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'You don't get to be the minister for good news': Barr hits out at Greens

You can't 'spend all of your time on just the issues you care about'.

The Canberra Times

Can a ‘Trumpist’ approach to politics work in Australia?

In one of their typically literary sketches, 1990s comedy duo Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie asked if Adolf Hitler’s fanatical racist oratory would have been as charismatic if delivered in English.

The Conversation

Western Australia is tearing up environmental protections – and taking a bet the rest of the country won’t notice

The state Labor government is steering Australia’s climate policy, letting emissions soar unbridled as it paves the way for massive fossil fuel projects

The Guardian - AU

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LNP lead reduced as Queensland election approaches; US election remains very close

The Queensland state election is this Saturday, with polls closing at 7pm AEDT. There are 93 single-member seats, with Queensland having no upper house. At the 2020 election, Labor won 52 of the 93 seats, the Liberal National Party (LNP) 34 and all others seven. Labor won the two-party statewide…

The Conversation

Queensland election abortion debate: it’s what David Crisafulli is not saying that matters most

There is a contradiction between the Liberal National party leader’s steadfast defence of the right to a conscience vote a year ago, and his continued refusal to make a clear statement about it these past few weeks

The Guardian - AU

The campaign by out-of-touch elites to ban abortion is now a federal election issue

Peter Dutton needs to find a way to reassure voters he won’t be changing abortion laws while satisfying extremists in his own ranks who want to end women’s right to choose.

Crikey

Labor looks set for a resounding defeat in Queensland. But the state’s elections have long thrown up surprises

On Saturday October 26, Queensland Premier Steven Miles’ Labor is vying for a fourth consecutive term in government, up against David Crisafulli’s Liberal National Party (LNP).

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Australia facing further economic troubles

Australia is facing ongoing economic challenges as Labor holds out hope interest rates will come down before the federal election.

AAP

Off the scale: intruder crashes campaign crime pitch

Accused of being a policy chameleon, Queensland's opposition leader has stared down a scaly interloper while talking tough on crime on the campaign trail.

AAP

Nuttall in with a chance of securing fifth Brindabella seat

The Greens were widely tipped to lose the seat.

The Canberra Times

‘Only fair’: developers to directly fund schools, parks and public transport under Victorian trial

Program that ties new infrastructure to housing projects will start in 2027 in 10 Melbourne ‘activity centres’, premier says

The Guardian - AU

Thorpe’s royal protest divides the room

Lidia Thorpe’s protest of the king and queen’s visit has divided opinions, and Qantas could be in line for fines of over $100m.

Crikey

Donald Trump and Peter Dutton have both embraced populism. Are working-class voters buying it?

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has often been accused of copying former US President Donald Trump’s tactics. Some analysts even refer to Dutton, like Trump, as a “populist” who seeks political gain by pitting ordinary citizens against corrupt “elites”.

The Conversation

Liberals' narrow path to power evaporates as key seat falls

An agonising wait for clarity looms down south.

The Canberra Times

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Premier looks to stop election slide in final debate

Premier Steven Miles hopes to arrest a worrying slide after going toe to toe with the opposition leader in the final debate ahead of Saturday's state election.

The Guardian - AU

Low and slow: the tactics that have made the Greens a threat in traditionally safe Queensland Labor seats

With an aggressive on-the-ground election campaign, the party is courting multicultural communities in Brisbane’s fringe

The Guardian - AU

Jacinta Allan’s pitch to young voters on housing affordability snags Liberal nimbys ‘hook, line and sinker’

In pitting millennials against boomers, the Victorian premier is setting the stage for a 2026 election fought on housing

The Guardian - AU

‘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

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Meta and Google face ‘big tech tax’ as Labor plans how to ensure media sustainability in Australia

Key parliamentary report focuses on decision by Facebook owner to abandon three-year-old deal to pay for news content

AAP

LNP candidate 'not fit for office' over Hitler joke

A far north Queensland candidate has come under fire for joking about her German heritage after her election poster was defaced with a Hitler moustache.

Roll Call

White House rule would expand access to cost-free birth control - Roll Call

The Biden administration on Monday proposed making over-the-counter contraception available at no cost and with fewer administrative hurdles.

AAP

Fight over Libs leadership after record election loss

The Liberal Party faces a battle over its direction in the ACT, with conservative MLA Jeremy Hanson launching a mutiny against moderate leader Elizabeth Lee.

The Canberra Times

Leader should live in suburbs where Libs' voters live: Hanson

Murrumbidgee MLA will challenge Elizabeth Lee.

The Canberra Times

How preference flows will determine the final make up of the next Assembly

The election is over, but there's lots to be done to work out MLAs.

Crikey

Flipping the bird aside, as Dutton trashes the Liberal brand, teals look even more appealing

Where to for affluent voters who want smaller government and climate action? Certainly not the Liberals, weekend election results suggest.

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