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Major parties barely fend off independent challengers

Several MPs have clung on to their electorates by a whisker after days of counting following the May federal election, but the fate of others is less clear.

AAP

Monique Ryan wins Kooyong while Liberal candidate Gisele Kapterian takes Bradfield

Amelia Hamer could only secure small primary vote swing towards Liberals in Kooyong, while Greens MP Elizabeth Watson-Brown holds inner-Brisbane seat of Ryan

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Gina Rinehart’s culture of praise, Zelenskyy invites Putin to peace talks, drought hurts farmers

Former staff lift the veil on life at mining firm; Pope Leo calls for end of hostilities in Ukraine; dry conditions heap hurt on farmers in SA and Victoria

The Guardian - AU

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Plibersek punted as PM stamps authority on ministry

One of Labor's most senior women has been shifted out of a key portfolio as the prime minister shakes up his cabinet after a landslide election win.

AAP

Axed minister's angry response to 'factional assassin'

A minister dumped from federal cabinet has pinned the blame on Labor factional warlords and suggested his views on Gaza were partly responsible.

AAP

'Really attractive': subsidies to charge battery boom

It's full steam ahead for Labor's home battery scheme following the party's re-election, with some installers applying the discount already.

AAP

Labor wants to boost productivity. Does this mean Australians need to work even harder?

Productivity is down and it’s hurting the economy and your salary. Here’s how treasurer Jim Chalmers plans to try and fix that

The Guardian - AU

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Labor’s clean sweep in Australian election suggests young male voters are bucking global trends. But why?

The ALP’s massive electoral victory goes against trends across parts of the west, Asia and Africa, in which young male voters are leaning towards the right

The Guardian - AU

‘Deal with the women’s issue or enjoy oblivion’: conservative women on whether they can still call the Liberal party home

Federal election defeat proves the party’s haemorrhaging of female voters is entrenched. Can it change course or will it risk ‘oblivion’?

The Guardian - AU

After teal wave of 2022, there was no ‘sophomore surge’. Where to from here for the independents?

Climate 200 founder Simon Holmes à Court says the movement is ‘not a blip’ and declares independents are ‘here to stay’ and fight the major parties

The Guardian - AU

Albanese demands unity to build on famous election win

A week out from a famous Labor victory, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has his sights on the next election, while the Liberals and Greens are leaderless.

AAP

Labor wants to fix Australia’s housing issues – but there’s little hope for those not already on the ladder

Without genuine reform, experts predict house prices to ‘climb by 6-10% in 2025’ and the gap between homeowners and those locked out of market to widen

The Guardian - AU

The rise and fall of Adam Bandt: the Greens leader who embraced a different approach to politics

The outgoing member for Melbourne understood if the Greens genuinely want to be a party of government they have to win lower house seats

The Guardian - AU

‘We have destroyed the Greens’: third-party groups spent millions on ads to influence Australian voters. Some claim it worked

Money can buy people’s attention, one campaigner says, and if you ‘slap them in the face enough with a message, it’ll stick’

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Disgraced, corrupt former state minister dies of cancer

Disgraced former state minister Gordon Nuttall has died at the age of 71 after losing a battle with kidney cancer, almost two years after being diagnosed.

The Conversation

Labor likely to gain 5 senators, cementing the left’s Senate dominance

I previously wrote about the Senate the morning after the election. About half the Senate is elected at each House of Representatives election. Those up for election include six senators out of 12 for every state and all four territory senators. So 40 of the 76 senators were up for…

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Penny Wong Accuses Both The Greens & The Coalition Of ‘Spreading False Info’ On Gaza

She claimed the election result proved Australians “don’t want political leaders to amplify overseas conflict for their own purposes as the Greens and Liberals did”.

The Independent UK

Australian prime minister says reducing student debt is his re-elected government's first priority

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has told his government colleagues that reducing student debt will be the first legislative priority for his administration that was returned to power in the nation’s first election in which the Baby Boomer generation was outnumbered by younger voters

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The teal deal: rise of independents hasn't reached end

The founder of Climate 200 says the election did not fulfil all independents' wishes, but shows a dramatic shift in the political landscape.

AAP

Greens relish powerful position despite losing leader

The Greens are pondering who will take the reins of the minor party after losing their leader at the election, but will hold a powerful position in the Senate.

The Guardian - AU

Laura Tingle exits press gallery after 40 years with parting shot on News Corp’s election ‘irrelevance’

The political editor for 7.30 signs off saying ‘there’s no correlation between what News Corp says and what voters do’. Plus: Mail’s headline highlight

The Conversation

Labor has promised to tackle homelessness. Here’s what homeless people say they need

The 2025 election is over and now it’s time for Labor to deliver on campaign promises to address homelessness.

The Conversation

View from The Hill: two ministers and the Nationals discover the limits of loyalty in politics

Labor’s extraordinary election result has triggered a power play that has exposed the uglier entrails of Labor factionalism.

The Guardian - AU

Sarah Witty v Adam Bandt: how an unlikely Labor champion took down a Greens giant

Melbourne was barely on the ALP’s radar as a seat it could win – but a sparsely funded campaign proved powerful

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: conclave picks a US pope, Bob Brown’s message to Greens, Sam Kerr welcomes Jagger

Robert Francis Prevost, 69, from Chicago is the first ever US pope and becomes Leo XIV; Bob Brown says party must resist ‘arrogant’ Labor

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