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| UpdatedIt could be goodbye to the electorates of Apsley and Western Tiers and hello to McIntyre and Prosser if proposed changes to Tasmanian electoral boundaries go ahead.
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, tas
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East Timor's former president Jose Ramos-Horta says after spending months considering whether to run in the country's next presidential election, he has decided to sit it out and make way for new leaders.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, east-timor
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| UpdatedThe leader of Fiji's main opposition party says he wants a new Electoral Commission appointed as soon as possible.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, pacific, fiji
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| UpdatedPauline Hanson's One Nation party has confirmed a controversial geologist will run against WA Nationals leader Brendon Grylls.
Topics: political-parties, elections, indigenous-policy, climate-change, science-and-technology, community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, perth-6000, karratha-6714, port-hedland-6721, newman-6753, wa
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| UpdatedThe WA Government's announcement of a rail line linking Thornlie and Cockburn is a last-minute stunt to secure seats at the March election, Labor says.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, thornlie-6108, wa
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| UpdatedQueensland's taxi industry is building a multi-million-dollar fund ahead of the state election to fight ride-sharing services like Uber.
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A Liberal Party election vow to erect a shark net at a popular regional beach in Western Australia is met with surprise by locals and described as "pork barrelling" by a political commentator.
Topics: shark, lifestyle, states-and-territories, elections, geraldton-6530, wa
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Shadow treasurer Ben Wyatt concedes WA Labor does not have a silver bullet solution to the state's debt problem, amid accusations from Premier Colin Barnett that it has no plan to reduce borrowings.
Topics: elections, states-and-territories, state-parliament, perth-6000, wa
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An early job for US President Donald Trump will be to nominate a new Supreme Court justice. Who he picks, along with any future nominations, could set the course of the court — and the lives of Americans — for a generation to come.
Topics: us-elections, government-and-politics, elections, world-politics, united-states
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WA Labor is trying to draw federal issues such as GST and NBN into the state election campaign in the lead up to the March election.
Topics: state-parliament, elections, perth-6000
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The WA Premier says there will be just one leaders' debate ahead of the March state election, but Opposition Leader Mark McGowan accuses him of being "scared" and calls for three.
Topics: states-and-territories, elections, government-and-politics, alp, liberals, state-parliament, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedPauline Hanson concedes it will be tough to keep her planned field of 60 One Nation candidates on message during the WA election campaign, but says it will be up to voters to make their own decision at the polling booth.
Topics: one-nation, elections, states-and-territories, pauline-hanson, bunbury-6230, perth-6000, wa
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Beverley O'Connor speaks to the Economist Intelligence Unit's Adeline Van Houtte about the swearing in of Gambia's President-elect Adama Barrow.
Topics: elections, world-politics, government-and-politics, unrest-conflict-and-war, gambia
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Beverley O'Connor speaks to author Irina Borogan about suggestions Russia may try to influence the upcoming election in Germany.
Topics: world-politics, hacking, government-and-politics, elections, russian-federation, germany
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| UpdatedThe Gambia's President-elect Adama Barrow is sworn in at the Gambian embassy in neighbouring Senegal as West African troops are poised to back him in a showdown with a defiant incumbent Yahya Jammeh.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, unrest-conflict-and-war, elections, gambia
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| UpdatedAn emotional One Nation leader Pauline Hanson masses her candidates for the WA election on the steps of State Parliament, urging them to "speak up" ahead of the March poll.
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, one-nation, wa, perth-6000
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| UpdatedJakarta will elect a new Governor in less than a month. This is not just a race for a political position, but a test for moderate Islam and democracy in Australia's largest neighbour of 250 million people, writes Samantha Hawley.
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, world-politics, foreign-affairs, indonesia
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Pauline Hanson is confident her One Nation party can win up to six seats at the West Australian election, but the Queensland senator will not say where she will be directing preferences.
Topics: elections, one-nation, perth-6000, wa
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The proliferation of campaign posters around the city is sparking anonymous complaints to the Housing Authority.
Topics: elections, political-parties, government-and-politics, housing, state-parliament, advertising, kalgoorlie-6430
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The WA Greens will go to the state election campaigning for the rapid creation of a fully independent rural fire service and improved fire standards for new housing developments in high-risk areas.
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| UpdatedNorthern Ireland has found itself in political turmoil with the collapse of the power-sharing government resulting in a snap election.
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, foreign-affairs, world-politics, northern-ireland, united-kingdom
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WA's Deputy Premier Liza Harvey rules out a last-minute Liberal leadership change, despite polls showing her to be more popular than the Premier.
Topics: elections, state-parliament, perth-6000, wa