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Preselection and parachuting candidates: 3 reasons parties override their local branch members, despite the costs

Allegations emerged over the weekend that Prime Minister Scott Morrison used a racist slur in a preselection battle in 2007.

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With election 2022 nearly upon us, can we actually trust the opinion polls this time?

There's been a lot of soul-searching after opinion polls failed to predict Scott Morrison's 2019 win, but the big question remains: Will the polls be closer to the mark this time around?

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Farmers lay out their election demands

Farmers have identified five key priority areas ahead of the federal election, and are calling for billions more to be invested in regional Australia.

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Poll: Coalition cash splash leaves voters cold as just a quarter say budget will be good for them

Half of voters say budget designed to win election as Labor takes 11-point lead on economic management

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Leaders United edge Wildcats in Perth

Melbourne United have inflicted Perth's third straight loss at home for the first time since 1999 with a 84-75 win at RAC Arena.

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Liberal MP accuses Scott Morrison of ‘ruthless bullying’ and scheming at the expense of flood victims

NSW upper house member Catherine Cusack claims prime minister has ruined the Liberal party and says she will not vote for re-election of Coalition government

The Guardian - AU

Scott Morrison branded ‘compulsive liar’ by former preselection rival Michael Towke

Prime minister says allegations he raised his opponent’s Lebanese heritage in 2007 internal contest ‘absolutely outrageous’

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Raft of former Liberal politicians, staffers included in government appointments

The government has appointed judges, board members and new heads of organisations in recent days, before the federal election is likely called later this week.

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Government appointments come under fire

The appointment of former Liberal MPs and staffers to the appeals tribunal has attracted criticism, days out from the start of the federal election campaign.

AAP

Pru Goward among six Liberal-linked appointments by Coalition to Administrative Appeals Tribunal

Concerns sparked of repeat of 2019 when one in five named for government bodies before election called had Liberal or National ties

The Guardian - AU

Final Opinion Polls Before Election Show This Is Going To Be Too Fkn Close And I Cannot Look

The first opinion polls of the federal election campaign are here and they show Labor's lead over the Coalition has slipped again slightly.

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Queensland turned its back on Labor over coal jobs last federal election. What are the key issues this time?

After three years of bushfires, a pandemic and rising living costs, Australians face another federal election, with job security and climate change still major issues in regional Queensland.

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Funding limbo for Qld floods buyback plan

Flood affected Queensland residents face uncertainty with a State Government plan to buy back or retrofit homes dependant on federal support.

AAP

Coalition and Greens gain in post-budget Newspoll as an Ipsos poll gives Labor a large lead

This week’s Newspoll, conducted March 31 to April 3 – the days following the March 29 budget –from a sample of 1,531, gave Labor a 54-46 lead, a one-point gain for the Coalition since the last Newspoll, three weeks ago.

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PM rejects 'slurs' over Lib preselection

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has rejected accusations of racism, pointing to comments by Lebanese leaders affirming his good character.

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PM, Labor hit the road in marginal seats

Prime Minister Scott Morrison is spruiking the government's economic credentials in Melbourne while his challenger is targeting marginal seats in Queensland.

The Guardian - AU

Lismore MP says federal government needs to ‘step up’ flood support – as it happened

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Aged care bodies and unions demand Coalition match Labor’s pledge to fund potential wage rises

Federal opposition says it will pay any increase ordered by Fair Work Commission but Coalition has stopped short of such a guarantee

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Labor ahead 54-46% in post-budget Newspoll, as Morrison rejects claims of racist tactics in his preselection fight

Labor’s two-party lead has been cut back slightly, to 54-46%, and its primary vote has fallen in the post-budget Newspoll. But Anthony Albanese would have a strong win if the latest poll were reproduced at the election.

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Scott Morrison dismisses preselection allegations as ‘bitter and malicious slurs’, insists party is united ahead of federal election

Prime Minister Scott Morrison insists his party is united ahead of the federal election as he again denies allegations he asked Liberal Party members to vote against a preselection rival due to his Lebanese heritage in 2007.

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Scott Morrison Denies Using His Lib Opponent’s Lebanese Ethnicity Against Him To Become An MP

“He (Morrison) was adamant and explicit that a candidate of Lebanese heritage could not hold the seat of Cook, especially after the Cronulla riots.”

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More funding for Tasmania's Marinus Link

The Morrison government is providing more funding for the Marinus Link electricity interconnector from Tasmania to the mainland.

AAP

Nobody believes PM on anything: Labor

The prime minister has repeatedly denied claims he made a racist comment against pre-selection opponent in 2007 but Labor says nobody believes him.

The Guardian - AU

Michael Towke repeats claims after PM denies raising his Lebanese heritage in 2007 preselection fight

Scott Morrison has denied he said 15 years ago that Towke was a Muslim or that he couldn’t be trusted because he was a Lebanese-Australia

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Severe weather and flood warnings – as it happened

Dangerous flash flooding possible in East Gippsland; NSW reports 11 Covid deaths and 16,807 new cases; Victoria has two deaths and 9,008 cases; Towke breaks silence over 2007 preselection fight with Morrison. This blog is now closed

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