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Australian Prime Minister Press Conference - Sydney 16 August
37+ min ago (644+ words) PRIME MINISTER: We're all happy to take questions. JOURNALIST: Prime Minister, I'm sure you're happy that this is signing in your home state, but Queensland, Northern Territory, and Victoria are yet to make any agreement or something similar. Are you…...
Understanding the Impact of Opinion Polls on SA's Electoral Landscape
4+ hour, 48+ min ago (881+ words) An electoral commission official prepares ballot papers at a polling station in Mabopane township, north of Pretoria, on November 1, 2021, during the last local elections. Opinion polls are a global phenomenon. Before an election, independent survey companies, media houses, political parties,…...
From the office of ROLAND ROCCHICCIOLI
4+ hour, 38+ min ago (248+ words) WHEN first I read the press release from Beverley McArthur MP, Member for Western Region Victoria, I was discombobulated. It was so preposterous for a moment I wondered fleetingly if perhaps Mrs. McArthur had forgotten to take her daily orange…...
While Liberals shoot their messenger, Labor squanders its chance for brave reform
6+ hour, 53+ min ago (283+ words) August 16, 2026 — 4:00pm It was predictable that Andrew Bragg’s freewheeling speech to the National Press Club last Wednesday would annoy some of his colleagues. Ranging far beyond his portfolio, Bragg opined on a range of important issues, expressing personal views that had…...
Damned if they do. Divided if they don’t.
4+ hour ago (1638+ words) Next week’s historic Senate vote on the future of native forestry and the Great Koala National Park has split Australia’s environment movement and trapped the Australian Greens between saving nature and saving themselves. But the architect of the Greens’ torment,…...
Anthony Albanese has mutated into the leader he once despised
1+ day, 18+ min ago (988+ words) By PETER VAN ONSELEN, POLITICAL EDITOR, AUSTRALIA What was the point of voting out Scott Morrison if Anthony Albanese is just going to wear his skin? Australians didn't dump Morrison merely to give Albo the keys to the Lodge. They…...
Labor is facing an insurgent One Nation. The path it takes on immigration will define its identity for years to come
12+ hour, 51+ min ago (427+ words) Labor has always had a divided soul over immigration. Now it faces a predicament as it looks to hold on to suburban and regional seats The Albanese government places party unity before most other considerations, so it is notable that…...
The ingredients for election 2026: The cost of living, a message of hope and what National needs to do
17+ hour, 53+ min ago (1052+ words) by Anna Whyte and Mandy Te This election marks a pivotal point in the future of New Zealand, NZ First leader Winston Peters contends, as the country closes in on election day - November 7. National has just undergone two leadership confidence…...
Albanese courts cashed-up West Aussies in six-day blitz
20+ hour, 32+ min ago (370+ words) Cashed up West Australians will get exclusive access to Anthony Albanese, Roger Cook and state and federal ministers during a six-day fundraising blitz expected to boost Labor coffers by more than $1m. Cashed-up West Australians will get exclusive access to Anthony…...
Does Victoria have the guts to go blue?
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (581+ words) And so it is that another unpopular leader has lost the confidence of their party, was summarily rolled by a rival, and blew out of a lengthy political career with laments about gender politics. Describing herself as ‘a daughter of…...