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'No such thing as an unlosable seat': Howard warns Liberals in Wentworth

'No such thing as an unlosable seat': Howard warns Liberals in Wentworth

The former prime minister has urged voters not to "romance" the idea of a protest vote in this weekend's Wentworth byelection.

  • by Lisa Visentin

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Malcolm on the move: Turnbull delays return home and avoids byelection
Malcolm Turnbull

Malcolm on the move: Turnbull delays return home and avoids byelection

Malcolm Turnbull has flown out of New York but he will not be in Sydney to see voters go to the polls in his former seat.

  • by Alexandra Smith & Lisa Visentin
It kicked off with a flurry of phonecalls: Scott Morrison's dramatic foreign policy U-turn
Scott Morrison

It kicked off with a flurry of phonecalls: Scott Morrison's dramatic foreign policy U-turn

Questions are being asked about how Scott Morrison's bombshell decision came about just days ahead of the Wentworth byelection.

  • by David Wroe
'Dirty tricks': Fake email sent to Wentworth voters claims Kerryn Phelps has HIV
Kerryn Phelps

'Dirty tricks': Fake email sent to Wentworth voters claims Kerryn Phelps has HIV

A bizarre fake email scandal has blown up in the final days of the Wentworth byelection campaign claiming Independent candidate Kerryn Phelps was withdrawing from the race.

  • by Jenny Noyes
Australia-Indonesia free trade deal safe for now but Malaysian criticism swift
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Australia-Indonesia free trade deal safe for now but Malaysian criticism swift

The Indonesia-Australia free trade deal, which was finalised in August, is due to be signed later this year. Although that could change.

  • by James Massola & Karuni Rompies
Australian embassy announcement is based in sound policy
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Opinion

Australian embassy announcement is based in sound policy

Moving the Australian embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem would simply acknowledge the long-standing reality.

  • by Peter Wertheim
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Moving embassy to Jerusalem would play into Islamic State's hands
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Moving embassy to Jerusalem would play into Islamic State's hands

It would be a mistake for Prime Minister Morrison to depart from Australia’s stance on the location of Australia's embassy.

  • by Amin Saikal
'Unprincipled and craven': Morrison's Israel pitch plumbs new depths of stupid
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'Unprincipled and craven': Morrison's Israel pitch plumbs new depths of stupid

The Jews of Wentworth shouldn't feel gratified by Scott Morrison's gambit. They should feel insulted.

  • by Peter Hartcher
'Sideshow' comment trips up Wentworth candidate

'Sideshow' comment trips up Wentworth candidate

It was a rare slip-up from Labor candidate Tim Murray as he paraded his wares alongside rival candidates for the once safe Liberal seat.

  • by Deborah Snow
Wentworth candidates clash on climate change as debate heats up
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Wentworth candidates clash on climate change as debate heats up

Liberal candidate for Wentworth Dave Sharma says he accepts the science on climate change and is appalled by the way his party treated Malcolm Turnbull.

  • by Lisa Visentin
Candidates face off days out from the crucial Wentworth byelection
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Candidates face off days out from the crucial Wentworth byelection

As voters prepare to go to the polls in Wentworth, the stakes could not be higher.

  • by Lisa Visentin