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The Latest Breaking News from Nick Xenophon

Anthony Albanese couldn’t sell a schooner to a shearer. He needs to ask ‘what would Xenophon do?’

As the PM struggles to emulate the Labor party greats, he would do well to learn from a rank outsider from Adelaide

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The door to an Australian tech tax is clearly ajar. Can Labor make it happen?

There’s a long track record of government subsidising traditional media – but patch-up jobs and sweetheart deals have reached the end of their useful lifespan

The Guardian - AU

Ex-Labor senator Fatima Payman appoints ‘preference whisperer’ Glenn Druery as chief of staff

Druery says Payman could become the next Senate powerbroker in the mould of Nick Xenophon or Brian Harradine

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The Coalition wants divestiture powers to fight supermarket price gouging. How would it work?

Greens and Coalition back the plan, but Labor says it’s too heavy-handed. Here’s everything you need to know about the proposal

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Actor Madeleine West joins campaign to stop paedophiles exploiting superannuation loophole

The actor and child sex abuse survivor says the notion that paedophiles can hold onto their wealth, while their survivors struggle, should be "upsetting for the entire society".

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Adelaide man enlists help from former South Australian senator Nick Xenophon after losing $36,000 to scammers

Former South Australian senator Nick Xenophon is preparing legal action against one of Australia's biggest banks, alleging it failed to respond quickly enough to a scam.

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‘The real deal’: eight years in the red house, Jacqui Lambie still calls it as she sees it

The Tasmanian senator admits she was a wrecking ball when she first came to parliament, but Lambie 2022 is (mostly) not Lambie 2014

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SA parents sue the state over daughters' removal, as the case of Charlie remains in the spotlight

As the South Australian child protection system comes under fire over the death of six-year-old Charlie, the parents of two girls taken into care for a gluten allergy are suing the state government claiming they were illegally removed.

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More Senate results: Hanson wins easily, but Labor still on track for a friendly Senate

Buttons have now been pressed to electronically distribute preferences for the May 21 federal election in the Senate for South Australia, Tasmania and Queensland. I discussed the ACT and NT results that elected David Pocock to the Senate on Tuesday.

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Labor likely to get a friendly Senate and secures House of Representatives majority

UPDATE: On Monday night, the ABC called Macnamara as a Labor hold, giving Labor 76 of the 151 House of Representatives seats, enough for a majority. In the two remaining undecided seats, Labor has taken a narrow lead in Gilmore, while the Coalition is likely to hold Deakin.

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New Greens senator elected in South Australia, as One Nation, Nick Xenophon and Rex Patrick disappointed at results

South Australia will have two Greens senators for the first time since 2016, while Nick Xenophon and Rex Patrick almost certainly fail to get elected.

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Senate may have a progressive majority as Greens and David Pocock make election gains

If Saturday’s count points to the final result, Anthony Albanese’s government will not face a hostile upper house

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Your Whirlwind Tour Of The Minor Parties Running At The Federal Election

A complete guide covering: the good, the bad and the ones that are poisoning your uncle's Facebook feed.

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Race for the Senate: could Labor and the Greens gain control?

As well as the whole House of Representatives, 40 of the 76 Senate seats will be up for election on May 21. There are 12 senators per state and two per territory. At half-Senate elections, six senators for each state and the four territory senators are up for election. Unless…

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AEC warns Australian political parties over ‘misleading’ postal vote applications

Forms sent back via political parties can be used to harvest personal information about voters

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State of the states: six politics experts take us on a trip around Australia

Over the next six weeks, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Labor leader Anthony Albanese will dash around the country, trying to secure as many precious votes as they can.

The Guardian - AU

Scott Morrison in damage control in South Australia over submarine comments

There has been a fierce backlash over PM’s remarks that appeared to cast doubt on whether Aukus submarines would be built in Adelaide

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Paedophiles should forfeit superannuation to pay compensation, child sex abuse victim says

A victim of notorious South Australian paedophile Peter Liddy joins a call for child sex offenders to be stripped of their superannuation, and for the money to instead go towards redress.

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Ukraine president addresses parliament; Putin a ‘war criminal’, PM says – as it happened

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Nick Xenophon's legal work for Huawei likened to collaborating with Nazi arms sellers

A former ally of Senate candidate Nick Xenophon invokes Nazi Germany as part of a deepening spat between the pair. Senator Rex Patrick compared Mr Xenophon's legal work for Chinese tech giant Huawei to being on the payroll of German arms manufacturers on the eve of World War II.

The Guardian - AU

Rex Patrick takes aim at Nick Xenophon over Huawei in parliament remarks as former senator rejoins race

Senator likens Xenophon’s previous work for Chinese telco to working ‘for the German companies Krupp or Messerschmitt in 1938’ in senate debate

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Senator confirms run for re-election

Senator Rex Patrick will seek re-election despite his former colleague and party leader Nick Xenophon announcing he wants to return to parliament.

ABC News

Independent Rex Patrick to run again for Senate, as another independent considers stand in Grey

Current South Australian senator Rex Patrick and former colleague Nick Xenophon blame each other for diminishing their crossbench power in federal parliament as they are set to go head-to-head in the election.

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Labor finalise crucial election candidates

Labor has endorsed candidates ahead of the upcoming election in key seats, as parties scramble to finish preselection.

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From Lambie’s ‘loud girl’ to Ericmentum, Tasmania’s fierce Senate race is a taste of what’s to come

Weeks out from the 2022 federal election, it pays to remember the House contest determines who governs but the Senate always shapes what happens next

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