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The regional New South Wales city of Orange has made a name for itself as a food and wine destination — but now politicians are swelling the visitor numbers as a by-election looms.
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Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall hits out at the NSW Electoral Commission for offering what he says is an overpriced, bloated and inefficient electoral system to local councils.
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The mining city of Broken Hill in far west New South Wales has elected its first female mayor.
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Byron Shire residents have elected their highest number of Greens councillors yet, putting the council in the running for the title of Australia's greenest.
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Big swings against Liberal candidates in Western Sydney and a record fourth term for the city's independent Lord Mayor are blamed on the NSW Premier who has "stopped listening".
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The Lord Mayor of Sydney, Clover Moore, claims victory for a record fourth term, as vote counting continues after Saturday's New South Wales Council elections.
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About 2.3 million voters will cast their ballot in local government elections across New South Wales today, including in the City of Sydney, where Labor's Linda Scott is challenging the incumbent Lord Mayor.
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First-time Ballina Shire Council election candidate Sharon Parry has refused to run as part of a group.
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Byron Shire Council election candidate Matthew Hartley wants voters to number individuals below the line.
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Prospective councillors are risking fewer votes by refusing to join group tickets at local government elections across New South Wales.
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William Goode is the only independent candidate to be running outside of a group in the Lismore City Council election.
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A disappointing performance in July's federal election, and a push for sweeping party reform backed by former Australian Greens leader Bob Brown, expose deep divisions inside the troubled NSW Greens.
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Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore could still claim victory this Saturday despite controversial changes to voting rules by the New South Wales Government.
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Senior NSW Greens MP, Jeremy Buckingham, has broken ranks and called for reform of the state party, saying it's led by unaccountable officials. In response, he's been attacked by other Green MPs and members, who say he should be expelled for talking to the media.
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Senior NSW Greens MP Jeremy Buckingham breaks ranks after a disappointing federal election result, calling for reform to blast out unaccountable backroom leaders.
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The race for the NSW safe Labor seat of Wollongong is on, with the city's Lord Mayor Gordon Bradbery declaring he will run as an independent candidate.
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There is a call to 'clean up' ALP branches ahead of the Wollongong by-election.
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Former prime minister Tony Abbott attacks a small group of lobbyists he says are acting as powerbrokers in the NSW Liberal Party, warning the practice is creating "a potential for corruption".
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The New South Wales Nationals say they are committed to ensuring regional electorates are not disenfranchised by having no state MP for several months.
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An inquiry into allegations of election poster tampering is underway, as counting in a marginal NSW seat continues.
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Malcolm Turnbull has claimed election victory, after Opposition Leader Bill Shorten called him to concede this morning.
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Bill Shorten will be the only nomination for the Labor leadership when MPs and senators meet in Canberra today for their first post-election caucus. MPs say the meeting will be a demonstration of the party's unity and discipline. Counting in the election continues, with Labor ahead in five of the six undecided seats. But with a lead of 73 seats over Labor's 66, the Coalition is still confident it can form a majority government.
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The NXT senator and the prime minister hold an hour-long meeting in Sydney, at which the future of Whyalla's steelworks is discussed.
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The fate of the election hinges on a few thousand votes scattered across six marginal seats around the nation. See how the final votes could fall.
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Former Liberal MP Gary Nairn says Peter Hendy's failure to connect with communities lost Eden-Monaro to Labor.
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With the election outcome still hanging in the balance, people turns to social media to vent with other voters, using the hashtag #australiawaits.
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There is hope the push for the Murray Darling Medical School will gain momentum, with new Calare Nationals MP Andrew Gee pledging to make it his top priority.
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The counting continues in several New South Wales' seats, which remain on a knife's edge, after Labor reclaims key seats in western Sydney.
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Newly-elected Eden-Monaro MP Mike Kelly says his approach will be to place grassroots issues above party politics, regardless of who forms government.
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Once sacked by Pauline Hanson, One Nation's former director is on the verge of taking a NSW Senate spot after a strong showing in the state.
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The re-elected member for the seat of Parkes, Mark Coulton, says water policy may be behind a lukewarm result for the National Party in Broken Hill.
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Tony Windsor may have failed in his attempt to return to federal politics, but the former independent MP says he is not going away any time soon.
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With a number of close seats set to determine who forms government, thousands of informal votes will have an impact on the outcome of the federal election.
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The Prime Minister is "quietly confident" the Coalition will be able to form a majority government when pre-poll and postal results are in.
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With a swing to Labor recorded across western Sydney, Labor's Susan Templeman says local issues were vital for her win in the seat of Macquarie.
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Winner of southern Sydney seat of Barton Linda Burney, who is the first Indigenous woman to be elected to the House of Representatives, says a hung parliament does not mean "paralysis" for the future government.
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Former New South Wales deputy Labor leader Linda Burney spoke to Weekend Breakfast about claiming victory in the southern Sydney seat of Barton.
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Labor candidate Linda Burney has won the seat of Barton; the first woman to do so and the first Indigenous woman to be elected to the House of Representatives.
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In New South Wales, the ALP wins back the seats of Eden-Monaro, Macarthur and Macquarie with a swing of 3.5 per cent, while three more are considered retained due to boundary redistribution.
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Former New South Wales deputy Labor leader Linda Burney claims victory in the southern Sydney seat of Barton, becoming the first Indigenous woman to be elected to the House of Representatives.
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Mike Kelly claims victory in Eden-Monaro, with a win that could upset the seat's bellwether status.
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Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce declares victory in his New South Wales seat of New England after a long and bitter campaign against independent candidate Tony Windsor.
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Voters were rugging up as they went to the polls this morning, with below freezing temperatures recorded around the country.
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A proposal to upgrade a road dubbed the "missing link" between Orange and Mudgee is hailed as a way of boosting tourism and health opportunities in the region.
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Tucking into a sausage is an election day tradition, but the voters of Grayndler in Sydney will have a hard choice to make with a new candidate trying to snag business.
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New South Wales Premier Mike Baird flies into the federal seat of Cowper to shore up the Coalition's federal election campaign.
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We ask Australian voters to share a selfie and tell us which issue is most important to them this election.
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The World Today has been sent election campaign material supporting a Labor candidate that appears to make assumptions about race. The material targets voters whose last names suggest they have an Asian background. Recipients say they feel like they've been racially profiled.
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Meet the local decision makers who believe a federal cash injection will not only change and improve their communities but have national flow-on effects.
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Liberal and Labor supporters are taking the fight for the marginal seat of Macarthur literally, with police called to a "scuffle involving two older men" at a pre-poll booth.
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For many people in the western Sydney electorate of Lindsay, Malcolm Turnbull's vision of the "30-minute commute" is a long way from reality.
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People in the the marginal seat of Lindsay in western Sydney say house prices will determine their vote in the upcoming federal election.
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Property prices in parts of Sydney's west have surged in recent years, driven by rise in population. For some, it's great news as their houses prices have almost doubled. But for others, it means they've been priced out of the market and have been left with few other options. For those people, the cost of living has destroyed their dreams of owning a home, and they say they only hope that things will be different for their children. Some constituents say they feel so strongly about the issue, they're considering voting for parties they've not supported before.
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With predictions of worsening traffic jams and a widening gap between public transport demand and supply, where are record levels of infrastructure spending going? The election campaign gives a clue, billions of promised transport dollars sprinkled on pet projects of dubious national benefit in marginal electorates outside the major cities.
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The New South Wales Nationals reject accusations by New England Independent candidate Tony Windsor that the party's latest campaign ad for the seat suggests he cheated on his wife.
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Voters along the T1 Western Line from Central Station to Penrith will help decide some of Sydney's most marginal seats, but what message will they send to the major parties?
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Just days after new guidelines were released, the Coalition is promising to review new drinking water standards for toxic chemicals.
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The major political parties are accused of ignoring the need for farmers to adapt to climate change and the need to move away from fossil fuels.
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Today was a big one on the campaign trail with the Coalition's official launch, Labor's unveiling of election costs and the Greens campaign launch.
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Malcolm Turnbull urges Australians to reject Labor, independents and minor parties in favour of a "stronger new economy" during official campaign launch.
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Former Liberal leader John Hewson joins hundreds of people marching in Malcolm Turnbull's electorate of Wentworth to call for more action on climate change.
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will focus on stability, economic growth and jobs when he officially launches the Coalition's election campaign today.
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Former prime minister Paul Keating comes to the aid of Anthony Albanese, attacking his Greens opponents as "political opportunists ... hiding behind a gum tree".
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“We’re jack of ‘em”. This week Captain’s Pick visits the Cowra Eagles Rugby Union Club to talk about the election and gets a little depressed at how the locals are feeling about the state of politics and the country.
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The independent candidate for New England Tony Windsor questions some of the election promises made by Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce.
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Eager to retain influence in the Coalition party room, the Nationals are desperately trying to hold on to key New South Wales seats in the July 2 election.
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Candidates vying for Calare debate a proposal to build a new dam in central west NSW.
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Barnaby Joyce says the agricultural policy builds on his Competitiveness White Paper, but it's not clear exactly where all that money will be spent.
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The Liberal Party apologises to the Prime Minister's wife, Lucy Turnbull, after she is promoted as a host of a political election campaign fundraiser under her public title.
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As parts of regional Australia struggle with the downturn in mining and manufacturing, the Central West of New South Wales demonstrates there is a diverse future for regional economies.
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Voters in the western Sydney seat of Lindsay have a particular knack for picking winners. The local member has always been from party that forms government. Lindsay has swung between Liberal and Labor since the seat was created in 1984.
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Like many parts of Australia, a downturn in mining and manufacturing has led to job losses in the central west of New South Wales. But other services are booming and that's giving the region a sense of confidence, as it looks to diversify its economy.
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A study into the link between increased school funding and student performances challenges the Gonski funding model.
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A 64-year-old chiropractor pleads guilty to using Facebook to post abusive comments about retiring Labor senator Nova Peris, who described the messages as "racist and vile hatred".
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Barnaby Joyce vs. Tony Windsor in the contest that could bring down the Deputy Prime Minister.
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The Federal Coalition will strike a deal with the New South Wales Government to improve transport and jobs in western Sydney if re-elected.
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Labor's candidate for the New South Wales seat of Farrer, Christian Kunde, steps down following reports linking him to Islamist extremist group Hizb ut-Tahrir
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Barnaby Joyce may be Australia's Deputy Prime Minister, but his hopes at the next election could come crashing down as he faces a popular and dogged adversary in Tony Windsor.
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says it is vital to ensure Australians are literate in STEM subjects and studying maths or science in Year 12 should be a prerequisite for entry into university.
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Finance Minister Mathias Cormann hits out at the Opposition Leader in the wake of Labor's campaign launch, saying Bill Shorten was lying about plans to privatise Medicare. Look back over our live coverage.
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A party promoting non-pharmaceutical remedies that has drawn the number one spot on the Senate ballot paper in NSW has been labelled "dangerously alternative" by a leading medical body.
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A winding and dangerous road in northern NSW is to be upgraded with joint state and federal funding.
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Labor says if elected, shoring up the future of Parkes' radio telescope will be at the forefront of major investments in science infrastructure.
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Political reporter Jane Norman checks in with constituents on how they are feeling just over two weeks out from polling.
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Labor talks steel at the Whyalla works in Adelaide, the Coalition talks jets at Qantas HQ in Sydney, and the Greens show up to an ABC live broadcast in Perth.
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Labor has a lot of ground to make up in the last days of the campaign. Chris Uhlmann takes a closer look at the state of play and where both parties stand.
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They're the people many voters try to avoid eye contact with at entrances to polling stations, but why do these Australians volunteer for political parties?
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You can learn a lot from looking at where Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten have been going during the election campaign.
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The two men in a tight race to win the bellwether seat of Eden-Monaro on the NSW south coast make a final pitch to early voters.
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There are hopes the Commonwealth's plans to boost research and development in the wine and cotton industries will help make producers more competitive.
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The Prime Minister says the Coalition will fund voluntary blood testing and counselling services for communities affected by contamination at defence sites.
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The Federal Opposition pledges $20 million to the Australian Electoral Commission for a series of plebiscites in NSW over forced council mergers if it is elected.
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Bar staff intervene in stand-off between Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce and an anti-mining activist in a New South Wales pub.
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This week’s Captain’s Pick visits Camden in Sydney’s South-West fringe, to try our hand at self-discipline, finding inner-peace, and kicking things.
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Labor candidate Mike Kelly resigns from the Australian Army Reserves after being asked to stop using images of his uniform in election campaign material.
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The Liberal Democrats gain a more favourable position than the Coalition on the Senate ballot paper in New South Wales, and Jacqui Lambie is bumped down the list in Tasmania.
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Groups like Crop Life Australia and Animal Medicines Australia fear replacing APVMA staff who don't move could take a decade.
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Former independent MP Rob Oakeshott announces he is having another tilt at federal politics nominating as an independent candidate in the seat of Cowper on the New South Wales mid-north coast.
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"Make it marginal" is the catch-cry for the Cowper's newest federal election candidate John Arkan.
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Federal Minister for Transport and Infrastructure Darren Chester says a proposed Bells Line Expressway and other regional NSW freight links will be a priority.
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Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce blames environmental flows for the water crisis facing Broken Hill and the lower Darling River, not upstream irrigation of cotton crops.
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The Labor Party responds to the Federal Government's promise to upgrade the Barton Highway by pledging $76 million.
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The Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce says he's confident voters in his seat of New England will put the bigger picture ahead of parochialism when they cast their ballots next month. Last night on the ABC's Q and A program he faced his rival for the seat, Independent Tony Windsor, who is campaigning on local issues such as NBN access and opposition to coal seam gas mining.
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In a show billed as the "Tussle in Tamworth", the Q&A audience bombarded Barnaby Joyce and the rest of the panel with tough questions about rural issues such as CSG mining and the NBN.
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When your priorities are finding a safe place to sleep and something to eat, does voting get a look in?
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Both major parties are urged to put politics aside and help residents and commercial fishers today, not in six months time.
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The Federal Government pledges $50 million to upgrade the Barton Highway if it is re-elected, a promise the region's local mayor welcomes.
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An ABC analysis of Education Department figures shows the cost of child care is a big factor in the most marginal seats in Queensland and New South Wales.
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The Greens are pledging $120m over four years to double the number of paid firefighters across Australia.
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A women's health centre that provides bulk-billed services says it may be forced to charge a fee if the Medicare rebate freeze continues.
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The national president of the Vietnam Veterans Association slams the Federal Coalition's political references to war as "tasteless in the extreme".
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Sydney fishmonger Tony Tsikles shares his thoughts on who he will be voting for at the coming election and why.
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The Greens accuse the New South Wales Government of censorship after political ads the party had paid for were removed from Sydney trains.
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Liberal Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, who has publicly criticised the relationship between former PM Tony Abbott and his chief of staff Peta Credlin, will be number four on the party's New South Wales Senate ticket.
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Deputy Leader of the Opposition, Tanya Plibersek, talks to Leigh Sales about Donald Trump, asylum seekers and the leaders' debate.
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The marginal northern NSW seat of Richmond used to be a conservative stronghold, but now the Greens are a real prospect of winning it.
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Infighting and conflict in the New South Wales Greens intensifies, with revelations another four party officials — including some who are also currently running as candidates — have resigned from the Committee of Management.
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The Labor candidate for the seat of Parkes Kate Stewart said her party would not match the Coalition's $25 million commitment to the proposed Dubbo cancer unit.
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A Labor government will honour the Commonwealth's funding commitment to the WestConnex project, Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten confirms.
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"He tries to clean my teeth when I’m asleep" – The Prime Minister encounters Shane and his rat Splinter in Western Sydney.
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Former Australian Idol host James Mathison says he will take former prime minister Tony Abbott to task on matters such as climate change and same-sex marriage as he puts his hand up for the seat of Warringah.
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With the election looming around the corner, political reporter, Tom Iggulden travelled to Wollongong, where he pitched up political questions to indoor cricketers and asked for their thoughts on the election and the politicians.
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The National Party has pledged $25 million dollars for the proposed Dubbo Cancer Centre if the Coalition is re-elected.
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Candidates and campaigners are warned not to use power poles to display political posters in the lead up to the federal election.
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Red tape and a lack of technical expertise are preventing community groups from setting up renewable energy projects, according to consumer advocates who have launched a new campaign to make it an election issue.
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Former Liberal Party member and independent councillor Marcus Cornish says he will run against incumbent Liberal MP Fiona Scott in the crucial marginal electorate of Lindsay.
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Malcolm Turnbull is in diplomatic damage control, rejecting his deputy Barnaby Joyce's comments that a 2011 decision to suspend live cattle exports to Indonesia is linked to an increase in asylum seeker boats.
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An ABC-hosted regional leaders' debate tonight in Goulburn, NSW will see the Nationals' Barnaby Joyce, the ALP's Joel Fitzgibbon and Greens leader Richard Di Natale try and win over some of this election's most crucial voters.
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Dan Ilic hits the road for Story Hunters, asking Australians who pick him up along the way what matters to them this election.
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The Liberal candidate for the seat of Whitlam in southern New South Wales resigns, citing a lack of support from branch and factional leaders.
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has more than twice as many Facebook likes as Opposition leader Bill Shorten, but does that mean he is more popular overall?
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The Salvation Army says almost two thirds of clients are experiencing extreme housing stress, with regional Australians especially vulnerable.
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Greens leader Senator Richard Di Natale visits the dry Darling River.
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Join the ABC's political editor Chris Uhlmann as he talks regional issues with Nationals' leader Barnaby Joyce, the ALP's Joel Fitzgibbon and Greens leader Richard Di Natale.
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A former councillor predicts the forced council amalgamations will result in more independent candidates.
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announces millions of dollars in funding in Eden-Monaro in the latest bid to help incumbent Liberal MP Peter Hendy hold the bellwether electorate.
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The NSW electoral commission defends withholding millions of dollars in public funding from the state's Liberal Party, ahead of a landmark ICAC report into political funding.
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One of the Liberal Party's most senior former fundraisers reveals that when allegedly prohibited donations were made to the party, he knew it was happening.
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The Opposition Leader promises Labor will not impose extra costs on medicines that come under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme — a move which would cost close to $1 billion.
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The ABC caught up with a few people in Western Sydney to find out what they thought about the Immigration Minister's comments about innumerate and illiterate refugees "taking Australian jobs" or remaining unemployed.
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Hundreds of people attend a community meeting in the Sydney suburb of Balmain to call for construction of the WestConnex motorway network to be postponed until an audit into the project is complete.
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Federal candidates for Eden-Monaro weigh into the NSW local government merger battle.
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Opposition Leader Bill Shorten cancels today's campaign activities after his motorcade is involved in a head-on car accident at Testers Hollow near Newcastle.
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The Federal Government pledges $50 million to upgrade a deadly road south west of Sydney if it wins the election, matching the opposition's promise.
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The Federal Government's decision to commit $3.5 billion to Sydney's WestConnex project will be investigated by the auditor-general after requests from the Opposition's Anthony Albanese and non-government senators.
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The federal electorate of Paterson is poised to be one of the key seats in the 2016 federal election.
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Opposition Leader Bill Shorten channels the Circle of Life on his morning jog in Sydney.
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University students, most of them first time voters in a federal election, are helping build a national online portal covering the 2016 poll.
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Labor's proposed changes to negative gearing have received a mixed response from voters in regional Australia, who have largely been ignored in the debate but who have strong opinions on the policy.
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Malcolm Turnbull made a "mistake" by failing to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Coalition candidates at a number of press conferences in marginal seats, Tony Abbott's former chief of staff Peta Credlin says.
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The seat of Paterson in the NSW Hunter region is set to be one of the state's key marginal electorates in the July 2 election, with the mining downturn and the lack of health facilities already emerging as leading issues.
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Speaking at the campaign launch for his re-election in his local Sydney seat, former prime minister Tony Abbott lists his achievements in office as reasons to put both himself and Malcolm Turnbull back in office.
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The father of one of the victims of the MH17 disaster hugs the Prime Minister and urges him not to forget those killed in the attack over Ukraine.
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We talked with captains from Bega's rugby league teams about their thoughts on the political game currently being played in the national arena.
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The Liberal and National parties in New South Wales are in a bind this weekend, trying to sort out the preselection order for its Senate ticket.
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Malcolm Turnbull announces a breakthrough in the long-running dispute over bulk-billing incentives for blood tests, during a leaders' debate dominated by questions on multinationals, education and the budget.
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With week one of the election campaign almost done, how are voters finding it so far? Reporter Tom Iggulden wanted a level playing field to scope the thoughts of voters. Thursday night saw him at the training session for the Bega Roosters, a rugby league club on the far south coast of New South Wales.
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The Liberal Party announces candidates for Labor-held seats in the Illawarra, heading off speculation the party intended to limit its campaign resources in the region.
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten will go head-to-head in the first leader's debate of the election campaign tonight.
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The PM cancelled a mall walk through Penrith today after the local liberal member there was questioned about changing loyalties during last year's leadership battle. His campaign said the cancellation was because a morning event with local businesswomen went over time, but Labor leader Bill Shorten is playing tensions within the coalition.
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The Greens candidate challenging Anthony Albanese for his Sydney seat defends comments he made in 2014 saying he would prefer to see a conservative government returned to power if it meant a thriving protest movement could flourish.
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The Prime Minister jumped on a train to the marginal Liberal seat of Lindsay this morning. He says if the Coalition holds the western Sydney seat, it will be returned to Government. But there's been a distraction during his visit, with the candidate Fiona Scott refusing to say who she voted for in last September's leadership ballot.
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Winery boss calls on Federal Government for volume rather than value-based tax.
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The Prime Minister's campaign will begin targeting key marginal seats in Sydney's pivotal Western suburbs today. Shadow Finance spokesman and one of Labor's key strategists for New South Wales, Tony Burke, says people in the area will have a lot of concerns about the Government's strategies of giving tax cuts to big companies and wealthy individuals at the expense of education and health.
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Tony Abbott supporters are planning a "dangerous" boycott of the NSW bellwether seat of Eden-Monaro as punishment for Liberal MP Peter Hendy's role in ousting the former PM, sources say.
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Marcus Cornish, one of Tony Abbott's strongest backers in the outer western Sydney seat of Lindsay has openly criticised sitting Liberal candidate Fiona Scott for backing Malcolm Turnbull in last year's leadership ballot.
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One of Tony Abbott's strongest backers openly accuses "sex appeal" MP Fiona Scott of betraying the former PM, amid a backlash from Abbott loyalists who worked on her campaign in the seat of Lindsay.
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The group representing Australia's corporate boardroom leaders is calling for an end to short-termism in politics by the adoption of fixed four-year terms. The Australian Institute of Company Directors wants all the major parties to commit to a referendum on the issue in 2017. Its chief executive, former NSW Liberal leader John Brogden, says longer terms will result in better governance and policy-making as well as removing the Prime Minister's advantage of calling an election at whim.
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The 'wombat trail' is the nickname given to the campaign run by the Nationals but this election, the party's leader Barnaby Joyce, won't be spending as much time travelling across rural Australia as he'd like. He's being challenged in his own seat of New England, in regional NSW, by the former independent Tony Windsor. It means he'll have to spend more time on home soil convincing locals he deserves their vote.
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The key issues likely to swing votes in NSW include housing, the future of the health system, support for Gonski funding, transport and infrastructure, and regional issues such as mining proposals, drought and the backpacker tax.
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Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce will be forced to spend more time campaigning in his northern NSW electorate, as he fends off a challenge from Tony Windsor.
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The Nationals are being accused of scaremongering over Labor's plan to reinstate land clearing restrictions in efforts to mitigate climate change.
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What happened to the Great Australian Dream? Ben Knight reports.
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There would be a no-fly zone for Sydney's second airport at Badgerys Creek under a federal Labor government plan, if the party wins office at this year's election.
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The Liberal Party searches for a new candidate for the marginal Federal seat of Paterson after sitting MP Bob Baldwin announces he will not recontest the seat.
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Bronwyn Bishop's parliamentary career looks to be over after the former speaker was dumped by Liberal preselectors in her Sydney seat of Mackellar.
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A federal Greens candidate says he is not concerned about working for an agency that has made water management decisions in far west New South Wales criticised by his own party.
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The former prime minister intervenes in the tense pre-selection battle in Bronwyn Bishop's electorate of Mackellar, confirming he will endorse a rival of his one-time mentor.
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Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has cast significant doubt over the likelihood of a proposed mine going ahead in his New England electorate.
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John Howard and Barnaby Joyce appear to have put any past differences aside, with the former prime minister offering to campaign for the new Deputy Prime Minister in his seat of New England.
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Former independent MP Tony Windsor will contest his old seat of New England - currently held by agriculture minister Barnaby Joyce.
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Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce is forecasting an uphill battle to retain the seat of New England, in the face of competition from Tony Windsor.
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Member for Barton Nick Varvaris, in one of the Coalition's most marginal seats, is yet to confirm he will recontest the next federal election.
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Even though we don't know when the looming federal election will be held, there's already an intriguing political battle underway. As anticipated, the high-profile former Federal Independent MP Tony Windsor is running again for his old northern New South Wales seat, currently held by colourful Nationals MP and Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce.
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Barnaby Joyce says he is looking forward to the challenge posed by the re-emergence of long-time political rival Tony Windsor, who will run as a candidate in the Deputy PM's seat of New England.
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Former independent MP Tony Windsor has all but confirmed he will run against Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce at the next federal election.
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The contest underway for one of the Liberal Party's most glittering prizes – Bronwyn Bishop's safe seat of Mackellar – is described as appalling and wrong by high profile Liberal member David Flint and entrepreneur Dick Smith.
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Joel Fitzgibbon will be installed as the Labor candidate for the redrawn Federal seat of Hunter, avoiding a vote by local rank and file members of the party.
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New South Wales deputy Labor leader Linda Burney to seek preselection for the Federal seat of Barton in Sydney, switching from her NSW state seat of Canterbury.
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Federal MP for Shortland Jill Hall says she will keep fighting for her community, despite announcing her retirement.
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Veteran Federal Labor MP Jill Hall announces she will not recontest the next election, in a move that could create space for Joel Fitzgibbon, whose nearby seat was effectively abolished in a recent electoral redistribution.
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A grassroots revolt against the suspension of a Liberal Party branch member is brewing, with party members slamming the move as disgraceful.
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Paterson Liberal MP Bob Baldwin says he is determined to win his seat at the next Federal election.
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Liberal party whistleblower, Charlie Lynn, talks about the NSW branch's pre-selection process, and his suspension and that of two other members who spoke of alleged corruption of the process.
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Former speaker Bronwyn Bishop launches her bid to recontest her blue ribbon seat of Mackellar in Sydney as maverick Liberal senator Bill Heffernan announces he will bow out of politics.
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Former speaker Bronwyn Bishop's preselection chances are dealt a blow, with Tony Abbott and NSW Premier Mike Baird writing references in support of a Liberal Party official expected to run against her.
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The NSW Business Chamber Mid North Coast branch questions whether the large coastal centres of Port Macquarie and Coffs Harbour can be fairly represented by one Federal politician.
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Three Liberal Party members, including two former parliamentarians, are risking expulsion from the party to attack the power of factions and "abuse" of preselection processes.
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Federal Labor frontbencher Anthony Albanese confirms he will recontest his seat of Grayndler despite speculation he would switch electorates following a significant redistribution.
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Cabinet Minister Mitch Fifield shrugs off suggestions Tony Abbott's decision to stay in politics will be a distraction for the Prime Minister.
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Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison dismisses preselection tensions within the Liberal Party as "overstated", as moderates in NSW plan to unseat several serving Coalition politicians.
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Water campaigners and Indigenous groups are planning a protest on the steps of Parliament House in Canberra over the plight of the parched Darling River in far west New South Wales.
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Liberal MP Bob Baldwin rules out contesting the seat of Lyne as an independent after a redistribution of electoral boundaries substantially altered his New South Wales seat.
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There could soon be a new political party on the scene, with the northern New South Wales-based Country Minded Party planning to apply for registration in the coming week.
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The Federal Opposition Leader has refused to be drawn on whether retirement will be forced onto a Hunter region MP to ensure Joel Fitzgibbon can keep his job.
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Federal Coalition MPs say the New South Wales branch of the Liberal Party is defying the Prime Minister by continuing to plot against sitting members.
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Nominations opened today for Liberal Party preselections for New South Wales seats to be contested at the next election, opening the door for a bitter factional fight. Several sitting members from the conservative wing of the party are under threat from the party's dominant moderate wing.
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Cabinet Minister Josh Frydenberg says he is an example of the benefits of bringing "new blood" into the Liberal Party, as some criticise Bronwyn Bishop's decision to recontest her seat.
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Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten says Joel Fitzgibbon will not be forced out of politics by changes to the New South Wales electoral boundaries.
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Cessnock mayor Bob Pynsent says history will be lost when the Federal seat of Hunter is abolished.
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The federal seat of Throsby is to be renamed Whitlam in honour of the former Prime Minister Edward Gough Whitlam.
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Both major parties have objected to the proposed electoral boundaries changes in NSW.
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Independent Senator Nick Xenophon concedes it will take a "small political miracle" for his candidate to win Tony Abbott's safe Sydney seat at the next election.
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Joel Fitzgibbon says Hunter students will be impacted if the Gonski model is scrapped.
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Federal MP Bronwyn Bishop, who resigned as speaker of the House of Representatives in August amid ongoing pressure after she spent more than $5,000 to charter a helicopter from Melbourne to Geelong, intends to recontest her seat of Mackellar at the next federal election.
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Liberal candidate Trent Zimmerman wins the federal by-election in the North Sydney seat vacated by former treasurer Joe Hockey, despite a swing of about 13 per cent against the party.
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The Liberal Party candidate for former treasurer Joe Hockey's seat, Trent Zimmerman, is expected to win Saturday's by-election comfortably.
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The Australian Electoral Commission will close seven polling booths in the federal electorate of Parkes, in north-western New South Wales.
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A federal MP says he is confident the closure of a few polling booths in his electorate will not adversely affect voters.
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A political party representing Australian Muslims is launched, with its sights set on winning a Senate seat at the next election.
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ALP Member for Cunningham, Sharon Bird, is facing a surprise pre-selection challenge
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The Nationals member for Cowper, Luke Hartsuyker, has conceded it is very unlikely the AEC will budge on its proposal to include Port Macquarie and Coffs Harbour in the same federal seat.
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Belinda Neal attempts new political comeback
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Federal member for Hunter Joel Fitzgibbon says he wants to be able to represent his home town of Cessnock in the next election.
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Business leaders in Port Macquarie have described a proposal to change electoral boundaries on the NSW mid north coast as a "joke".
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Labor MP Peter Knott - death of a colourful man
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Former federal leader of the Liberal Party Dr John Hewson calls for leadership on the issues of poverty and inequality.
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The man behind research the Federal Opposition is using to justify its proposal to lower the voting age says Labor's arguments overlook community consensus.
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The nation's voting age should be lowered to 16 because young Australians do not see their views reflected in Parliament, Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten says.
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The Greens candidate for Cowper says she will learn quickly how best to pitch herself to the voters of Port Macquarie.
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Trent Zimmerman is formally endorsed by the Liberal Party's state executive as its candidate to replace Joe Hockey in the safe Liberal seat of North Sydney.
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New South Wales Liberal Party acting president Trent Zimmerman wins preselection to contest Joe Hockey's former seat of North Sydney in a by-election in December.
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A small group of people stage a protest outside the Liberal Party's pre-selection meeting for former treasurer Joe Hockey's seat of North Sydney, labelling the process "undemocratic".
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The Greens will postpone the announcement of their Cowper candidate until they have had time to consult with members affected by proposed electoral boundary changes.
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The federal MP for Parkes says he has mixed feelings about a proposed redistribution that would see the far west become part of his electorate.
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The Member for Riverina's seat would change dramatically in a redistribution proposal out for public comment.
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The federal seat of Throsby covering parts of the Illawarra and Southern Highlands, will be renamed Whitlam under changes being proposed by the Australian Electoral Commission.
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Potential changes to the federal seat of Eden-Monaro could challenge its reputation as a 'bellwether' seat, a political analyst says.
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Redrawing of electoral boundaries could have profound effect on the north coast.
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The Federal Member for Parkes has written to the Australian Electoral Commission over concerns 20 per cent of polling booths in his electorate, mostly in small towns, will not operate at the next election.
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Broken Hill mayor Wincen Cuy hopes Malcolm Turnbull's election as federal Liberal leader and Prime Minister on Monday night doesn't cement a trend of changing leaders.
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The Clarence Valley Council (CVC) will meet today to decide on its Mayor and Deputy Mayor for 2015-2016.
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There's been a change of leadership at Armidale Dumaresq Council, with the new Mayor Herman Beyersdorf saying he expects to oversee an amalgamation in the next 12 months.
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There'll be a contest for both the Mayor and Deputy Mayor positions when Armidale councillors meet tonight to elect their leadership team for the next 12 months.
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The first survey of its kind has revealed strong support for mobile internet e-voting.
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The fate of a $7-million funding promise for 'Kibbleplex' in Gosford remains unknown, with the property likely to be sold-off.
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Wealthy entrepreneur Dick Smith is threatening to stand as a candidate against Prime Minister Tony Abbott at the next election if the Government does not change aviation laws.
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The NSW electoral commissioner says he is extremely concerned that people offered money by the No Land Tax Party to work on election day still have not been paid.
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A Labor MP who has returned to state politics is vowing to lower the voting age in New South Wales so more young people can have their say.
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The final seat in the NSW Upper House goes to a little-known animal rights micro-party following last month's election.