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| UpdatedThe US presidential candidates are on a swing-state blitz, making their final pitch to voters before tomorrow's election. Follow our live blog for all the latest from the campaign.
Topics: us-elections, government-and-politics, elections, world-politics, united-states
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| UpdatedUS sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live has poked fun at presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump one last time before the US election is called.
Topics: us-elections, government-and-politics, elections, event, arts-and-entertainment, comedy-humour, united-states
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| UpdatedPapua New Guinea's government under fire for its plan to raise the cost of standing for parliament in next year's elections to 10,000 kina.
Topics: elections, electoral-system, pacific, papua-new-guinea
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| UpdatedWith One Nation set to meet on Monday, under-fire senator Rod Culleton is not saying whether he has Pauline Hanson's support as he faces the prospect of a High Court challenge to his election in July.
Topics: federal-government, parliament, federal-parliament, federal-elections, elections, government-and-politics, political-parties, one-nation, australia
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| UpdatedHillary Clinton's strengths and experience may be the reason she becomes the first woman to lose a presidential election as a major party candidate, writes John Barron.
Topics: us-elections, elections, world-politics, people, women
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Gun background checks surge by 18 per cent and manufacturers report strong sales growth in the United States in the year leading up to the November 8 presidential election, amid Republican candidate Donald Trump's warnings Democratic rival Hillary Clinton wants to abolish the country's Second Amendment.
Topics: us-elections, government-and-politics, elections, world-politics, united-states
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| UpdatedBut first, Papua New Guinea's opposition says government proposals to increase the fee for people wanting to stand for parliament are unjustifiable.
Topics: elections, pacific, papua-new-guinea
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| UpdatedIt's fitting that after a campaign that's been topsy-turvy in so many ways, we enter the straight with almost unreadable polls and an election that looks like being a photo finish between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, writes the ABC's Zoe Daniel.
Topics: us-elections, government-and-politics, elections, world-politics, united-states
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| UpdatedThe 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.
Topics: states-and-territories, government-and-politics, elections, orange-2800, nsw, australia
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The Australian Electoral Commission says it needs more funding to update IT systems that run elections, warning they are "at the end of their useful life".
Topics: federal-election, federal-elections, elections, government-and-politics, budget, australia
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The High Court has decided the British Government cannot trigger Brexit without first getting the approval of parliament — what happens now?
Topics: elections, federal-elections, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, world-politics, united-kingdom, european-union
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Union influence on the WA Labor party will be a key target for the Liberals in the state election campaign, Premier Colin Barnett signals.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, unions, wa
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Colin Barnett rejects suggestions the Forrestfield Airport Link, which runs through two of the Liberals' most vulnerable marginal electorates, is designed to help his party return to government at the March election.
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, urban-development-and-planning, forrestfield-6058, wa
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The always complicated Senate is a conundrum encased in complexity – made even more challenging to decipher by the possible High Court challenges to two Senate spots. This week, political reporters Matthew Doran and Caitlyn Gribbin look at the fate of Bob Day and Rod Culleton’s elections to the upper house, and the preparations down under for the biggest show on earth – the US election.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, federal-elections, australia, parliament-house-2600
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| UpdatedColin Barnett's WA Government has gained ground on Mark McGowan's Labor, a new poll suggests, despite recent leadership tensions and a slump in the state's economy.
Topics: polls, government-and-politics, elections, states-and-territories, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedThe battle for presidency in Palau is looking like a very close contest after Tuesday's general election.
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Grand-scale promises are a mainstay of the modern election campaign, when politicians compete to offer voters the most attention-grabbing projects they hope will still hold sway when voters hit the polling stations.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, wa
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Topics: elections, animals, human-interest, wa, perth-6000
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ACT Opposition Leader Alistair Coe unveils his shadow ministry, giving all Liberal MLAs at least one portfolio, including his predecessor Jeremy Hanson.
Topics: states-and-territories, elections, canberra-2600, act
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| UpdatedIn a surprise twist to an already unexpected result, Nhulunbuy's independent Yolngu politician Yingiya Mark Guyula might yet lose his seat in the Court of Disputed Returns. But how would that work, and how did it come to this?
Topics: elections, indigenous-culture, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, nhulunbuy-0880, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedAbout sixteen thousand registered voters go to the polls today in Palau for the general election.
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Western Australians have rejected daylight saving at the ballot box four times since 1975, but a Perth man is hoping to reignite the debate by running in next year's state election.
Topics: state-parliament, community-and-society, elections, perth-6000
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| UpdatedOne Nation prepares to target disaffected farmers, unemployed resource sector workers and young voters as it challenges the Nationals in Western Australia's rural and regional seats at the state election in March.
Topics: one-nation, political-parties, states-and-territories, elections, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedA legal expert says the controversy embroiling the newly elected Member for Nhulunbuy Yingiya Mark Guyula could be a landmark case that highlights the clash between Australian and Aboriginal laws.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, elections, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, nhulunbuy-0880
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| UpdatedOne Nation says it has enough members to register as a political party in Western Australia and will now seek formal recognition to stand candidates at the March state election.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, wa