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Beverley O'Connor speaks to Professor Vedi Hadiz at the University of Melbourne's Asia Institute about the likely run-off election for Jakarta's next governor.
Topics: elections, religion-and-beliefs, indonesia
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The incumbent Governor of Jakarta, who is from the Christian minority, is expected to make it through to the next round of voting in the election, according to unofficial counts.
Topics: elections, world-politics, indonesia, asia
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| UpdatedA re-elected Barnett Government would take a hard line on reforming the public sector and launch a push towards privatising more services to help restore the budget to surplus, the WA Treasurer reveals.
Topics: elections, states-and-territories, state-parliament, perth-6000, wa
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Five micro parties strike a preference deal that could deliver as many as five Upper House seats in the WA election, with the pact orchestrated by "preference whisperer" Glenn Druery.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, wa
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| UpdatedMicro-parties and preferences dominate discussion on the WA election campaign, with Pauline Hanson wading into the preference deal debate.
Topics: elections, political-parties, wa
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In Indonesia, millions of Jakartans will head to the polls to elect a new governor in what has become a bitter campaign revolving around religion and race.
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, world-politics, indonesia
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The State Library of Western Australia needs your help adding to its archives by donating the political advertising that comes through your letterbox during the election campaign.
Topics: history, library-museum-and-gallery, elections, human-interest, perth-6000
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| UpdatedPauline Hanson strikes back at One Nation's WA candidates who are complaining about a controversial preference deal with the Liberal Party, telling them if they're not happy with it, "don't stand under my name".
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, state-parliament, one-nation, states-and-territories, wa
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| UpdatedVoting begins in Jakarta as millions of locals descend on makeshift polling booths to elect the capital's Governor after a highly charged and divisive campaign, during which the incumbent Ahok was tried on blasphemy charges.
Topics: elections, world-politics, government-and-politics, indonesia
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| UpdatedThe Barnett Government pledges to lift the payroll tax threshold for business to $900,000, claiming the change will boost jobs and save small businesses millions.
Topics: elections, political-parties, small-business, tax, wa
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| UpdatedOne Nation candidates in the WA election are threatening to disobey their own party on the controversial preference deal struck with the Liberal Party.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, state-parliament, one-nation, states-and-territories, bullying, wa
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| UpdatedAmerica will remain strong so long as its leader keeps challenging others to resist his creepy, crushing handshake, writes Ben Pobjie.
Topics: elections, world-politics, us-elections, popular-culture, offbeat
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| UpdatedThe March state election will be the first fought under fresh electoral boundaries drawn in a 2015 redistribution — so what does it mean for the parties, their candidates and for you?
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, wa, ocean-reef-6027, albany-6330, esperance-6450, bicton-6157, thornlie-6108, baldivis-6171
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The election for governor of Jakarta will be held under a cloud of religious, racial and legal tension that has Indonesia's police chief worried about the intimidation of voters.
Topics: elections, world-politics, government-and-politics, indonesia
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| UpdatedThere has been no love lost between the political parties this Valentine's Day, with the campaign trail marked by digitally-altered photographs, public declarations of political "love" and thorny tax questions.
Topics: elections, political-parties, wa
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WA Premier Colin Barnett seeks to defend the Liberals' preference deal with One Nation by claiming Pauline Hanson's party holds less extreme views with "racial components" now than it did two decades ago.
Topics: government-and-politics, political-parties, elections, wa
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| UpdatedIndependent 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