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| UpdatedThe Coalition's election victory was born in a "sliding doors" moment almost 12 months ago when a matter of votes could have swayed May's election outcome, writes Tom Iggulden.
Topics: government-and-politics, political-parties, scott-morrison, bill-shorten, federal-election, federal-elections, anthony-albanese, australia
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Australia's newly minted Minister for Women has been advocating behind the scenes for women in the Liberal Party for decades. But Marise Payne has her work cut out for her in this new job.
Topics: government-and-politics, political-parties, politics-and-government, women, womens-status, community-and-society, domestic-violence, australia
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| UpdatedIn Britain several contenders are jostling for leadership of the Conservative Party. The frontrunner is Boris Johnson, but as chief foreign correspondent Phil Williams explains, no matter who becomes prime minister they face the unenviable task of sorting out Brexit.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, foreign-affairs, political-parties, united-kingdom, england, northern-ireland, wales
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An election-eve email urging Pentecostal church members to vote for the Prime Minister is criticised by a religious commentator, who says the message presented a "narrow view of Christianity".
Topics: religion-and-beliefs, political-parties, liberals, scott-morrison, christianity, federal-elections, federal-government, government-and-politics, human-interest, adelaide-5000, paradise-5075, canberra-2600, australia
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| UpdatedAnthony Albanese must make a difficult choice between winning back its base in suburban Australia, or keeping its inner-city voters happy. The voters he must prioritise is clear, writes Haydon Manning.
Topics: alp, political-parties, government-and-politics, federal-elections, australia
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| UpdatedThe ABC understands Labor's legal challenge to the Court of Disputed Returns will focus on how-to-vote information sent to voters on Chinese social media platform WeChat, telling locals to vote "1" for Ms Liu.
Topics: elections, federal-election, political-parties, government-and-politics, australia, vic, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedThe newly installed Labor leader-elect takes over the Opposition after an uncontested leadership battle to replace outgoing leader Bill Shorten.
Topics: alp, political-parties, government-and-politics, federal-elections, australia
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The number of women in Parliament has barely improved and it appears neither major party will have a woman in their leadership team.
Topics: government-and-politics, political-parties, women, community-and-society, alp, liberal-national-party, parliament, australia
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| UpdatedScott Morrison reshuffles his Cabinet to stamp his renewed authority, with Melissa Price no longer the environment minister, while Arthur Sinodinos will replace Joe Hockey as US ambassador.
Topics: elections, scott-morrison, liberal-national-party, liberals, political-parties, government-and-politics, federal-elections, australia
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| UpdatedThe Shadow Financial Services Minister makes way for factional colleague Richard Marles, meaning both the leader and deputy leader positions in the Labor Party will almost certainly be held by men.
Topics: political-parties, government-and-politics, federal-government, women, australia
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| UpdatedThe race to succeed British Prime Minister Theresa May heats up, with the field of Conservative contenders quickly growing and the focus squarely on how to handle Brexit.
Topics: government-and-politics, world-politics, politics-and-government, political-parties, england
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| UpdatedOld soldiers never die — they just move into the most senior posts in Australia's national security community.
Topics: army, defence-forces, defence-and-national-security, government-and-politics, defence-and-aerospace-industries, politics-and-government, political-parties
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| UpdatedNationals leader Michael McCormack couldn't help but gloat as the election results came rolling in. But looking at their dire showing in WA, the Nationals have far less reason to crow, writes Jacob Kagi.
Topics: state-parliament, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, political-parties, federal-elections, federal-election, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedTheresa May has announced she will step down as Conservative Party leader on June 7, paving the way for a leadership contest to determine who will steer Britain through its eventual exit from the European Union.
Topics: government-and-politics, political-parties, world-politics, united-kingdom
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It could be argued Theresa May knew what she was in for when she took over as Prime Minister from David Cameron. But lesser beings would have caved months or years ago, writes Philip Williams.
Topics: government-and-politics, political-parties, world-politics, united-kingdom
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| UpdatedBritish Prime Minister Theresa May announces she will resign on June 7, saying "it's a matter of deep regret" that she failed to negotiate a Brexit deal.
Topics: government-and-politics, political-parties, world-politics, united-kingdom
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| UpdatedIn trying to appease all sides, Theresa May alienated supporters and pushed others to extremes. After almost three years doggedly pushing for a Brexit deal, why now has the death knell sounded on her political career?
Topics: political-parties, government-and-politics, world-politics, united-kingdom, european-union
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| UpdatedMORNING BRIEFING: Police seize a number of animals, including two deceased crocodiles, and charge a Sydney man with animal abuse and trafficking offences, while an ATM is found in the Edward River in the state's south after a series of ram raids.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, events, law-crime-and-justice, crime, government-and-politics, political-parties, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedConsistent polling errors over the past few years could have created a "parallel universe" in Australian politics says long-time Labor party pollster John Utting.
Topics: government-and-politics, liberals, alp, political-parties, bill-shorten, turnbull-malcolm, elections, federal-elections, scott-morrison, australia
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| UpdatedFormer prime minister Bob Hawke was ready to die, his wife Blanche d'Alpuget has told 7.30 in her first interview since his death. She says he never got the chance to vote in the federal election because he did not want to do a postal vote.
Topics: government-and-politics, death, alp, political-parties, sydney-2000
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The Member for Grayndler says he believes he has the support of the Labor party.
Topics: anthony-albanese, government-and-politics, alp, federal-government, forms-of-government, political-parties, marrickville-2204
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| UpdatedThe member for Kogarah has pledged a "fresh approach" to Labor policies, but unions say his views are "unacceptable" — he may also struggle to win over the party's rank-and-file members.
Topics: government-and-politics, political-parties, alp, parliament, state-parliament, kogarah-2217
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| UpdatedIn the wake of Labor's shock election loss and Bill Shorten's decision to step down as leader, political attention is focused on who will take the party forward.
Topics: politics-and-government, government-and-politics, alp, political-parties, federal-elections, elections, australia
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The Member for Grayndler is the only declared candidate currently contesting the opposition leadership position.
Topics: alp, federal-government, government-and-politics, political-parties, marrickville-2204, sydney-2000
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The decision leaves Anthony Albanese as the only declared candidate to replace Bill Shorten.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, political-parties, alp, nsw, sydney-2000, australia