Senate vote
'Lost' votes causing stress
Labor senator Louise Pratt admits delays in settling the trouble-plagued WA Senate vote have been 'distressing', as candidates seek legal advice and wait to see whether 1,375 lost votes are recovered.
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Climate Change
Labor will be 'consistent' on carbon
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'Climate change didn't end on September 7th,' says Anthony Albanese, underlining party leader Bill Shorten's insistence that Labor will only back carbon tax repeal if an emissions trading scheme replaces it.
Senate Count
Ludlam: 'Vote should not be declared'
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The planned declaration of the West Australian senate recount should not go ahead, says Greens Senator Scott Ludlam, after the revelation ballot papers have gone missing. Nine news.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan withdrawal ceremony
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Australian troops gather at a ceremony in Tarin Kowt to mark their impending withdrawal from Afghanistan and to hear speeches from Tony Abbott and Bill Shorten.
Carbon tax
Strategic 'repositioning' behind Labor's carbon tax backdown
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Labor must sever itself from the 'demonised' carbon tax and weather the short-term cost, says former ALP adviser John Flannery.
US Relations
'Coarseness, amateurishness and viciousness'
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Americans will see Tony Abbott as uncouth, coarse and amateurish, according to international relations expert, Dr Clinton Fernandes, after the PM criticised his Labor predecessors in a Washington Post interview.
Centrelink changes
Centrelink move?
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Could Australia Post take over Centrelink's 'front office' services? Liberal MP Andrew Laming concedes the idea will worry many, but says a limited takeover would have benefits, while Labor's Andrew Leigh slams the idea.
Asylum Seekers
New Malaysian Agreements
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Australian co-operation with Malaysia to counter people smuggling has been 'rebooted', according to Immigration Minister, Scott Morrison.
Reserve Bank
Reserve Bank top up
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Treasurer Joe Hockey explains why he has taken the budget further into deficit by topping up the central bank's reserves by almost $9 billion.
MP's expenses
Abbott backs MP on expenses
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PM Tony Abbott says government MP Don Randall made his taxpayer funded trip from Perth to Cairns and back because he needed to talk to his party whip.
Bob Carr's parting advice
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Bob Carr resigns from federal parliament, dispensing policy advice on asylum seekers and Palestine, and explaining why he defected from Gillard to Rudd.
From left field
Nobel economics
Changing lanes? Call an economist
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Is changing lanes in bumper to bumper traffic, or switching supermarket queues really worthwhile. Peter Martin discusses the award winning economics that answers the question.
Balance of Power
Poo thrower a Senate chance
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Senate dark horse Ricky Muir has defended his antics with kangaroo poo as another likely new face in the upper house refuses to talk beyond his one issue - health in sport.
Campaign 2013
Rudd's West Wing moment
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Viewers of the Prime Minister's appearance on ABC's Q&A; wondered whether Mr Rudd was channeling President Bartlet from the TV series 'West Wing'.
Maintain your Rage
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The ABC's much-loved music broadcast RAGE gets political, as Anthony Albanese, Julie Bishop and Adam Bandt drop some tunes mid-campaign. The Canberra Times' Jenna Clarke offers some liner notes.
All sizzle, no sausage?
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Photojournalist Andrew Meares captures the scenes at a prime ministerial sausage sizzle in Adelaide over the weekend.
'Them polls are a bunch of wombats!'
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RAW VISION: On the campaign trail, a local expresses his confidence in the Prime Minister and tells him not to worry about bad polls numbers.
Tony the Truckie
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Tony Abbott presses the flesh with Linfox truck drivers in Melbourne, and demonstrates his familiarity with the big rigs.
Interviews
Government spying
Governments must be accountable for spying
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Andrew Bartlett, Qld Greens convenor and forrmer senator, believes that Australia must show leadership with intelligence collection practices.
'We have the right targets'
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Liberal MP Josh Frydenberg rejects the revised emission reduction targets released by the Climate Change Authority which state that Australia's current targets are inadequate.
Afganistan Aid
Afghan aid plea
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Afghanistan needs development assistance from Australia to be maintained at existing levels, according to that country's ambassador to Australia amid speculation aid levels may be cut.
Carbon policy
Carbon tax backdown welcomed
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Nationals Senator John Williams believes Labor is showing signs of acknowledging the government's mandate to axe the carbon tax.
Labor must keep principles on carbon
Labor senator Louise Pratt believes the ALP must remain committed to a market-based mechanism for tackling climate change.
Lib concerned about AusPost-Centrelink merger
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Liberal MP Andrew Laming believes that any moves to relocate Centrelink services to post offices should be limited to 'optional services'.
AusPost-Centrelink merger will hurt vulnerable Aussies
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Labor MP Andrew Leigh says that the proposed relocation of Centrelink services to post offices is the 'wrong philosophy'.
Politicians Aren't Scientists
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Liberal MP Wyatt Roy says politicians shouldn't draw links between bushfires and climate change, scientists should.
'Outsourcing Razor Gang'
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Greens Senator Larissa Waters says PM Tony Abbott is putting big business in control of the political agenda
National audit
Business role backed
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New Nationals MP Andrew Broad has backed the government's choice of business chief Tony Shepherd to head its national audit. He says Mr Shepherd is a 'wise' choice.
Political Diversion
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Shadow Attorney General Mark Dreyfus QC says the High Court challenge will be decided on a 'narrow technical question'.
Parental Leave
Greens consider leave plan
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Greens Senator Larissa Waters tells Breaking Politics her Party can work with Prime Minister Tony Abbott on paid parental leave, but he will have to reign in the expense end of his plan.
Analysis
Huawei ban 'a bit silly'
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There is no good reason for banning Chinese telecommunications company Huawei from working on the NBN, according to telecommunications analyst Paul Budde.
Bank deposit
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Economics Correspondent Peter Martin explains why Treasurer Joe Hockey has given the Reserve Bank $8.8 billion.
Same-sex marriage
High Court awaits same-sex marriage legislation
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TIM LESTER According to constitutional law expert Professor George Williams, the legal challenge to the ACT marriage equality legislation will be a question of federalism not human rights.
US Budget Crisis
Fiscal cliff looms
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Dr Nicole Hemmer says 'tea party' Republicans have brought the US to the edge of defaulting on government debt by threatening fellow Republicans.
Jakarta Talks
Both sides give ground
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Indonesian President Yudhoyono says bilateral talks on asylum seekers are now possible, while Tony Abbott says Australia will consult Indonesia over his government's 'tow-back' policy.
Budget balance serious challange
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With a need to protect growth and reduced revenue, Mark Kenny and Tim Colebatch discuss the path to surplus for Treasurer Joe Hockey
Boats policy substantive problem
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As Prime Minister Tony Abbott prepares for his first overseas visit his plan to stop the boats may jeopardise diplomatic efforts with Jakarta. Analysis
Balance of power
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The exact make up of the new Senate is yet to be determined, but up to eight small parties and independents look likely to hold the balance of power. Tim Colebatch explains.
Negotiating the aftermath
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Strategists Jannette Cotterell and Greg Turnbull discuss Tony Abbott's landslide election victory, the Labor leadership conundrum, and the prospect of a colourful new Senate.
Featured
Roy on cars and Clive
Liberal MP Wyatt Roy says we should carefully consider the future of Australia's car industry and throws in a few words of advice to Clive Palmer as well.
Embassy espionage in Canberra
Leading intelligence and security academic Prof. Des Ball discusses the history of embassy spying and says Australia is a target in our own capital.
Were they Australian sheep?
Nationals MP Andrew Broad has cast doubt on whether sheep killed inhumanely in Jordan were from Australia.
Embassy spying
Intelligence expert Prof. Des Ball says spying by embassies is routine with foreign missions in Canberra among those that carry out the highly secret intelligence work.
Afghanistan, the 'set and forget' war
Former Chief of Army, Peter Leahy, says the PM should call an inquiry into successive governments' oversight of the Afghanistan war to avoid a repeat of the 'set and forget' approach of recent years.
Unknown tomb controversy
The words 'Known unto God' will remain on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Australian War Memorial.
Afghanistan aid
There's speculation that Australia will cut its aid to Afghanistan, but former Chief of Army Peter Leahy argues that would be a mistake.
Labor's carbon laundry
Former Labor adviser John Flannery says its time the Party did its 'carbon laundry', and let the Abbott government scrap the carbon price.
Success of Afghanistan mission is in history's hands
As Australia's mission to Afghanistan draws to an end, Aussie troops will leave behind a much improved civil society, says Neil James.
Snooping on leaders is routine
Spying on international leaders is not only 'routine' but in fact a primary task of intelligence agencies says Dr Clinton Fernandes.
Bushfire risk increasing
Climate change increases the probability of more bushfires, more intense fires and longer fire seasons, according to the Climate Council's Professor Will Steffen.
Medibank plan queried
Labor's Amanda Rishworth says the Abbott government might use Medibank Private as a way of watering down the national disability insurance scheme.
PM a climate fence sitter?
Climate Institute chief John Connor sees Prime Minister Abbott as straddling a global warming 'barbed wire fence', after the PM dismissed claims of a link between bushfires and climate change.
Political Diversion
Shadow Attorney General Mark Dreyfus QC says the High Court challenge will be decided on a 'narrow technical question'.
Business role backed
New Nationals MP Andrew Broad has backed the government's choice of business chief Tony Shepherd to head its national audit. He says Mr Shepherd is a 'wise' choice.
Climate fire link disputed
Parliamentary secretary Josh Frydenberg has joined the Prime Minister in slamming a claim from the UN's climate chief that the NSW bushfires are 'absolutely' linked to climate change.
Senator wants parks grazing
Nationals senator John Williams says the NSW fires show the need for grazing in national parks and how locking up country is 'disastrous for conservation'.
Labor split on Carbon?
Labor shadow minister Andrew Leigh says the ALP has a mandate to champion an emissions trading scheme, amid reports some opposition members want to support the government's 'direct action' policy.
Wyatt warning on climate talk
Queensland MP Wyatt Roy discusses his anguish after losing his family home to fire 15 years ago and says the NSW fires should not be used to make political points on climate change.
'Abbott should be worried': Rishworth
Labor MP Amanda Rishworth says the new Labor frontbench will take the fight to PM Tony Abbott.
'I'd be happy to cross the floor'
National Party Senator John 'Wacka' Williams says he will consider crossing the floor to oppose Tony Abbott's paid parental leave scheme.
Carbon controversy and confusion
The Australian Institute's Richard Denniss discusses the way ahead for cutting greenhouse gas emissions and other issues of the day.
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