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Making sense of senseless promises Opinion
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Lyn Allison says her party is trying to inject some sense into policy that will otherwise be a waste of money and effort.
Topics: democrats, government-and-politics, federal-government, political-parties, allison-lyn, australia
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Democrats push for changes to Senate rules
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The leader of the Australian Democrats is seeking a meeting with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to push for changes to the Senate committee process.
Topics: democrats, government-and-politics, elections, federal-parliament, person, allison-lyn, australia, parliament-house-2600
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Democrats facing Senate wipeout
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Early results for the Senate show what many had been predicting for the Democrats, with the party's two re-contesting senators looking likely to lose their seats.
Topics: federal-election-2007, elections, federal-government, democrats, allison-lyn, australia
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Family First deny harassing abortion clinic patients
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The Democrats have accused Family First members of harassing women outside an abortion clinic in Melbourne.
Topics: abortion, federal-election-2007, government-and-politics, elections, federal-government, health, reproduction-and-contraception, allison-lyn, australia
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Allison rejects Democrats facing ruin Feature (audio)
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Senator Lyn Allison is refusing to write the Democrats off, despite polls suggesting the party is in dire straits.
Topics: democrats, federal-election-2007, government-and-politics, elections, federal-government, allison-lyn, australia
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20071112-democrats-launch Video
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The Australian Democrats launched their election campaign in Melbourne on the weekend.
Topics: allison-lyn, federal-election-2007, government-and-politics, elections, democrats, australia
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Democrats confident at official campaign launch (video)
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The Democrats have launched their election campaign in front of a gathering of the party faithful in Melbourne.
Topics: democrats, federal-election-2007, government-and-politics, elections, parliament, federal-parliament, political-parties, allison-lyn, melbourne-3000, australia, vic
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Promises, tax cuts pushing interest rates up: Democrats
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As homeowners grapple with today's interest rate rise, the Democrats say the "inflationary" tax cut packages promised by the two major parties are part of the problem.
Topics: federal-election-2007, business-economics-and-finance, economic-trends, government-and-politics, elections, democrats, tax, allison-lyn, australia
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Greens, Democrats announce preference swap Video
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Greens leader Bob Brown and Democrats leader Lyn Allison tell a press conference they will put each other's parties before all others in a preference deal for the federal election.
Topics: federal-election-2007, elections, democrats, greens, allison-lyn, brown-bob, australia
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Democrats leader, Senator Lyn Allison, and Greens leader, Senator Bob Brown image
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LtoR Democrats leader, Senator Lyn Allison, and Greens leader, Senator Bob Brown, speak at a joint press conference in Melbourne, October 31, 2007, where they announced a preference deal that will see them put each other before all other major and minor parties.
Topics: federal-election-2007, elections, federal-government, federal-parliament, democrats, greens, allison-lyn, australian-greens, melbourne-3000
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Greens, Democrats agree on preferences swap (video)
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The Democrats and the Greens have announced a preference deal for the federal election.
Topics: federal-election-2007, government-and-politics, elections, federal-government, allison-lyn, australian-greens, australia
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Democrats announce child care funding plan
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The Australian Democrats have launched a plan to overhaul child care funding, in an attempt to pressure major parties to commit to increasing funding to the sector.
Topics: federal-election-2007, child-care, government-and-politics, elections, federal-government, allison-lyn, australia
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Democrats don't face extinction: Lyn Allison Video
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Democrats leader Lyn Allison rejects claims her party will be rubbed out in the federal election, in an interview with ABC Midday News host Ros Childs.
Topics: democrats, federal-election-2007, elections, allison-lyn, australia
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Australian Democrats Senator Lyn Allison image
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Australian Democrats leader Senator Lyn Allison, 2003. Senator Allison has warned CPI figures for the September quarter highlight problems with the tax plans of the major parties.
Topics: allison-lyn, federal-election-2007, government-and-politics, elections, federal-government, democrats, australia
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Labor, Coalition adding to interest rate pressure: Democrats
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The Australian Democrats are warning CPI figures released today highlight problems with the major parties' tax policies.
Topics: democrats, business-economics-and-finance, economic-trends, federal-election-2007, government-and-politics, elections, federal-government, political-parties, tax, allison-lyn, australia
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Democrats want clean campaign
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The Democrats are urging political parties to aim for a clean election campaign.
Topics: federal-election-2007, government-and-politics, federal---state-issues, federal-government, allison-lyn, canberra-2600, act, australia
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Let community vote on pulp mill: Democrats
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The Australian Democrats say voters in the federal electorate of Bass should have the opportunity to vote on the controversial Gunns pulp mill in a plebiscite.
Topics: timber, business-economics-and-finance, industry, environment, conservation, forests, oceans-and-reefs, federal-election-2007, government-and-politics, elections, federal-government, allison-lyn, bell-bay-7253, tas
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Citizenship Test is the new Aussie cringe Opinion
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Lyn Allison says the citizenship test is an embarrassment.
Topics: immigration, community-and-society, refugees, federal-government, democrats, allison-lyn, australia
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Democrats vow to bounce back
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The rapid decline of the Democrats in the ACT has taken political observers by surprise.
Topics: democrats, allison-lyn, act
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Democrats set to lose party status in ACT
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The Australian Capital Territory branch of the Australian Democrats faces deregistration as a political party, due to falling membership.
Topics: democrats, federal-election-2007, government-and-politics, elections, forms-of-government, states-and-territories, allison-lyn, act
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Democrats reject Gillard's Senate mandate claim
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The Democrats have warned Labor not to expect the Senate to be a rubber stamp for its industrial relations legislation if it wins this year's federal election.
Topics: federal-parliament, business-economics-and-finance, industrial-relations, federal-election-2007, government-and-politics, elections, federal-government, parliament, alp, democrats, allison-lyn, australia
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Minor parties attack Indian uranium deal (video)
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The Greens say the Federal Government has adopted an incomprehensible position in deciding to approve the export of Australian uranium to India.
Topics: foreign-affairs, industry, uranium-mining, nuclear-issues, federal-election-2007, government-and-politics, elections, federal-government, allison-lyn, australia, india
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