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Turnbull, Brandis defend royal commission

Attorney-General Senator George Brandis

The government has defended the choice of former Northern Territory chief justice Brian Martin to lead the royal commission into juvenile detention amid tensions about who was - and wasn't - consulted on the details of the joint Commonwealth-NT inquiry.

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Alexander Zhang counting postal votes at the Australian Electoral Commission counting room in Civic.

Twists and turn in 2016 vote count

Election 2016 was like a soccer match where the overwhelming favourites found themselves stuck at one-all at half-time, still ...