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NZ style voting for Australia?

ELECTIONS
Pete Fry writes in Pearls and IrritationsMany Australians see New Zealand’s MMP voting system as a complex German-based foreign contraption which has little to offer us. Pete Fry argues that for its users it is a simple responsive transparent process which could help to improve our trust in politics...
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Steggall retains Warringah, as Deves confirms she’ll run again

ELECTIONS
Independent Zali Steggall has retained her northern beaches seat of Warringah, increasing her margin over the Liberal Party as she fended off a challenge from Liberal candidate Katherine Deves, who shot to national attention as a result of her controversial views of trans people. Steggall captured Warringah from former Liberal...
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How a Labor ‘win’ unfolded

ELECTIONS
Kishor Napier-Raman writes in Crikey Labor is well on track to form government in some form, despite recording a primary vote of just 31%. That means that while tonight was a bloodbath for the Coalition all over the country, it was hardly a definitive victory for the opposition. Western Australia delivered...
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Kitchen table chat is now heard loud and clear

ELECTIONS
Wendy Harmer writes  in CrikeyIt’s 10pm, election night, and I’m waiting for my lift home from the Dee Why RSL. This is where the independent Dr Sophie Scamps team has gathered and scored a historic victory. They’re still partying upstairs in their sky-blue T-shirts. Out the front, I’ve gathered one...
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Returns go to Spender: inside the Wentworth revolution

ELECTIONS
https://www.crikey.com.au/author/margotsaville/ Margot Saville writes in Crikey When Antony Green first mentioned the Wentworth electorate at 7.24pm, saying that Spender and Sharma were at 59.5% and 40.5%, the Bondi Bowling Club erupted into ear-splitting cheers. With 1200 volunteers on Spender’s team, about half that number — sweaty, exhausted and ecstatic, turned up...
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Labor scrapes to victory as Morrison resigns as leader

ELECTIONS
Bernard Keane writes in Crikey Anthony Albanese will be Australia’s next prime minister after a chaotic night of election results delivered government to Labor — though without it yet being clear whether it will govern in minority or majority. The night saw a swing against both parties that delivered a...
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After the relentless performance art of Morrison’s reign, Australia needs a reset

ELECTIONS
Katharine Murphy writes in The Guardian There will be plenty of time for postmortems of election campaigns after Saturday night. As the clock winds down to the closing of the polls, I’ve been processing the sum of the past three years. Back in the middle of 2020, at the end of...
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Government outsourcing: There’s gold in them thar hills!

ECONOMY
Robin Boyle writes in Pearls and IrritationsGovernment outsourcing in Australia occurs in many ways. It can provide the best outcome for the community. But at the other extreme, it could mean a case of outright corruption. If there is inadequate monitoring and accountability, the Australian public at large could...
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When everything else is disrupted, why not politics? Surely it needs it

ELECTIONS
Bernard Keane writes in Friday's CrikeyMuch of Australian politics is broken at the state level. Pervasive corruption and integrity problems pervade the Victorian and Queensland governments. The Berejiklian government in NSW was characterised by pork-barrelling, cover-ups and serious integrity questions about its premier. Yet all continue to effectively deliver...
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Trapped: Australia’s economy is hostage to the housing market, and neither party is willing to save us

ECONOMY
Jason Murphy writes in CrikeyScott Morrison wants to let you raid your super to buy a house. This is a naked vote ploy for frustrated first home buyers. That’s a group of young, tertiary educated people — a group containing the kind of Labor voters who might swap to...
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