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Greens hold Melbourne, but hopes of greenwash fade
The Greens were poised to retain the seat of Melbourne on Saturday night and Batman was too close to call, but the party's ...
Burney makes history for Labor
Labor's Linda Burney has claimed the seat of Barton, becoming the first indigenous woman to enter the house of representatives.
Long lines greet Queensland voters
Election day largely went smoothly, says Electoral Commission.
Queensland Senate hopefuls cast their votes
Queensland's Senate hopefuls could well face a long wait, worthy of the metre-long ballot paper on which they appeared, to ...
What the major parties have promised for your Queensland electorate
Federal elections are largely fought on a macro level – taxation, the economy, national security, health and education funding.
Businesses will not 'profit' from homeless
Unions fear funding for victims of domestic violence and homelessness is at risk.
What's in it for business. Your polling day guide
Finally the campaigning is over and the country will elect the next government today. But what, from a business point of ...
Migrant first-timers embrace chance to vote
A collective yawn may have met the rallying cries of politicians over the past eight weeks, but Hashmat Najib can't get ...
Labor veteran bemoans the state of Australian politics
Conformism plagues both sides of politics, retiring Labor MP Laurie Ferguson says, and after 26 years in federal parliament ...
Tax cuts in limbo as Tax Office says 'no'
Tax cuts promised from Friday July 1 will fail to arrive for up to a year after the Tax Office confirmed it won't be changing ...
Dutton links asylum seekers with terrorism
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has linked asylum seekers with terrorism, insisting recent attacks overseas have made ...
Greens want to invest $158m into Australian video games industry
'The Australian video games industry is a perfect example of the sort of innovative 21st century industry that the current ...
Central Qld emerges as campaign ground zero
The central Queensland coast has emerged as the state's key election battleground, as both major parties turn their attention ...
Company tax cuts 'built on uncertain foundations'
Claims of a boost to living standards from the government's planned company tax cuts rest largely on a dramatic reduction in ...
Gay marriage vote can unite, US ambassador
America's openly gay Ambassador John Berry has said Australia could conduct a same-sex marriage plebiscite campaign with ...
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Count looms as one of the most engrossing in memory
Australians overwhelmingly expect Malcolm Turnbull to prevail in Saturday's election, but appear determined to give him a ...
Leavers had a dream but not a plan
The Brexit vote was driven by racism and fantasyland dreams and there is no joy in witnessing the disintegration of the EU.
Turnbull's Faustian pact is unravelling
When Tony Abbott suddenly declared the push for marriage equality to be "an important issue" last year it was tempting to ...
Shorten's final pitch: budget security begins at home
After eight weeks of dawn-past-dusk campaigning, Bill Shorten still looks fresh, even ebullient.
Julie Bishop: The Coalition's lethal asset
In chess, as in politics, the Bishop is a highly valued piece because it may move as far as it wants, "but only diagonally" ...
The Brexit hangover: Labour party civil war and Bregret
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Turnbull plays the part of a solid conservative
Malcolm Turnbull has completed his transformation from progressive firebrand to ambassador for the conservative brand.
So much for the umpire if PM disagrees
There is little point involving an arbitrator in industrial disputes if the Coalition is to overturn decisions.
Hopelessness of life on Nauru is painfully clear
"They are certainly living better than the Nauruans, I would say," David Adeang asserted on A Current Affair's exclusive ...
Shorten's best shot, but will it be enough?
Labor does better stories, has better stories, believes better stories. Even when they're only partly true.
Australia: the American dependency
Irrespective of whether he wins November's presidential election, Donald Trump throws into question the nature of Australia's ...
We all need the right to die
At the end of my life I want to be able to say 'give me a pill or a needle and put me down'.
Stop counting how often leaders say 'Islam'
Both Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten have responded well to the Orlando massacre, yet inevitably there are right-wing ...
Turnbull's treaty attack on Shorten out of line and out of touch
Indigenous affairs has entered the campaign, but not in a good way, with Malcolm Turnbull accusing Bill Shorten of putting ...
Attack on some of us more than others, and we should say so
The Orlando attack has been described as an attack on all of us. In some ways that's true - but it's also a homophobic hate ...