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| UpdatedSupport for Pauline Hanson's One Nation party is growing across the country — but who are her supporters and what do voters think they're buying from her?
Topics: one-nation, political-parties, pauline-hanson, qld, wa, australia
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The One Nation leader hits back at fresh criticism from dumped candidate Peter Rogers that she is controlled by James Ashby.
Topics: pauline-hanson, one-nation, political-parties, qld, australia
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| UpdatedThree of Fiji's opposition political parties are in talks to form a coalition to fight the next election.
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One Nation candidate for the Pilbara David Archibald speaking to ABC North West WA's Joseph Dunstan
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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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South Australia Opposition Leader Steven Marshall promotes two young guns, David Speirs and Stephan Knoll, to the frontbench in preparation for next year's election.
Topics: political-parties, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedSunshine Coast MP Steve Dickson is announced as the leader for One Nation in Queensland, less than two weeks after he defected to the party from the LNP.
Topics: government-and-politics, political-parties, state-parliament, parliament, buderim-4556, qld
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| UpdatedFar-right populist leaders from Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands are meeting in the German city of Koblenz to present their vision for "a free Europe".
Topics: political-parties, world-politics, forms-of-government, germany
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Mike Baird's parliamentary secretary Catherine Cusack says social media is eating out the middle ground, and changing the nature of democracy.
Topics: government-and-politics, political-parties, world-politics, social-media, sydney-2000, lismore-2480
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| UpdatedNew South Wales premier-in-waiting Gladys Berejiklian is likely to be the state's next premier, but she is already facing pressure from the Deputy Premier to scrap council mergers in regional areas.
Topics: political-parties, government-and-politics, local-government, community-and-society, queanbeyan-2620, nsw
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| UpdatedGladys Berejiklian is NSW's premier-in-waiting as senior Government MPs rule out the idea of challenging her for the state's top job.
Topics: political-parties, government-and-politics, local-government, community-and-society, manly-2095, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedMike Baird has resigned as the Premier of New South Wales. Now he is gone, here is what his haters say as they continue to fight WestConnex, lockout laws and council amalgamations.
Topics: political-parties, government-and-politics, local-government, community-and-society
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| UpdatedPremier Mike Baird's announcement on Thursday that he will retire from politics is being met with mixed reaction by the people of regional New South Wales as Coalition MPs in country seats assess the political landscape amid their leader's exit.
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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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| UpdatedControversial Melbourne evangelical church Catch the Fire, which solicits donations for the Rise Up Australia Party, has its charitable status revoked by authorities.
Topics: religion-and-beliefs, community-and-society, political-parties, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedOpposition Leader Bill Shorten says it is crucial to explore the options for a federal anti-corruption watchdog as part of reforms around parliamentary expenditure.
Topics: bill-shorten, person, corruption, law-crime-and-justice, political-parties, government-and-politics, australia
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A former New South Wales Labor backbencher has spoken out about his battle with pancreatic cancer and how cannabis oil is a vital part of his ongoing treatment.
Topics: cancer, cannabis, political-parties, newcastle-2300
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| UpdatedThe LNP accuses former member Steve Dickson of stealing documents from the party's secure website, just hours before his defection to One Nation.
Topics: liberal-national-party-queensland, political-parties, government-and-politics, one-nation, state-parliament, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, maroochydore-4558, buderim-4556
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| UpdatedThe Federal Government wins broad support for its planned shake-up of the parliamentary entitlements system in the wake of Sussan Ley's resignation as health minister, but the Greens say it needs to go further.
Topics: political-parties, government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedFormer health minister Sussan Ley, a pilot who once described herself as a recovering punk rocker, was considered one of the Coalition's better performers until an expenses scandal forced her resignation from cabinet.
Topics: government-and-politics, political-parties, federal-government, australia
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| UpdatedSteve Dickson's decision to join One Nation means he has been transformed from a low-profile Opposition backbencher to a potential powerbroker in the Queensland Parliament.
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Nick Wiggins reports from Brisbane, following LNP MP Steve Dickson's announcement that he has defected to Pauline Hanson's One Nation, with the move giving the party a seat in Queensland's hung parliament.
Topics: political-parties, one-nation, liberal-national-party-queensland, political-parties, government-and-politics, qld, brisbane-4000