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Julia Banks: Victorian Liberals care more about themselves than their communities

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By Julia Helen Banks ex member for Chisholm in the Australian House of Representatives at the 2016 federal election It’s often said that the first 100 days in a new job is important: You get to know your boss, your employer team and the culture and the conduct of your...
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Pity Australia’s voters: awful leaders’ debate cursed by absurd format and incoherent hectoring

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Katharine Murphy writes in The Guardian Sun 8 May 2022 23.40 AEST   It’s hard to find words for how terrible that second leaders’ debate was. A genuine shit blizzard. It was the Jerry Springer of leaders’ debates. Many people watching the 2022 federal election have been in various agonies about the...
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Leaders’ debate will shape the final weeks of the campaign

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By SMH's  David RoweThere were many big moments in the debate between Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese on Sunday night, but one key point highlighted the strategies likely to shape the final two weeks of the election campaign. The prime minister and the Labor leader were given the chance to...
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Not Scott Not Albo No Winners Except maybe

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No 1 No winner in ugly leaders’ debate Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese shouted over the top of each other and largely ignored the moderator in a messy second leaders’ debate. What we know: Unlike the first debate, the Sunday night event was considerably more fiery and included a...
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On a Victory Day without victory, Putin faces choice over all-out war

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By Washington Post journalists  Robyn Dixon and Liz Sly   RIGA, Latvia — Ahead of Russia’s most patriotic and somber holiday, Victory Day on Monday, there is no victory in the war against Ukraine but plenty of rumors that President Vladimir Putin will order a general mobilization of soldiers to secure...
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Opinion / Politics Josh Frydenberg’s next job — premier of Victoria?

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Stephen Mayne writes in Crikey.After watching yesterday’s impressive performance by Dr Monique Ryan during her one-hour debate with Josh Frydenberg on Sky News, the penny started to drop. The former director of neurology at Victoria’s Royal Children’s Hospital is a gun candidate who really could topple the treasurer and...
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Yes, independents are agents of chaos … for the major parties

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Jacqueline Maley write in The Sydney Morning Herald ‘If you had said to me two years ago, I would be wearing an aqua T-shirt up in Mosman, I would have said: ‘No way.’’’ So said one of the Zali Steggall volunteers I interviewed during the 2019 election, a resident of Warringah. She...
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How Nationals and lobbyists play the new climate wars

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By The SaturdayPaper's Marian Wilkinson   Young and with a ready smile, James Thomson appears an unlikely foot soldier in the new climate wars. But the Maitland Christian School community relations officer turned National Party candidate for Hunter has some big enemies in his sights. Close to the top of his list...
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NSW Ministers must show reasons for pork-barrelling: grants report

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By Sydney Morning Herald reporters  Lucy Cormack and Matt O'Sullivan By SMH's Alexandra Smith 7 May 2022 Ministers must give written reasons for approving taxpayer-funded grants, according to the state’s two top public servants in a new report sparked after several damaging pork-barrelling scandals. All grants must also be publicly available on a...
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Independent Suzie Holt’s fight for Groom – the 2nd safest Liberal seat in the nation

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The Saturday Paper's Margo Kingston writes. A week ago, on April 28, 150 businesspeople paid $50 each to attend the first ever Toowoomba Chamber of Commerce federal candidates’ forum in Groom, the second-safest seat in the nation. It’s the only candidates’ forum the sitting MP, Garth Hamilton, will attend. He’s...
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