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Clive Palmer and One Nation flopped at the election. What happened?

Many commentators tipped Clive Palmer’s United Australia Party (UAP) and Pauline Hanson’s One Nation to perform well this election by scooping up the “freedom” and anti-vax vote from voters angry about how the pandemic was handled.

The Conversation

Morning mail: AEC dismisses Palmer claims, Coalition leadership moves, Boris Johnson party photos

Tuesday: Australian Electoral Commission says there is no evidence to support United Australia party’s accusation votes were taken home. Plus: Australia’s most diverse parliament

The Guardian - AU

Zero evidence to back Clive Palmer’s claim of staff taking ballots home, AEC says

United Australia party prepares legal challenge in one seat after candidate allegedly follows and records electoral officers

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Pollsters breathe sigh of relief after accurately predicting Labor’s election victory

Major polling companies changed methods after 2019 failure but two-party preferred measure misses Greens and independents

The Guardian - AU

Legalise Cannabis Australia party sees record Queensland Senate votes in federal election

Formally the HEMP Party, Legalise Cannabis Australia is currently running a close seventh in the six-seat Queensland Senate race.

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Nationals vote holds steady. Will the Coalition become a party of the regions and outer suburbs?

The most amazing thing about the election was the very low primary vote for the ALP and the Liberal Party.

The Conversation

Is this the end of Australia's two-party system?

As Scott Morrison loses power, it is the Greens, Teals and others that cause Australia's big election shock, writes Professor Susan Harris Rimmer of Griffith University

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Clive Palmer’s massive advertising spend fails to translate into election success for United Australia party

United Australia party vote increases slightly to about 4.7% but was exceeded by the One Nation vote

The Guardian - AU

Is this the end of the two-party system in Australia? The Greens, teals and others shock the major parties

The Australian Labor Party will form government either outright or in a minority government.

The Conversation

Election results update: Labor to form government as both major parties' primary votes slump

This article was updated on Sunday morning.

The Conversation

Election analysis: Nationals have half the Greens vote with 10 times as many MPs

The Nationals get less than half the vote of the Greens but have 10 times as many MPs. Go figure.

Newcastle Herald

Newspoll and Ipsos both give Labor clear leads in final polls; counting of early votes

The federal election is on Saturday. Polls close at 6pm local time; that means 6pm AEST in the eastern states, 6:30pm in SA and the NT and 8pm in WA. 124 of the 151 House of Representatives seats are in the eastern time zone, 12 combined in SA and the…

The Conversation

Editorial: Who are they? And what do they want?

They don’t try to communicate, and they don’t respond when we try to communicate with them. They speed away if we get too close. They move faster than anything known in this world and violate the laws of physics. At least 11 times, they’ve nearly collided with American military aircraft.…

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Why some voters in Sydney's west are turning to Clive Palmer's United Australia Party this election

The United Australia Party is looking to boost its share of the vote in parts of Sydney and Melbourne, thanks to the legacy of COVID-19 and a reported uptick in support from the Muslim community.

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The Guardian - AU

United Australia Party may have more backing than polls suggest, with voters too embarrassed to voice support, analysis shows

Hour-long TV ads on commercial networks aired before media blackout as part of fringe party’s projected $70m 2022 federal election campaign spend

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Australia: Labor’s lead narrows in three new national polls

Polling analyst for Australia's The Conversation site, Adrian Beaumont, analyses three big polls showing some encouragement for Scott Morrison's incumbent Liberal-National coalition

The Conversation

Labor's lead narrows in three new national polls; and seat polls galore

The final Resolve poll for Nine newspapers, conducted May 12-17 from a sample of 2,049, gave Labor just a 52-48 lead by 2019 election preferences, a two-point gain for the Coalition since last fortnight’s Resolve. By respondent preferences, Labor’s lead was narrower at 51-49, a three-point gain for the Coalition.

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Out-of-this-world revelations in short supply at US Congress briefing on UFOs

Military admits to being ‘less than forthcoming’ as amateurs and senators say government should take the issue more seriously

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'Two wings of the same tyrannical bird': Newcastle 'freedom rally' urges voters to boycott major parties

Police estimate between 400 and 500 protestors marched along the foreshore before joining almost 100 additional supporters waiting in Foreshore Park.

The Conversation

Labor retains large Newspoll lead but Albanese's ratings fall; special poll gives Labor clear House majority

A Newspoll, conducted May 10-13 from a sample of 1,532, gave Labor a 54-46 lead, unchanged from the previous week’s Newspoll. Primary votes were 38% Labor (down one), 35% Coalition (steady), 11% Greens (steady), 6% One Nation (up one), 3% UAP (down one) and 7% all Others (up one).

Newcastle Herald

Has ScoMo lost his mojo? Coalition still waiting for momentum shift

Has ScoMo lost his mojo? Former PM John Howard still expects the race to tighten, but sources on both sides of the political divide are seeing little evidence of a shift in momentum away from Labor heading into the last week of the campaign.

ABC News

Kimba nuclear waste plans condemned by federal election candidates for seat of Grey, but major parties a no-show

The proposed dump in the vast South Australian electorate of Grey has met with plenty of opposition and is subject to a legal challenge from the traditional owners.

ABC News

What ABC readers asked us about the 2022 federal election

We asked ABC readers what they wanted to know about the federal election and received thousands of submissions. Here are the answers to some of the most frequently asked questions.

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UAP to review preferences after outrage

The United Australia Party will review its preferences of so-called "freedom parties" in some seats after outrage among anti-vaccine mandate supporters.

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Clive Palmer's United Australia Party is promising to cap mortgage interest rates. Can it be done?

With the cost of living surging and interest rates rising for the first time in more than a decade, a cap on mortgage repayments would come as welcome relief for millions of borrowers. But can it be done and who would end up paying for it?

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