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Libs spin in Debts and Dragons

Libs spin in Debts and Dragons SMH's Peter Hartcher writes If you stand in front of Old Parliament House in Canberra, looking across Lake Burley Griffin, you’ll see that there’s an unobtrusive yet serious-looking office building on each flank. The building a few hundred metres to your left was created for...

Farcical scenes as media banned from Deves event

DODGING QUESTIONS Voters and Liberal Party members were kept waiting more than 45 minutes to meet controversial candidate Katherine Deves last night as advisers schemed for her to avoid the media waiting at the Forestville RSL. The event, with Liberal MP for Mackellar Jason Falinski, was billed as a ‘‘politics in...

Could the 2022 election result in a hung parliament? History shows Australians have nothing to fear from it

Could the 2022 election result in a hung parliament? History shows Australians have nothing to fear from it AAP/Mick Tsikas Frank Bongiorno, Australian National University and David Lee, UNSW Sydney The first two weeks of the 2022 election campaign have increased the possibility that neither of the two major parties will gain...

Andrew Wilkie invites independent candidates to call him for a chat about approaching a hung parliament

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Andrew Wilkie invites independent candidates to call him for a chat about approaching a hung parliament Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra Andrew Wilkie, MP for the Tasmanian seat of Clark, has “lived” a hung parliament. In 2010, Wilkie did a formal “deal” to support Julia Gillard. When...

Scott Morrison fails the ‘character’ test posed by his Warringah candidate

Grattan on Friday: Scott Morrison fails the ‘character’ test posed by his Warringah candidate Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra For months there has been a great deal of debate about Scott Morrison’s “character”. Now, in the controversy over Katherine Deves, the Liberal candidate for Warringah who Morrison refused to dump despite a...

How Scott Morrison became a tin-pot dictator

I was there at the beginning. The moderate faction of the Liberal Party had its genesis at a meeting at Don Quixote Restaurant in Sydney, some time in the early 1980s. We saw ourselves as a vanguard in the party, a bunch of young turks eager to make our...

What If America Had Canada’s Healthcare System?

Migrants and refugees flooding into Europe have presented European leaders and policymakers with their greatest challenge since the debt crisis. The International Organization for Migration calls Europe the most dangerous destination for irregular migration in the world, and the Mediterranean the world's most dangerous border crossing. Distinguishing migrants from asylum...

Africa’s Top Health Challenge: Cardiovascular Disease

Migrants and refugees flooding into Europe have presented European leaders and policymakers with their greatest challenge since the debt crisis. The International Organization for Migration calls Europe the most dangerous destination for irregular migration in the world, and the Mediterranean the world's most dangerous border crossing. Distinguishing migrants from asylum...

Why Africa Is the New Terrorism Hub

Migrants and refugees flooding into Europe have presented European leaders and policymakers with their greatest challenge since the debt crisis. The International Organization for Migration calls Europe the most dangerous destination for irregular migration in the world, and the Mediterranean the world's most dangerous border crossing. Distinguishing migrants from asylum...

5 Reasons Why Obama Wants to Expand Trade With Africa

Migrants and refugees flooding into Europe have presented European leaders and policymakers with their greatest challenge since the debt crisis. The International Organization for Migration calls Europe the most dangerous destination for irregular migration in the world, and the Mediterranean the world's most dangerous border crossing. Distinguishing migrants from asylum...