her seat’s voting preferences?

The longtime crossbencher says her electorate would expect her to work with Peter Dutton. But when pressed on Mayo’s two-party-preferred swing to Labor, a few bizarre minutes unfolded.

Crikey

Labor loses its stranglehold on Newcastle as new council faces emerge

Incoming lord mayor Ross Kerridge faces negotiations with a handful of blocs.

Newcastle Herald

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Nelmes hit snag with voters looking to avoid the democracy sausage sizzle

Pre-poll voters set platform for Kerridge's lord mayoral win.

Newcastle Herald

'Protest vote': How Newcastle turned on lord mayor Nelmes' leadership style

Dr Ross Kerridge 'right person, in the right moment', says analyst.

Newcastle Herald

Anthony Albanese’s refusal to rule out a double dissolution labelled an ‘empty threat’

The prime minister is being accused of baselessly threatening to have a double dissolution election to resolve the housing stalemate, and pagers used by Hezbollah have been exploded — with blame levelled at Israel.

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PM's early election warning labelled an 'empty threat'

The prime minister has threatened a double dissolution over resistance to his government's housing policy but experts don't think this will benefit his party.

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The rise of the Libertarians: ‘fringe’ party could win 15 NSW council seats after Liberals’ bungle

Minor party could be largest group on MidCoast council and state MP John Ruddick says ‘if you put in a development [application] we will approve it’

The Guardian - AU

Lord Mayor closes in on sixth term, maybe her last

Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore is tipped to win her sixth term while some councils face a shift to the left after a nomination debacle by the Liberals.

AAP

Fierce renter advocate eyes Parliament House tenancy

After taking aim at landlords and real estate agents, internet sensation Jordan 'purplepingers' van den Lamb has his eyes on a new target: the Senate.

AAP

Liberals' council nomination extension plea rejected

The NSW electoral commissioner has rejected the state Liberals' request for more time after the party failed to nominate candidates for a string of local seats.

AAP

‘Shocked and gutted’: NSW Liberal councillors mull legal action against own party over administrative disaster

Fallout continues over Liberal party’s failure to lodge paperwork to nominate 136 candidates in upcoming council local government elections

The Guardian - AU

‘Labor doesn’t care what we think’: doctor to take on Tony Burke in safe western Sydney seat

Dr Ziad Basyouny is the first of several independents expected to challenge federal Labor seats amid the Israel-Gaza war

The Guardian - AU

Muslim Vote group says it will target Labor ministers and whip at next federal election

First high-profile candidate due to be announced this week by ‘grassroots’ movement backing independents against Tony Burke and Jason Clare

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Abolishing Higgins seat sent everyone into a frenzy for all the wrong reasons

The draft redistribution of Victoria, which abolishes the electoral seat of Higgins, resulted in slew of hot takes.

AAP

Knife-edge by-election has leaders sweating

As the Malinauskas government marks its halfway point, it faces an honest appraisal from voters at the knife-edge Dunstan by-election.

Crikey

‘Completely unsound’: Experts skewer Indigenous Voice vote claim

‘This analysis would get tossed out even in high school level geography, social studies or statistics,’ one professor said.

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Leaders step up efforts as Indigenous voice vote fails

Both the 'yes' and 'no' camps say Australia needs to look forward and come together after a referendum to establish an Indigenous voice to parliament failed.

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The Guardian - AU

Independent MP Dai Le looks to spin success in western Sydney into new political movement

Despite Le’s self-belief, political experts aren’t convinced of necessity or potential reach of new party based in west of capital

The Guardian - AU

Dead heat in upper house after NSW election leaves Chris Minns facing ‘messy’ negotiations

Legislative council’s even split of political leanings means Labor will need to work with conservatives to pass legislation

AAP

NSW upper house results hang in the balance

The NSW upper house's slim right-wing majority could shift left as minor parties vie to join the largest crossbench in modern history.

The Guardian - AU

Ballots are yet to open in the NSW election but have the teals already won?

Independent challengers spruik their influence on government policy as a sign of the benefits they bring

The Guardian - AU

Can poker machine reform save Dominic Perrottet from polls suggesting he’ll lose power in NSW?

After 12 years in power the Coalition has an uphill fight, say analysts, with a hung parliament a possibility

The Guardian - AU

One Nation on track to have its first MP in Victorian parliament

Rikkie-Lee Tyrrell expected to enter upper house, where Labor needs six crossbench votes to pass legislation

The Guardian - AU

Legalise Cannabis and other progressive parties could hold balance of power in Victorian upper house

Counting suggests Legalise Cannabis party, Greens and Reason Party are likely to win seats in Legislative Council

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