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Scarborough's Mitzie Hunter won't seek Ontario Liberal Party leadership to help 'modernize' selection process

Scarborough-Guildwood member of provincial parliament (MPP) Mitzie Hunter, who kept her seat in two successive elections when the Liberal Party of Ontario (OLP) failed to get official status, says she won't run for the party leadership in 2023.Hunter, who ran for leader in 2020, is the current deputy leader and was considered a strong prospect to replace Steven Del Duca in a contest this year.

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Ontario Liberals to set stage for leadership race at weekend AGM in Hamilton | CBC News

Ontario Liberals are gathering this weekend for another attempt at party renewal following a second consecutive disastrous election result, and one of the main items on the agenda is setting the stage for a leadership race.The party's annual general meeting in Hamilton is set to be the largest in 20 years, the Liberals say, with 1,500 people expected to attend.

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Bill Graham, a former defence and foreign affairs minister, has died | CBC News

Former cabinet minister Bill Graham has died.

Bill Graham, former cabinet minister, has died.

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'I did consider backing out': This candidate and others face hate in Ontario election campaign | CBC News

Warning: Readers may find some of the content disturbing.

Marjorie Knight used to knock on doors alone.

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Who are Ontario's major party leaders? | CBC News

Wondering who the leaders of Ontario's major political parties are and why they think they'd be a good premier for the province?

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Trudeau faces fury of Canadian MPs over alleged Chinese election meddling

Justin Trudeau is under mounting pressure to explain how seriously his government has responded to the threat of Chinese interference in Canadian elections in the wake of damning intelligence leaks.Allegations that the prime minister's government has failed to act on meddling efforts featured prominently in a raucous session of parliament on Wednesday, as concern over Beijing's efforts to undermine Canadian elections continues to dominate the country's politics.

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Western Australia goes all in on red - and it could deliver Labor majority government

It wasn't quite the bloodbath the Liberal party suffered in Western Australia's state election in 2021, but a huge 10.2% swing to Labor has proved crucial to the Coalition's federal election defeat.

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Michael Towke claims cabinet minister texted 'I believe you' following allegations against Scott Morrison

Michael Towke, the man who Scott Morrison beat to become the MP for the Sydney seat of Cook 15 years ago, claims a serving federal cabinet minister has encouraged him to speak out about his alleged bad experiences with the now prime minister.

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Scott Morrison's predecessor Bruce Baird denies race claims against PM

Scott Morrison's predecessor for the seat of Cook says he never heard Morrison make remarks about the race or religion of preselection rival Michael Towke, and questioned the motives of those making such allegations.

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Liberal federal executive intervenes to halt NSW preselections and take over state division

The federal executive of the Liberal party has staged another dramatic intervention in the troubled NSW branch and will take over all remaining contested preselections in New South Wales.

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'Gone rogue': Liberal Democrats staffer hijacks party email to send scathing message

A staffer for the Liberal Democrats has "gone rogue" and sent a scathing message from the party's official email account to more than 40,000 subscribers, alleging nepotism and misuse of donations, and claiming she was vastly underpaid for working up to 80 hours a week.

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ANALYSIS | Canada's own (miniature) midterm election will be in Mississauga-Lakeshore | CBC News

This is an excerpt from Minority Report, a weekly newsletter on federal politics.If you haven't subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here.While the United States was hurtling toward the dramatic conclusion of another round of national elections last week, Canada was quietly embarking on its own, smaller (much, much smaller) version of the American midterms: a byelection in the Ontario riding of Mississauga-Lakeshore.

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Denmark tightens visa rules for Russian citizens

Denmark is to restrict tourist visas for Russian citizens, following a similar decision by the European Union.

Published: 12 September 2022 14:12 CEST

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Who's in, who's out: Plenty of new Ontario MPPs, some notable departures | CBC News

It was already known that around 30 members of Ontario's legislature would not be contesting Thursday's provincial election, mostly from retirements, though a few were turfed from their party's caucus during the last term.

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Liberals must shun 'conspiracy theorists' of climate wars, moderate Andrew Bragg says

The Liberal moderate Andrew Bragg says after the Liberal party's rout in its progressive heartland, the incoming opposition must reject the "conspiracy theorists" of the climate wars and return to core values of enterprise and fairness.

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Liberal moderate Bridget Archer says she will 'potentially' seek party's deputy leadership

Moderate Liberal Bridget Archer says she will "potentially" put her hand up to be deputy leader of the party as part of an effort to stop the former government lurching to the right as a consequence of Saturday night's devastating election loss.

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Ontario's NDP, Liberals agree on a lot. But not on how to beat Doug Ford | CBC News

The Ontario New Democrat and Liberal leaders are jockeying over who is best placed to stop Doug Ford from winning a second term as premier, and whether anti-Ford voters should even take that into account when they go to the polls.

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Embracing Nationalism, a Canadian Provincial Leader Wins Re-election

Mr. Legault started his political career in the separatist, social democratic Parti Québécois, which, for decades, led the province's independence movement.The two parties that had enjoyed a lock on the province since the 1970s - the federalist, pro-business Liberal Party and the separatist, social democratic Parti Québécois - came in a distant second and fourth respectively.Credit... Christinne Muschi/Reuters MONTREAL - Voters in Quebec overwhelmingly re-elected Premier François Legault to a second term on Monday, embracing his appeals to French Québécois identity in a campaign marked by heated debates over the inflow of immigrants to Canada's French-speaking province.

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Swiss president under fire for handshake photo with Russia's Lavrov

While attending the opening week of the 77th UN General Assembly in New York this week, Switzerland's president Ignazio Cassis was photographed shaking hands with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

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UK politics

Tory party's lurch to right 'painful' to watch, says Rory Stewart

Former Foreign Office minister Rory Stewart has said he has found it "painful" to watch the Conservative party "lurch to the right", arguing that electoral reform is the only way to plug a "gaping hole in the middle of British politics".

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The 47th parliament is the most diverse ever - but still doesn't reflect Australia

When federal parliament resumes this week, it will be the most diverse in Australia's history.

But it still comes nowhere close to reflecting the population it represents.

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Exercise

A new start after 60: 'I risked my house to launch a chain of 24-hour gyms'

hortly before he turned 65, Bob Cheek took a plane to the US and turned up at a 24-hour gym in California.

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Ontario Liberal Leader Steven Del Duca projected to lose as PCs gain momentum in GTA | CBC News

Ontario Liberal Party Leader Steven Del Duca is projected to lose his bid Thursday to win the riding of Vaughan-Woodbridge in the provincial election to incumbent Progressive Conservative Michael Tibollo.

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Australia news live updates: big push to count remaining votes in three seats in doubt; Nationals spill leadership

AGL Energy's board will meet on Monday morning and is expected to ditch the plan to split its operations, surrendering to a campaign by the billionaire climate activist Mike Cannon-Brookes to foil the move.

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Victorian MP booted from parliamentary Liberal party after praying for abortion to be banned

Victorian rightwing MP Bernie Finn has been expelled from the state's parliamentary Liberal team for posting on Facebook that abortion should be banned, even for survivors of rape.

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Australia politics live updates: Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese visit key seats as election campaign gets under way

Anthony Albanese has chosen the ABC breakfast TV route where he again mentions that Labor has only won government from opposition three times since the second world war (which is true, but I think the Coalition has only won four times from opposition since the second world war - it's just that one of those times was Menzies 17-year run).

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Ousted Victorian Liberal MP Bernie Finn to lead Democratic Labour Party

Controversial Victorian MP Bernie Finn will lead the Democratic Labour party into the state's November election, saying he hopes the fringe party will help control the balance of power in the upper house.

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Gladys Berejiklian could be a 'great federal MP', says NSW premier Dominic Perrottet

New South Wales premier, Dominic Perrottet, says his predecessor would make a great federal member of parliament, amid reports about Gladys Berejiklian's potential return to politics.

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Barnaby Joyce fights to stay on as Nationals' leader as poll suggests most voters view him as electoral weakness

Barnaby Joyce is fighting to keep his hold on the Nationals' leadership as a new poll shows three in five Australian voters - or two in five Coalition voters - see him as an electoral weakness.

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Lost in suburbia: Victorian Liberals search for a base

The federal Coalition is expected to take its time to rebuild following last weekend's election loss, but their Victorian counterparts don't have that luxury, with a state election just six months away.

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Liberal party should forego 'entitled' Kooyong voters, says their own state Liberal MP

The voters of Kooyong in Melbourne's east have been described as "loud, entitled and privileged" - by their own state Liberal MP.

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Scott Morrison confirms he will remain in politics after election defeat

Scott Morrison has confirmed he has no plans to leave politics after the Coalition's election rout on 21 May and says he intends to give the new Liberal leadership "every support".

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Trent Zimmerman says Liberals should embrace Labor's climate policy

The outgoing Liberal moderate Trent Zimmerman says his former colleagues should embrace Labor's 43% emissions reduction target if the Coalition wants to win back the Liberal party's progressive heartland at the next federal election.

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Liberals remain steadfast over 'anti-Andrews' strategy in Victoria

Victoria's opposition leader, Matthew Guy, says he will not be thrown off course by the federal Liberal party's near wipeout across Melbourne as he prepares for November's state election.

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Gender

I'm excited by the teal independents - but where's the racial and ethnic diversity? | Sisonke Msimang

In the last few weeks Anthony Albanese and Scott Morrison have excelled in blandness.

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Coalition targets marginal seats with almost $3bn in election spending promises

The Coalition has made almost $3bn in spending promises across 10 marginal seats ahead of the election, including a surprising $300m to try to flip the Labor seat of McEwen in Melbourne's outer north.

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Path to victory: the seats that will decide the 2022 federal election

Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese are preparing for the final sprint to the 21 May election finish line when Australia will decide who forms government.

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Election 2022: these maps show exactly where Scott Morrison is targeting his slick video ad campaign

For the first time in an Australian election we're able to see exactly where the political parties are targeting some of their ads.

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Labor's secret weapon? Defeated Liberal MP claims Barnaby Joyce even less popular than Scott Morrison

Barnaby Joyce has hit back after a defeated Liberal MP claimed the Nationals leader was an even bigger drag on the government's vote in metro areas than the prime minister, Scott Morrison.

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Court ruling on NSW Liberal preselections will end chaos but leave a bitter taste

Scott Morrison's captain's picks for 13 New South Wales seats in the upcoming federal election have been confirmed as valid clearing the way for him to go to the governor general and call an election.

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NSW appeal court to decide fate of federal intervention in Liberal preselection stoush

The federal Liberal party's ability to appoint candidates for key NSW seats including two ministers and a sitting MP hangs in the balance, with the state's court of appeal reserving its decision in a long-running preselection dispute.

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Liberals select right-aligned candidate Simon Kennedy to run in Bennelong

The Liberals have selected Simon Kennedy, a partner at consulting firm McKinsey, for the seat of Bennelong on Sydney's north shore, in a branch plebiscite which again saw the right-aligned candidate trump the moderates' preferred person.

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Labor plan to parachute Andrew Charlton into multicultural western Sydney seat ignites anger

The Labor party is moving to install an Accenture managing director, the former high-profile Labor staffer Andrew Charlton, into the western Sydney federal seat of Parramatta, igniting anger among local branches and multicultural communities.

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Tanya Plibersek apologises 'unreservedly' for comparing Peter Dutton to Voldemort

Anthony Albanese has said Tanya Plibersek made a "mistake" likening Peter Dutton to the Harry Potter villain Lord Voldemort - a jibe for which the Labor frontbencher has "unreservedly" apologised.

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Australia news live updates: Peter Dutton confirms he will stand for Liberal leadership; Penny Wong flies to Fiji

Let's talk seats in doubt, with the Australian Electoral Commission listing Ryan (QLD), Gilmore (NSW) and Lyons (TAS) as the three which are neck and neck following Saturday's election.

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Refugee children handed anti-illegal migration playing cards, Australian charity says

Playing cards adorned with the Australian government's "Zero Chance" campaign against "illegal migration" were distributed to refugee children in Indonesia by people trespassing on school grounds, the charity running the school alleges.

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Election day press release about asylum seeker boats 'a disgrace', Richard Marles says

The acting prime minister, Richard Marles, says the issuing of an election day press release about the interception of an asylum seeker boat was a "disgrace" and has demanded an explanation from public servants.

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'Teal' wave expected to spread to Victoria's state election

The wave of "teal" independents that dislodged a swathe of "moderate" Liberal MPs in Saturday's federal election is expected to seep into upcoming state elections in Victoria and New South Wales.

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Barnaby Joyce signals Nationals could drop support for net zero emissions

Barnaby Joyce has signalled the Nationals may abandon their support for net zero emissions after the Coalition's election defeat, revealing he will consult his colleagues on whether to change course.

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Michael McCormack suggests Barnaby Joyce's unpopularity in inner-city contributed to Coalition's loss

Michael McCormack has suggested that Barnaby Joyce's unpopularity in the inner city contributed to the Coalition government's downfall in climate-conscious electorates.

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In shock and anger over Liberal defeat, Sky News commentators urge party to shift right

When the Coalition lost government on Saturday night, Sky's Paul Murray admitted he was "overly emotional" and needed to sleep on the result before analysing what went wrong.

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Federal election seat counts: what we know so far

Here is what we know so far after early counting on Saturday night in the Australian federal election.

No, and it's possible we won't know a clear result on Saturday night.

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Federal court orders removal of anti-Labor signs in three Victorian electorates

The federal court has ordered the removal of anti-Labor campaign material appearing across three electorates in Victoria, including the ultra marginal seat of Higgins.

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Public sector cuts worth $3.3bn would not result in job losses, David Littleproud claims

Nationals frontbencher David Littleproud has claimed that spending cuts imposed across the public sector to deliver $3.3bn in savings to pay for the Morrison government's election commitments will not result in job losses.

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Could ranked ballots 1st tried in London, Ont., make a comeback in Canadian politics? | CBC News

Kate Graham admits she took it personally when the Doug Ford government passed legislation in 2020 to block Ontario municipalities from using ranked ballots in future elections.

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Victorian Liberal party seeks to expel Bernie Finn over anti-abortion comments

Victorian state MP Bernie Finn will face a move to expel him from the parliamentary Liberal party after he repeatedly expressed his opposition to abortion.

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Dominic Perrottet downplays Coalition's bid for first-home buyers to access superannuation

The New South Wales premier, Dominic Perrottet, says it will be "difficult" for first-home buyers to enter Sydney's housing market using the federal government's proposed superannuation access policy.

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Queensland shows what happens when liberals desert the Liberal party

The New South Wales treasurer Matt Kean's warning that the loss of moderate MPs would leave the Liberal party at risk of a Trump-like lurch to the right was not exactly a compelling election pitch for the federal Coalition.

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Matt Kean warns of Trump-like shift in Liberal party if teal independents oust moderates

The New South Wales Liberal treasurer Matt Kean has warned of the dangers of a Trump-like shift to the right within the conservative party, as he pleaded with voters not to boot out moderate MPs in favour of teal independents on 21 May.

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'The poor bugger belongs to the wrong party': voters cast early ballots in two key Sydney seats

Early polling centres across the country have opened for those unable to vote on Saturday 21 May.

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United Australia party directs preferences to Coalition in key marginal seats

Clive Palmer's United Australia party will preference the Liberals and Nationals ahead of Labor in a swathe of key marginal seats, in a boost to Scott Morrison's election prospects.

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How Clive Palmer's deep pockets are building a yellow, slick road straight through One Nation's heartland

Take a wrong turn on the back roads through central Queensland, about 40km from Banana (population 354), and the road turns to gravel.

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Victorian upper house MP's post about abortion described as 'deplorable'

Victoria's minister for women, Gabrielle Williams, has described a Facebook post by Liberal MP Bernie Finn as "deplorable" after he wrote that he was "praying" for abortion to be banned in Australia.

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Jacqui Lambie preferences Labor in two Tasmanian seats but backs Bridget Archer in Bass

The Jacqui Lambie Network will preference Labor above the Liberals in the critical Tasmanian seats of Braddon and Lyons, but will put the Liberal Bridget Archer above Labor's Ross Hart in the ultra-marginal seat of Bass.

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Election forum walkouts after Craig Kelly labels vaccine mandates 'an abuse of human rights'

Several audience members walked out of a candidates' forum in the southern Sydney seat of Hughes on Wednesday evening after the maverick MP Craig Kelly labelled mandatory vaccination in workplaces "an abuse of human rights" and "a very dark period in Australia's history".

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Seven's election debate to air after Big Brother as prime minister snubs national broadcaster

The third and final election debate between Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese will air on Channel Seven next Wednesday - but not until after Big Brother which is scheduled to end at 9.10pm.

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One Nation directs preferences to Labor in five seats targeting 'left-leaning Liberals'

One Nation has divided its support between the major parties on how-to-vote cards, directing supporters to preference Labor in at least five seats while helping the Coalition in the north Queensland seat of Leichhardt and Braddon in Tasmania.

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Morrison takes aim at Albanese's 'quiet week' with Covid amid wrangling over election debates

Scott Morrison has contrasted his "busy" schedule while isolating with Covid earlier this year with Anthony Albanese's "quiet" week at home during the campaign, while pushing for two commercial TV election debates next week.

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Ontario Liberals pledge to ban handguns within 1st year in office, if elected | CBC News

The Ontario Liberal Party has announced a promise to ban handguns across the province if elected in June.

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Australia politics live updates: Coalition poised for forestry and infrastructure announcements, Labor to target marginal NSW seats

Scott Morrison expected to reveal package for forestry industry in Tasmania, while Anthony Albanese in Sydney to propose healthcare reforms.Follow all the day's news

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Jeremy Rockliff becomes Tasmania's 47th premier after being elected as state Liberal leader

Tasmania's former deputy premier, Jeremy Rockliff, has become the island state's 47th premier after being elected unopposed as leader of the Liberal party.

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Clive Palmer says UAP will preference major parties last in election

Clive Palmer has suggested his United Australia party could direct supporters to preference sitting MPs last in the May election, which could cause headaches for the Coalition in tight races across the country.

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Coalition would support aged care wage rises, but can't say who would pay

The prime minister, Scott Morrison, says the Coalition would back wage increases for aged care workers if ordered by the Fair Work Commission, but would not commit to directly funding any pay rise out of government coffers.

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Coalition went 'directly' to Whitehaven to purchase coal for Ukraine

The Australian government publicly pledged to buy 70,000 tonnes of thermal coal from miner Whitehaven to donate to Ukraine before finalising the cost to the taxpayer - and failed to approach at least one other major coalminer to gauge their interest.

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Victorian Liberal MP Wendy Lovell chastised for saying children in social housing 'cannot mix' in wealthy areas

The Victorian Liberal MP Wendy Lovell has come under fierce criticism for saying there is "no point" in having social housing in wealthy areas "where the children cannot mix with others".

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NSW Liberal MP criticised after speaking at anti-vaccination rally

The New South Wales Liberal MP Tanya Davies has hit out at her government over its Covid vaccination mandates for the public sector, claiming she has been working with the premier, Dominic Perrottet, to end them and get people back into jobs.

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