Splits, fusions and evolutions: how Australia’s political parties took hold
In an extract from The Conversation’s new book on democracy, we chart the origins of the parties that dominate politics today ...
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Australia’s Labor Party Must Return to Working-Class Values
Australian Labor Party (ALP) senator Doug Cameron summed up his eleven-year senate career with characteristic candor. “It all comes down to one thing: socialism,” he said. Cameron’s words — and the ...
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Heat on Liberals over $500k donation
Advance Australia is a conservative advocacy group ... Foundation was acting for the “principal benefit” of Liberal Party members as required under Victoria’s electoral laws, and if not ...
Macquarie becomes first Australian bank to exit Net Zero Banking Alliance
Macquarie Group has withdrawn from the world’s largest climate banking alliance, making it the first major Australian ...
Liberal Senator Jonathan Duniam’s push for party figures to join Tasmanian Club
A Tasmanian senator is pushing to have some senior Liberal figures, including the party’s president, become members of a ...
'Uninformed and unfair’: Moira Deeming hits back at internal criticism of parliamentary absence while cutting short overseas trip
Victorian Liberal MP Moira Deeming has hit back at “uninformed and unfair” criticism from a senior party colleague while ...
Independent candidate Anita Kuss joins race for federal seat of Grey
South Australia's largest seat only has two candidates as the federal election nears, with an independent joining the race.
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Liberal Party is yet to heed the message sent in Werribee
Second, at least in Werribee, voters remain to be convinced that the Liberal Party has the answers to ... finances and its descent into the ranks of Australia’s poorer states.
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Former Liberal MP hailed as 'decent and duty driven'
A long-serving Liberal MP who died following a cancer battle has been praised for his duty and decency as parliament resumed ...
Three MPs made their first speech this week. And they all spoke about one issue
The teal independent for Pittwater, Jacqui Scruby, who spoke on gambling reform in her inaugural speech, told this masthead ...
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Coalition defend their support of hate speech laws
The Coalition is facing extensive backlash following its decision to embrace Labor’s new hate speech laws. Despite having ...
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Steve Price: Liberal Party makes surge in Melbourne
Melbourne suburbs Werribee and Prahran have seen the Liberal party secure a major election ... has been an uninterrupted seat since 1979. Australian Correspondent Steve Price joins the show ...