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Independent senator Jacqui Lambie says she is considering fielding candidates for her own political party at the next Tasmanian election if nothing is done to fix the state's health system.
Topics: government-and-politics, immigration, refugees, states-and-territories, health-policy, elections, tas
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A shaky-looking preference deal, criticism of Labor's debt strategy and a knife threat to the Opposition Leader's son were key talking points on the campaign trail on Monday.
Topics: elections, political-parties, wa
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| UpdatedSerious doubts are raised about a key WA Labor strategy designed to drive down state debt, with the state's Chamber of Commerce and Industry labelling it inherently flawed and a cop-out.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, states-and-territories, budget, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedSeveral One Nation candidates including Margaret Dodd say they will refuse to preference the Liberal Party, contrary to a statewide deal announced on the weekend.
Topics: elections, political-parties, minor-parties, wa
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| UpdatedThe success of the Liberal Party's preference deal with One Nation in WA could be determined by how many support staff are available to hand out how-to-vote cards on the day, a political analyst says.
Topics: elections, liberals, one-nation, polls, wa
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| UpdatedThe WA Premier says his party's deal with One Nation will likely deliver a "Senate-style" Upper House, in a move that has further strained the state's fragile Liberal-National government alliance.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, wa
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Federal frontbencher Arthur Sinodinos has entertained the possibility of the Liberal party entering into preference deals with the One Nation party.
Topics: political-parties, government-and-politics, one-nation, liberals, elections, australia
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| UpdatedAs Pauline Hanson and her party enjoy a resurgence, Liberal sources confirm the party will direct preferences to One Nation above the National party in the upcoming WA election.
Topics: political-parties, one-nation, liberals, elections, government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedWA Labor says it will set aside 50 per cent of iron ore royalties to pay down state debt, but it has not ruled out increasing taxes.
Topics: elections, wa, perth-6000
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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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| UpdatedThe Queensland Government talks up its jobs policies after a new opinion poll shows a surge in support for Pauline Hanson's One Nation in the state.
Topics: one-nation, political-parties, government-and-politics, alp, public-sector, elections, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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The Barnett Government starts the first full week of the 2017 election campaign levelling claims of "fake funding" at Labor, and finishes it in a rear-guard attempt to defend its own economic record.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, states-and-territories, perth-6000, wa
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More than 20,000 police and military officers will be deployed across Jakarta as the Indonesian capital prepares to go to the polls to elect a governor next week.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, elections, indonesia
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| UpdatedIt was a wet day for those on the state election campaign trail as heavy downpours drenched Perth and much of southern Western Australia — here's what you need to know about what happened.
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, perth-6000, wa
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Drivers will be required to leave a gap of at least one metre when overtaking cyclists under rules to be trialled if WA Labor wins the March state election.
Topics: cycling, laws, elections, government-and-politics, perth-6000, wa
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In this week’s episode of “Days of our Parliamentary Lives” Cory announces he’s leaving the band to start a solo career, Malcolm gets an grumpy phone call from his US business partner, and the postman receives a less than friendly delivery from the Senate.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, federal-elections, australia, parliament-house-2600
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| UpdatedLiberal MP Murray Cowper accuses his own party leader of playing political football with regional fire safety by announcing plans to locate a Rural Fire Service (RFS) in WA's most marginal seat.
Topics: emergency-planning, government-and-politics, elections, collie-6225, wa
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| UpdatedElection promises by the major parties and another bleak budget update for WA Treasurer Mike Nahan feature on the campaign trail, with One Nation also gaining a surprise candidate.
Topics: elections, political-parties, ellenbrook-6069, perth-6000, collie-6225, wa
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| UpdatedA new line to Ellenbrook could reduce city commuting times for residents in Perth's north-eastern corridor by up to 30 minutes, WA Labor says while spruiking its Metronet rail system.
Topics: elections, rail-transport, federal---state-issues, perth-6000, ellenbrook-6069, wa
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Health Minister John Day has the highest number of fake Twitter followers among WA politicians, while the minor parties are outperforming the majors on social media, according to digital strategy experts.
Topics: elections, social-media, states-and-territories, political-parties, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedIan Taylor says he holds no grudges over Labor's 2008 decision to kick him out and says the party can bounce back across regional Western Australia.
Topics: elections, state-parliament, regional, kalgoorlie-6430
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| UpdatedWA's debt problem is worse than any other state in the nation, and with a state election just around the corner each of the major parties has its own plan to address the issue.
Topics: elections, business-economics-and-finance, budget, wa
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| UpdatedThe WA Government is handed a pre-election budget blow, with another increase in state debt and the return to surplus delayed yet again.
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| UpdatedOpposition builds over planned changes to discounted registration costs for council fleet vehicles.
Topics: government-and-politics, money-and-monetary-policy, business-economics-and-finance, elections, albany-6330