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Federal election: Conservatives and Liberals are targeting different generations and geographies online

Amid a Canadian federal election campaign focused in part on the country’s sovereignty, Canada’s two leading political parties are taking sharply different approaches to their advertising strategies. A close analysis of digital ad impressions on Facebook and Instagram reveals that the battleground is not just ideological, but demographic and geographic.

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Battleground: the seats where the 2025 Australian federal election will be won and lost

The Coalition has its eyes on outer suburban and regional seats, particularly in NSW and Victoria, but Labor hopes to pick off a few gains around the country

The Guardian - AU

Australians almost never vote out a first-term government. So why is this year’s election looking so tight?

Now that an election has been called, Australian voters will go to the polls on May 3 to decide the fate of the first-term, centre-left Australian Labor Party government led by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

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Mark Carney sworn in as Canada’s new prime minister, replacing Trudeau

The former central banker has promised to deliver ‘action’ as country faces hostility on trade from the United States.

Al Jazeera

Libs refuse to back Australia-Pacific climate forum bid

The Liberal Party it's more concerned about household costs than hosting climate talks with Pacific nations, ahead of the federal election.

AAP

Who is Mark Carney, Canada’s new Liberal leader and next prime minister?

Economist and ex-central banker takes over from Justin Trudeau in face of Trump tariff uncertainty, looming election.

Al Jazeera

Another decisive Labor win in WA, but much remains at stake

The Roger Cook Labor government has been returned comfortably to government in Western Australia, securing a commanding, even if reduced, majority in the Legislative Assembly.

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Labor wins third successive landslide in WA election

With 61% of enrolled voters counted in Saturday’s Western Australian election, the ABC is calling 40 of the 59 lower house seats for Labor, five for the Liberals and four for the Nationals, with ten remaining undecided.

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WA election: the west may already be won for Labor – it’s just a matter of by how much

The biggest unknown in the largely predictable Western Australia election campaign is the extent to which Libby Mettam’s Liberals can re-emerge from the political wilderness

The Guardian - AU

Canada’s Liberals bounce back after years of decline. What’s going on?

Polls show Liberals closing gap with opposition Conservatives as Trump’s threats, Trudeau’s resignation shake things up.

Al Jazeera

The WA election campaign has been about big promises, but culture wars are inescapable in contemporary politics

The Western Australian election is less than a week away, and two themes have dominated: big public spending and culture wars.

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Labor likely to win WA election, but the campaign is exposing faultlines in the state’s politics

With Western Australia heading to the polls on March 8, the Cook Labor government will likely prove the exception to the rule that incumbency is a liability for contemporary governments.

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Defence jobs boom pledge as state leaders trade blows

Labor is promising to expand training for defence industry jobs and the Liberals are pledging youth justice initiatives as a state election nears.

AAP

Duty of care floated for betting ads accountability

A draft proposal to make gambling companies more accountable for harm through a duty of care is being considered by a federal minister.

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The weekend byelection results were close to Labor and the Greens’ worst case scenario – but it’s not all good news for the Liberals

One federal Labor MP said his party’s brand has ‘taken a dive’ in Victoria

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Victorian byelections: Liberals gain Prahran from Greens and Labor ahead in Werribee

Byelections occurred on Saturday in the Victorian state seats of Prahran and Werribee. The Liberals gained Prahran from the Greens by a 51.6–48.4 margin, a 13.6% swing to the Liberals since the 2022 state election.

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'Recovery operation' poll for battered state Liberals

A former Liberal premier in Australia's surplus-rich west can see light at the end of the tunnel for his party as another election defeat looms.

AAP

Mystery money for MPs shines light on 'dark' donations

Independents want greater transparency into who is bankrolling political parties, with the origins of almost half of donations a mystery.

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The upcoming election is a critical juncture for Canada’s carbon tax and climate policies

Canada’s climate policy stands at a crossroads.

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Trudeau steps down in the face of slumping polls and party divisions

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation Monday, saying he would leave office as soon as his party chooses a new leader, with slumping polls and internal division taking their toll.

Al Jazeera

What options does Trudeau have as Canadian PM faces calls to resign?

After top minister’s resignation this week, Justin Trudeau is under pressure to step down before a looming election.

Al Jazeera

How Trump’s tariff threat pushed Canada’s Trudeau to brink of resignation

Canada’s embattled prime minister faces fresh calls to resign after top minister steps down over possible ‘tariff war’.

AAP

Liberal leader to 'keep fighting' after defamation loss

State Liberal leader John Pesutto is vowing to remain in his role, even after a Federal Court judge found he defamed expelled state MP Moira Deeming.

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Simon Birmingham on Liberal moderates, regrets, and Donald Trump

Opposition Senate leader and former senior minister in the Coalition government Simon Birmingham has announced he will quit parliament. Birmingham, one of the few remaining moderates in the Liberals’ ranks, is shadow foreign minister. Now , aged 50, he’s defecting to a (yet to be announced) commercial job.

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Liberals argue Labor’s electoral reform package should stand or fall as a whole in any court challenge

An attempt by the Liberals to insert a potential legal time bomb into the electoral reform legislation and a Labor proposal that would give the ACTU a generous donation cap were main reasons an expected bipartisan deal on the bill imploded at the last moment this week.

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