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What are the implications of this?
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At the Prime Minister’s Press Club address, Albanese stated curtly, repeatedly that ‘Australia is not selling weapons to Israel’. ... read full post
SBS because ABC and Guardian want everything to be part of a live blog apparently.
Anonymous survey from the people behind Vote Compass. They're interested in hearing from people about how and why they voted.
Dan Repacholi, the re-elected Hunter MP, has been named to an envoy role responsible for men’s health after starting some national conversations on that issue in his first term
I can’t recall they’re being a minister or special envoy for men’s health before. Is this a first?
Looks like it's shaping up to be a very interesting contest between Hanson-Young and Faruqi over the direction of the party. When she was younger Hanson-Young was always quite widely disliked (relative to other Greens senators) because people saw her as too divisive, a reputation which has stuck, yet she now appears to be the one in the party room who wants to pursue a more collaborative relationship with Labor. Given that I haven't seen any indication from her colleagues that they believe The Greens need a course correction, it would seem she is heading for a third defeat in a leadership contest. ... read full post
In short, independents and minor parties combined got more vote than a major party (the LNP coalition). I think this is actually great news, it shows how well ranked choice and proportional voting work to empower smaller parties and diversify them.
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Fresh from his election victory, the prime minister takes on the Greens for blocking key policies in the Senate, singling out one MP who lost his seat at the election.
Since the recent election there's a lot of commentary saying the Liberal party needs to reconsider its policies and re-align with its core values which, when enumerated sound very centrist. ... read full post