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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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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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| UpdatedLabor will have a gender-balanced leadership team after right-wing factional heavyweight Don Farrell abandons his bid to be Penny Wong's Senate deputy.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-elections, alp, australia
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| UpdatedFederal Cabinet met in Canberra for the first time today after ministers were sworn in at Government House. For Labor, though, the task ahead is reconstructing its personnel as well as its policies.
Topics: parliament, alp, business-economics-and-finance, economic-trends, federal-parliament, federal-government, federal-elections, australia, china, united-states
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| UpdatedInfluential crossbench senator Rex Patrick wants Coles and Woolworths to be broken apart under proposed energy divestiture laws if they rip customers off.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-elections, australia
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| UpdatedKristina Keneally is set for a promotion within the Opposition, with right faction MP Ed Husic stepping aside to allow her to join the frontbench.
Topics: alp, government-and-politics, federal-elections, australia
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| UpdatedWest Australian MP Ken Wyatt gets a standing ovation as he takes his place in Scott Morrison's new-look frontbench, becoming the country's first Aboriginal person to serve in Cabinet.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-elections, 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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| UpdatedWestern Australia is facing a diminished role in the next federal election, with population estimates putting the state in serious danger of losing one of its seats in Federal Parliament — a move that could reduce the attention major parties pay to the state.
Topics: state-parliament, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, federal-elections, perth-6000, wa, australia
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Anthony Albanese will become the official Opposition Leader after an uncontested leadership ballot. The Labor leader-elect says the government front bench has lost an "enormous amount of talent".
Topics: alp, federal-elections, australia
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The new Opposition Leader has wasted no time criticising Scott Morrison's cabinet. Speaking to the media after his uncontested rise to Labor's top job, Mr Albanese said the Coalition front bench has lost an "enormous amount of talent".
Topics: alp, federal-elections, australia
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| UpdatedLabor narrowly avoids further eroding its dwindling number of Queensland seats after claiming victory in Lilley — a seat formerly held by retiring MP Wayne Swan.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, federal-election, federal-elections, brisbane-4000, australia, zillmere-4034, kedron-4031, boondall-4034, stafford-heights-4053, wavell-heights-4012, chermside-4032, northgate-4013, nundah-4012, qld
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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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| UpdatedFollowing the Coalition's election victory, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced his new ministry.
Topics: federal-election, government-and-politics, federal-elections, scott-morrison, 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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| UpdatedLabor's poor federal election result was in stark contrast to its landslide win at the 2017 state election. Anything resembling a repeat of this in 2021 would spell absolute disaster for Mark McGowan, writes Jacob Kagi.
Topics: state-parliament, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, federal-election, state-elections, federal-elections, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedThe woodworkers at the Rocherlea Men's and Community Shed keep their tools sharp and their opinions about politicians blunt. And they can pinpoint why some rusted-on Labor voters changed horses.
Topics: federal-elections, federal---state-issues, liberals, alp, launceston-7250, hobart-7000, tas
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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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| UpdatedScott Morrison is now seen as a political genius, but the previous government wasn't a functional one. The only agenda that matters is being better, writes Laura Tingle.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, federal-election, federal-elections, australia
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| UpdatedThe voting patterns that delivered victory to Donald Trump also helped Scott Morrison win government but present Labor with a policy puzzle if it hopes to reverse Coalition gains in three years, writes Stephen Long.
Topics: donald-trump, scott-morrison, federal-election, federal-elections, government-and-politics
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| UpdatedAfter more than eight years of planning, Adani could begin breaking ground at its Carmichael mine site within weeks, after the Premier sets a deadline for its last two environmental approvals.
Topics: federal-elections, state-parliament, coal, regional-development, environmental-policy, company-news, government-and-politics, mining-rural, environment, business-economics-and-finance, elections, industry, activism-and-lobbying, community-development, mining-industry, rural, mining-environmental-issues, federal---state-issues, mackay-4740, townsville-4810, clermont-4721, brisbane-4000, australia, rockhampton-4700, qld
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This election saw a small rise in women's representation, a likely fall in women in positions with a path to party leadership and the return of a government damned by women in its own ranks as misogynist, writes Chris Wallace.
Topics: government-and-politics, feminism, leadership, federal-elections, federal-parliament
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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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Libby Coker becomes the new Labor MP for the Victorian electorate of Corangamite after sitting member Sarah Henderson conceded.
Topics: elections, federal-elections, elections, federal-election, ocean-grove-3226, aireys-inlet-3231, torquay-3228