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The WA Greens say polling shows 33 per cent of Liberal voters will not support the party if it does a preferences deal with One Nation.
Topics: greens, one-nation, polls, government-and-politics, elections, liberals, wa
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| UpdatedConservative senator Cory Bernardi attends the event "Defending Freedom of Speech", organised by anti-Islam group the Q Society.
Topics: race-relations, community-and-society, government-and-politics, liberals, political-parties, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedAfter an already difficult week, the PM is facing the prospect of George Christensen crossing the floor on a controversial bill for a banking royal commission if it is put to a vote.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, federal-parliament, liberals, turnbull-malcolm, australia
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| UpdatedSouth Australian Senator Cory Bernardi has officially quit the Liberal Party to establish his own party, the Australian Conservatives.
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| UpdatedCory Bernardi criticises his colleagues for "failing the people of Australia" in a scathing speech after officially quitting the Coalition to establish his own party — a move which Education Minister Simon Birmingham has described as a "dog act".
Topics: liberals, political-parties, government-and-politics, federal-government, community-and-society, australia
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| UpdatedThe South Australian senator is set to quit the Federal Government today, seven months into a six-year Senate term, despite public pleas from his colleagues to reconsider and remember his "obligation" to the Liberal Party.
Topics: liberals, political-parties, government-and-politics, federal-government, sa, australia
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| UpdatedThe complicated life of PM Malcolm Turnbull is about to become harder when Cory Bernardi formally announces he's quitting the Liberal Party. It's another sign of the unravelling of the status quo in liberal democracies, Chris Uhlmann writes.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, political-parties, liberals, sa, australia
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| UpdatedOutspoken Liberal senator Cory Bernardi is set to announce he is leaving the Coalition to form his own political party called Australian Conservatives, leaving his colleagues struggling to guess if any MPs will jump ship and join him.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, political-parties, liberals, sa, australia
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| UpdatedThe Coalition starts the new parliamentary year with its lowest level of support since Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull took the top office, trailing Labor in the latest opinion poll.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, liberals, polls, turnbull-malcolm, abbott-tony, australia
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| UpdatedWA Premier Colin Barnett is adamant he can rescue his Government from the brink of defeat to win a third term, amid polling showing Labor is on track for victory in the March election.
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, one-nation, alp, liberals, wa, perth-6000
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| UpdatedA Western Australian Liberal candidate breaks party ranks to rebuke comments by his leader, critical of a campaign by mining companies against a proposed iron ore tax increase.
Topics: elections, liberals, mining-industry, karratha-6714
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| UpdatedWestern Australia's Deputy Premier brushes off the results of a poll showing the Barnett Government is on track to suffer a heavy loss in the upcoming state election and tipping One Nation to pick up 13 per cent of the primary vote.
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, one-nation, alp, liberals
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| UpdatedPrime Minister Malcolm Turnbull admits he donated $1.75 million to the Liberal Party for the 2016 election campaign.
Topics: liberals, turnbull-malcolm, australia
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| UpdatedNew South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian considers ditching forced council amalgamations and even allowing ratepayers to decide the fate of their municipalities via plebiscites.
Topics: government-and-politics, liberals, local-government, state-parliament, community-and-society, nsw, orange-2800, manly-2095, woollahra-2025
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has refused to be drawn on how much he donated to the Liberal Party coffers in the lead up to last year's federal election.
Topics: turnbull-malcolm, government-and-politics, federal-government, federal-elections, political-parties, liberals, australia
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will argue his Government can deliver opportunity and security to the Australian people in a major speech at the Press Club later today.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, turnbull-malcolm, liberals, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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| UpdatedPremier Colin Barnett is more relaxed than he has ever been heading into the March election, but his colleagues say they are not taking anything for granted.
Topics: elections, liberals, states-and-territories, perth-6000, wa
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A meeting of the New South Wales Young Liberals Party in Sydney has been disrupted by two men dressed in Ku Klux Klan-style hoods.
Topics: liberals, government-and-politics, activism-and-lobbying, discrimination, race-relations, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedA meeting of the New South Wales Young Liberals Party in Sydney is disrupted by two men dressed in Ku Klux Klan-style hoods.
Topics: liberals, political-parties, race-relations, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedSA's Opposition wants to overhaul Adelaide's freight network by creating a new road and rail bypass of the city and building a 24-hour airport at Monarto.
Topics: air-transport, rail-transport, road-transport, industry, states-and-territories, business-economics-and-finance, liberals, sa, murray-bridge-5253, adelaide-5000, monarto-south-5254
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| UpdatedSouth Australian Liberal frontbencher David Speirs denies bullying and harassing a former female staffer, after a media report claims a $50,000 payment was made to settle the matter.
Topics: states-and-territories, liberals, state-parliament, sa, adelaide-5000
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| UpdatedTreasurer Scott Morrison brushes off calls from within the Coalition for the Government to consider curbing negative gearing in order to control the growth of house prices in capital cities.
Topics: government-and-politics, housing, liberals, alp, australia
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This year will indeed be a most exciting time to be prime minister; it will be the excitement of multiple risks.
Topics: federal-government, liberals, turnbull-malcolm, australia
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| UpdatedNew South Wales' newly sworn in Premier Gladys Berejiklian is widely known for her hard work and diligence, but her ongoing success may hinge on whether the intensely private MP can open up to the public.
Topics: state-parliament, liberals, government-and-politics, nsw, willoughby-2068, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedGladys Berejiklian outlines her priorities and praises her Armenian migrant parents, saying she "will be governing for everyone", as she gives her first speech after being voted as the new leader in NSW.
Topics: state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, liberals, nsw