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Can Canavan survive?

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01:54

Nationals senator Matt Canavan quickly rose through the ranks of the Coalition but his stocks might be falling with stiff competition for his Senate spot in Queensland, his citizenship woes and outspoken views on marriage equality.

ACTU president to run in Brunswick

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01:23

Many union and Labor Party figures were "blindsided" by ACTU president Ged Kearney's decision to give up on a long-running aspiration to enter federal politics to run or her hometown state seat of Brunswick. Vision courtesy Seven News, Melbourne.

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18C changes lack support

A Fairfax-Ipsos poll reveals a vast majority of voters, including coalition voters, support the existing wording of race-hate laws. Matthew Knott explains.