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| UpdatedPalmer United Party founder Clive Palmer accuses Glenn Lazarus of "spitting the dummy" after the Queensland senator announces his resignation from the party.
Topics: clive-palmer, federal-parliament, political-parties, government-and-politics, minor-parties, qld, australia
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On Monday Clive Palmer threatened to block all Government Legislation until the Liberal Party leadership issue was resolved.
Topics: political-parties, government-and-politics, minor-parties, parliament-house-2600, canberra-2600, australia
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| UpdatedThe election outcome in the Brisbane seat of Ferny Grove will not be challenged in court by the Liberal National Party.
Topics: elections, liberal-national-party-queensland, minor-parties, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedQueensland Labor leader Annastacia Palaszczuk is confirmed as the state's next Premier, with an interim ministry to be sworn in today.
Topics: alp, liberal-national-party-queensland, minor-parties, state-parliament, elections, qld, mount-isa-4825, longreach-4730, mackay-4740, toowoomba-4350, gladstone-4680, rockhampton-4700, maroochydore-4558, southport-4215, bundaberg-4670, cairns-4870, townsville-4810
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| UpdatedThe LNP's pitch to gain the support of two Katter's Australian Party MPs includes giving them more staff and key posts.
Topics: elections, liberal-national-party-queensland, minor-parties, brisbane-4000, mount-isa-4825, longreach-4730
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| UpdatedKatter's Australian Party says it expects to have a lot of power in Queensland no matter who forms government in the state.
Topics: state-parliament, minor-parties, elections, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedThe Electoral Commission is seeking legal advice after discovering the Palmer United Party candidate in the key undecided seat of Ferny Grove is an undischarged bankrupt.
Topics: elections, electoral-system, minor-parties, ferny-grove-4055
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| UpdatedLabor should abandon its promise to spend $100 million on a north Queensland sports stadium, Katter's Australian Party MP Rob Katter says.
Topics: minor-parties, elections, budget, mount-isa-4825, townsville-4810, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedKatter's Australian Party and independent Peter Wellington are willing to negotiate with the Labor Party to form a minority government in Queensland.
Topics: elections, alp, minor-parties, state-parliament, mount-isa-4825, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedKatter's Australian Party takes legal action against the Liberal National Party over "lies" in election material, likening LNP tactics to the propaganda of Adolf Hitler.
Topics: elections, minor-parties, liberal-national-party-queensland, courts-and-trials, brisbane-4000
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In the heart of Katter country, the major parties face an uphill battle as they try to wrest the seat of Mount Isa from Katter's Australian Party.
Topics: elections, state-parliament, minor-parties, mount-isa-4825
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Asset privatisation will devastate rural and regional industries in Queensland, the state leader of Katter's Australian Party (KAP) says.
Topics: minor-parties, elections, state-parliament, mount-isa-4825, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedTwo new polls reveal surging support for Queensland Premier Campbell Newman's government after the first week of the election campaign.
Topics: elections, liberal-national-party-queensland, alp, minor-parties, polls, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedQueensland Premier Campbell Newman is taking a gamble calling a surprise early election, a Brisbane political scientist says, with polling suggesting he faces a tough battle in his seat of Ashgrove.
Topics: government-and-politics, state-parliament, elections, parliament, minor-parties, alp, liberal-national-party-queensland, ashgrove-4060, qld
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| UpdatedSix of the seven independents on Queensland's crossbench will be seeking re-election, while several minor parties will vie for attention in the short election campaign window ahead of the January 31 poll.
Topics: state-parliament, minor-parties, elections, clive-palmer, pauline-hanson, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedQueenslanders will go to the polls on January 31, with Premier Campbell Newman cutting his holiday short to announce an early election.
Topics: elections, liberal-national-party-queensland, alp, bob-katter, greens, minor-parties, qld
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| UpdatedThe motley crew of independent, micro and minor party senators has been a constant headache for the Abbott Government and one that it must come to terms with in 2015.
It remains to be seen whether voters' fascination with the non-major political players is a relic of past grievances with the major parties, or a sign of the future.
Whether we return to the major parties' status quo or to the permanent disruption of minor parties, this will be an authentic renewal that will shape our future democracy.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, minor-parties
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| UpdatedThe new Labor Government will need to win the support of Upper House minor parties to pass legislation, after they claimed almost a third of the Victoria's legislative council.
Topics: state-parliament, parliament, states-and-territories, elections, minor-parties, political-parties, government-and-politics, melbourne-3000, port-fairy-3284
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The Outgoing National DLP president Paul Funnell says the GP co-payment was a bad idea, particularly for rural Australians.
Topics: minor-parties, regional, doctors-and-medical-professionals, university-and-further-education, federal-government, federal-parliament, wagga-wagga-2650
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| UpdatedBuoyed by its strong showing in a South Australian by-election last weekend, Labor names its candidate for another by-election early in the new year.
The party will put Mitcham councillor Mark Ward up against the Liberal contender Sam Duluk in the Adelaide Hills-based electorate of Davenport when voters go to polls on January 31.
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, political-parties, minor-parties, liberals, alp, adelaide-5000, sa
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NT MLAs Alison Anderson and Larisa Lee's reported plan to abandon the PUP is predictable, NT Chief Minister Adam Giles says, after News Corp reports Ms Anderson calling the party a "national disgrace".
Topics: state-parliament, political-parties, minor-parties, clive-palmer, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedPalmer United Party senator Jacqui Lambie says she is still seeking advice about whether to become an independent.
Topics: clive-palmer, minor-parties, parliament, federal-parliament, canberra-2600, tas
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| UpdatedCrossbench senator Jacqui Lambie is returning to Tasmania to seek advice on whether to break away from the Palmer United Party (PUP).
Topics: minor-parties, government-and-politics, political-parties, clive-palmer, australia, qld, tas
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| UpdatedPalmer United Party head Clive Palmer says Jacqui Lambie has been demoted and suspended from party room meetings until "she gives an undertaking not to attack individual party members".
Topics: minor-parties, political-parties, government-and-politics, clive-palmer, australia, qld, tas
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| UpdatedSenator Jacqui Lambie's chief of staff is expelled from the Palmer United Party, as Clive Palmer warns the Tasmanian senator to challenge him if she is unhappy with the leadership.
Topics: minor-parties, government-and-politics, political-parties, clive-palmer, australia, tas