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It’s time

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The remarkable fact about Anthony Albanese is that until about six years ago he never thought he would be prime minister. This may not seem surprising, but it marks him as different to his predecessors. Possibly, it makes him more normal. He is not Tony Abbott, whose mother told family friends...
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Government exits amid shredding snowstorm, Labor ministers make staged entry

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View from The Hill: Government exits amid shredding snowstorm, Labor ministers make staged entry Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra The transition from one government to another involves a democratic miracle and a physical mess. In parliament house’s ministerial wing on Monday, shredding machines were working flat out, fragments of their massive output...
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Women — teal, red or green — are this election’s central stor

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Madonna King writes in Crikey As much as this election is a story shunning Scott Morrison, it’s also a story about the rise of strong, savvy and professional women. A story that began with Brittany Higgins and Chanel Contos and Grace Tame, and was carried on by their big sisters last...
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My job

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NZ style voting for Australia?

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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