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| UpdatedLabor's Environment Minister Steven Miles plans to relocate to the electorate of Murrumba to contest the next election because of boundary changes that will see his current seat of Mt Coot-tha merge with the LNP-held seat of Indooroopilly.
Topics: elections, alp, liberal-national-party-queensland, state-parliament, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedThe resignations of the Victorian Speaker and Deputy Speaker over the abuse of parliamentary entitlements is the "right decision" and changes will be made to ensure the rules are black and white, Premier Daniel Andrews promises.
Topics: states-and-territories, state-parliament, parliament, alp, melbourne-3000, parliament-house-3002
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| UpdatedQueensland's politicians, including Environment Minister Steven Miles and Shadow Treasurer Scott Emerson, are scrambling to come to terms with proposed electorate boundary changes, only months from an expected election.
Topics: political-parties, government-and-politics, liberal-national-party-queensland, alp, federal-elections, minor-parties, electoral-system, elections, qld, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedThe battle lines for the next Queensland election are released, in what is the biggest redistribution of boundaries in decades.
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, state-parliament, parliament, electoral-system, alp, political-parties, liberal-national-party-queensland, bob-katter, minor-parties, qld, brisbane-4000, mount-isa-4825
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| UpdatedA worker who stood alongside Opposition leader Bill Shorten complaining the penalty cuts would cost him $109 a week will not lose a dollar — and is a Labor Party member.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, political-parties, alp, canberra-2600, australia
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| UpdatedKim Chance, who was an MP for 17 years and built Australia's biggest commercial camel dairy that transformed outback ferals into calm milking machines, dies at the age of 70.
Topics: death, community-and-society, alp, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedVoters will now be able to see how much has been donated to political parties and candidates within a week of money changing hands, in a move the Queensland Government says should be adopted nationally.
Topics: political-parties, elections, government-and-politics, liberal-national-party-queensland, one-nation, minor-parties, state-parliament, parliament, alp, activism-and-lobbying, brisbane-4000, qld
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Former prime minister Kevin Rudd is calling for the Federal Opposition to make the formal recognition of Palestinian statehood official policy before the next election.
Topics: federal-government, government-and-politics, world-politics, alp, rudd-kevin, australia
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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