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Why the cult of Pauline won't be enough for One Nation this time

Margo Kingston

Hanson made a mistake this week by appealing to her base while flanked by the men who are bringing her down, writes the author of the book on her 1998 campaign.

Does the budget matter? It depends on who's asking

Simon Cowan

Evidently the government thinks the budget will matter: their re-election strategy clearly depends on it doing just that.

Voters aren't coming to the party because they're in it for themselves

Crispin Hull
Crispin Hull

What has changed is not the performance of the major parties, but the life experience and motivation of voters.

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The verified Twitter Inc. page of Cambridge Analytica, displaying their logo and company name, sit on an Apple Inc. iPhone against a backdrop of the Facebook Inc. sign shown on a computer screen in this arranged photograph in London, U.K., on Thursday, March 22, 2018. Facebook Inc.?s co-founder and chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg has been called to appear before a House panel as fallout continues from revelations that Cambridge Analytica had siphoned data from some 50 million Facebook users as it built a election-consulting company that boasted it could sway voters in contests all over the world. Photographer: Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg
Social media

Jail time and billions in fines under fast-tracked crackdown on social media giants

  • by Fergus Hunter and Jennifer Duke
Breaches of competition law would attract penalties of up to $50 million under a Labor proposal
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Competition

Labor to bring in $50m fines for companies breaching competition laws

  • by Shane Wright
Single parents must tell the government if they take their child to library story-time or face having their payments suspended under the ParentsNext program.
Public service

ParentsNext would face overhaul under Labor

  • by Sally Whyte

ACT

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NSW

Rosie and Peter Elias in their Auburn home.
Catholic church

The priest, the inheritance and the million-dollar bouncing cheque

  • by Kate McClymont
State Parliament

NSW Nationals appoint Paul Toole as new deputy leader

  • by Lisa Visentin
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Climate policy

NSW energy policy shakeout looms as new minister picked, staff exit

  • by Peter Hannam

Victoria

Premier Daniel Andrews
ALP

Andrews government spent $357.6 million on advertising in its first term

  • by Benjamin Preiss
Election

Saving Sarah Henderson: the fight to hold Victoria's most marginal seat

  • by Benjamin Preiss
Recycling

EPA allowed recycler to reopen after waste mountain went to landfill

  • by Clay Lucas

Queensland

Lord Mayor Graham Quirk pushes ahead with plans to introduce retirement living zones and townhouse bans in Brisbane's outer suburbs.
Analysis
Graham Quirk

Quirk's timing was perfect, but voters have the right to feel duped

  • by Cameron Atfield
Schools

Hundreds of workers' compensation claims for assaults against teachers

  • by Felicity Caldwell
City council

'Quiet, determined, positive leadership': Campbell Newman praises Graham Quirk

  • by Felicity Caldwell

Western Australia

US ambassador to Australia Arthur "A.B." Culvahouse delivers his first major speech in Perth.
Foreign relations

US ambassador issues reminder on Australia's 'most important economic partner'

  • by Nathan Hondros
Australia votes

Hanson's last senator under threat as One Nation WA opens seat up to challenge

  • by Nathan Hondros
Australia votes

Scott Morrison drops $1.6b on WA road and rail projects in budget sweetener

  • by Nathan Hondros

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