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Former Labor prime minister Bob Hawke urges WA Labor leader Mark McGowan to hold a summit to unite business, unions and the community behind the effort to balance WA's budget and revive economic growth.
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, state-parliament, perth-6000
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WA's Premier insists an Ashes Test Match slated to open the new Perth stadium in December could still go ahead, even if a connecting bridge with East Perth is finished behind schedule.
Topics: elections, east-perth-6004
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The NSW Liberal Party is still more than a week away from confirming its candidates in two crucial Sydney by-elections, but other parties are already on the campaign trail.
Topics: government-and-politics, political-parties, liberals, state-parliament, parliament, electoral-system, elections, greens, sydney-2000, manly-2095, gosford-2250, nsw
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| UpdatedWA voters will face a bewildering choice of hundreds of candidates on their ballot papers on March 11 — here's some help as you're sorting through the micro parties.
Topics: elections, minor-parties, wa
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Senator Nick Xenophon is promising to give the major parties "a run for their money" at the next South Australian election with the creation of his new party, SA Best.
Topics: political-parties, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, state-parliament, parliament, elections, sa
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| UpdatedOutspoken MP George Christensen overshadows Queensland LNP leader Tim Nicholls' intention to present a united front at a party meeting ahead of the upcoming state election.
Topics: liberal-national-party-queensland, government-and-politics, federal---state-issues, elections, one-nation, bundaberg-4670, qld
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WA election candidate Michael Tucak admits he has probably killed his chances of being elected by taking a stand against the preference deals struck between parties looking to win a seat in the Legislative Council.
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, minor-parties, political-parties, wa
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WA Premier Colin Barnett admits his dramatic weight-loss last year was due to a blood disorder, despite previously denying he had any health issues, but says he no longer has the condition and is "fit and fine".
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, health, wa
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| UpdatedHe had a near death experience with a squash racket in his teens and drinks German wheat beers, but what else is there to know about Labor leader Mark McGowan?
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, alp, wa
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| UpdatedBy choosing to fight on the contested ground of economic and financial management, the Barnett Government is opening up the wounds of its own fiscal record.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, perth-6000, wa
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A homeless man is among the contenders for a seat in Western Australia's Parliament on March 11, and he hopes to bring a fresh perspective to the parliamentary process.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedThe Micro Business Party insists it has no links with the taxi industry, despite hundreds of taxi drivers around Perth promoting the party.
Topics: political-parties, elections, government-and-politics, perth-6000
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Awkward scenes in Broome today, as Opposition Leader Mark McGowan was asked to leave the area in front of Broome Senior High School in the middle of a press conference.
Topics: elections, political-parties, wa
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Both major parties are making no apologies for the WA election campaign turning negative in its final days, saying they need to get their message out.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, wa
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| UpdatedThere are further signs of disunity in Pauline Hanson's One Nation party, with one of its candidates quitting and saying candidates have not been told the truth.
Topics: elections, one-nation, kalamunda-6076
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| UpdatedFlux the System, a micro-party using self-styled preference whisperer Glenn Druery as a consultant, is running 26 fake independent candidates for WA's Legislative Council in a bid to win "the stray vote".
Topics: minor-parties, elections, government-and-politics, perth-6000, wa
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Beverley O'Connor gets the latest from French journalist, Pierre Haski, in the build-up to the French presidential election.
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| UpdatedRoad upgrades, Lisa Scaffidi, and the arts get a mention on the campaign trail, as Mark McGowan reiterates his promise to sack Perth City Council and both parties make further funding commitments.
Topics: elections, political-parties, wa
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| UpdatedThe Barnett Government tries to intensify pressure on WA Labor to have its election promises analysed and costed by state Treasury, but Mark McGowan is standing firm in his opposition.
Topics: elections, political-parties, wa
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Taking in WA's coal mining heartland, green stretches of the south-west popular with hippies and tree-changers, farmland, and parts of Bunbury and Australind, the diverse seat of Collie Preston will be a close race.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, collie-6225, bunbury-6230, australind-6233, eaton-6232
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Conservative candidate Francois Fillon refuses to quit France's rollercoaster presidential race despite receiving a summons to face charges of getting his wife and children taxpayer-funded jobs in which they allegedly did no work.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, elections, france
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| UpdatedIt is part of a trial by the Timor-Leste electoral commission giving some expats the chance to vote in the country's upcoming elections for the first time since independence.
Topics: foreign-affairs, elections, nt
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| UpdatedLabor defends the credibility of its election promise costings in the face of escalating criticism from the Barnett Government, including accusations any analysis from the party's experts will not be objective.
Topics: elections, budget, political-parties, wa
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Leaked emails and promises involving animals are the main talking points on the campaign trail today, as the Premier posed with fish and the Opposition Leader cavorted with dogs.
Topics: elections, political-parties, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedSome 46,000 voters have already hit polling booths across Western Australia to have their say in the state election, after early voting was opened up to everyone to reflect "modern lifestyles and employment patterns".
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, wa