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The Liberals and Labor spent much of the week crunching and debating the financial figures — but it was that One Nation preference deal and Pauline Hanson's candidates who dominated much of the debate.
Topics: elections, states-and-territories, alp, liberals, one-nation, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedLabor and the Liberal Party both have problems beginning with the number 50, and in both instances, the number has more to do with political messaging than anything else, writes Andrew Probyn.
Topics: alp, political-parties, government-and-politics, liberals, one-nation, tax, emissions-trading, turnbull-malcolm, bill-shorten, australia
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| UpdatedFormer Queensland premier Anna Bligh is appointed as CEO of the Australian Bankers' Association, an industry group representing 25 banks across the country.
Topics: banking, people, alp, regulation, brisbane-4000, qld, nsw
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| UpdatedDeputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce is predicting an early state election in Queensland.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, liberal-national-party-queensland, alp, one-nation, nationals, qld
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Labor clears the path for Peter Malinauskas, seen by some as a potential future ALP leader, to switch houses at the next South Australian election, which is just over a year away.
Topics: states-and-territories, alp, political-parties, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa
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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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| UpdatedThe Federal Opposition says there is no link between two major donations close to policy announcements during last year's election campaign, slamming suggestions the payments were linked to policy decisions.
Topics: federal-government, federal-parliament, unions, government-and-politics, alp, australia
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| UpdatedDisgraced former Queensland minister Gordon Nuttall tells of the "horrors" of being jailed while arguing in the Supreme Court that he should get access to part of his taxpayer-funded superannuation.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, public-sector, alp, brisbane-4000, qld
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| UpdatedWorkplace rules and overtime for staff will be amended as part of the overhaul of Queensland Rail to improve train services for passengers, Acting Transport Minister Jackie Trad says.
Topics: rail-transport, public-sector, state-parliament, alp, unions, brisbane-4000, robina-4226
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WA Labor rules out a blanket preference deal with One Nation but appears to leave the door open to seat-by-seat deals once candidate nominations close later this week.
Topics: elections, political-parties, one-nation, alp, wa
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| UpdatedSouth Australian television news reporter and former Labor government staff member Jayne Stinson is to run for ALP preselection in the state seat of Badcoe.
Topics: government-and-politics, states-and-territories, state-parliament, parliament, alp, adelaide-5000, sa, 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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| UpdatedLabor veteran Stephanie Key tells supporters she will exit South Australian politics when voters go to the polls in March next year.
Topics: states-and-territories, political-parties, alp, government-and-politics, ashford-5035, croydon-5008, adelaide-5000, sa
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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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| UpdatedLabor and Liberal parties label controversial comments about single mothers by a One Nation candidate as "offensive and rude", but decline to rule out striking a preference deal with the party ahead of the state election.
Topics: elections, alp, one-nation, states-and-territories, perth-6000, karratha-6714, wa
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| UpdatedA regional WA councillor is due to stand down as a Labor candidate just weeks out from the March state election, after allegations of inappropriate and compromising behaviour and improper Facebook posts.
Topics: elections, alp, local-government, geraldton-6530, wa
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| UpdatedAustralian Council of Trade Unions secretary Dave Oliver resigns after five years in the top job and 30 years with the union to spend more time with his family.
Topics: unions, government-and-politics, alp, political-parties, work, community-and-society, melbourne-3000, australia
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Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten addresses the National Press Club in Canberra ahead of the return of parliament next week.
Topics: parliament, federal-government, federal-parliament, alp, canberra-2600, australia, act
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| UpdatedThe Northern Territory Government promises to introduce legislation this year to help police in their efforts to crack down on outlaw motorcycle gangs, after a spike in criminal behaviour.
Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, state-parliament, alp, states-and-territories, law-crime-and-justice, antisocial-behaviour, crime, drug-offences, crime-prevention, nt, darwin-0800
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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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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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Queensland Rail says it has not been able to identify the person who posted a laughing face emoji from its Twitter account during last year's rail crisis.
Topics: government-and-politics, public-sector, alp, brisbane-4000, qld
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| UpdatedThe Barnett Government rules out any pause to the clearing of bushland for the Roe Highway extension, despite Labor's pledge to scrap the project if it wins the March state election.
Topics: states-and-territories, liberals, alp, perth-6000, beeliar-6164, bibra-lake-6163, wa
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| UpdatedQueensland Labor calls on the LNP to announce if it will preference One Nation after another candidate reportedly made offensive comments about the LGBTI community.
Topics: government-and-politics, political-parties, one-nation, liberal-national-party-queensland, alp, pauline-hanson, sunshine-beach-4567, qld, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedAhead of the March election, both Labor and Liberal are focusing on policies supporting domestic violence victims.
Topics: domestic-violence, crime, states-and-territories, alp, perth-6000, wa