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Victorian opposition leader Brad Battin at Parliament House on Wednesday.

Who’s a conservative? Battin opens up on abortion, tax and past votes on key issues

The self-styled “bogan from Berwick” relied on his party’s right faction for support but says that doesn’t mean he’s from the party’s more conservative wing.

  • Broede Carmody

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  • Robyn Doreian
Premier David Crisafulli’s election campaign was plagued by questions about how he would manage the differing views on abortion in his party, and the parliament.

‘Lost for words’: LNP bans parliamentary debate on abortion laws

Premier David Crisafulli’s election campaign was plagued by unanswered questions about how he would manage differing views in his party, and the parliament.

  • Matt Dennien
Australian Catholic University walkout over anti-abortion speech

The abortion speech, the student walkout – and the Catholic civil war

A row over an anti-abortion graduation speech prompted high-ranking church officials and conservative lawyers to accuse the Australian Catholic University of failing to uphold the faith.

  • Jordan Baker

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  • Lauren Ironmonger
Liberal upper house MP Nick Goiran.

Goiran to attend pro-life summit as Libs hope to avoid Queensland-style abortion election fire

Pro-life Liberal politician Nick Goiran will speak at the National Life Summit organised by South Australian anti-abortion activist Joanna Howe alongside Katter’s Australian Party MP Robbie Katter.

  • Hamish Hastie
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Amy La Porte, an Australian journalist based in Washington State, are planning to have a baby in America.

I plan to give birth in Trump’s America, knowing it could kill me

Access to a safe and legal abortion may be what saves my life in a risky pregnancy or childbirth. It’s no longer guaranteed in the US – and it is why many American women are stockpiling abortion pills.

  • Amy La Porte
Peter Dutton has supported a woman’s right to choose on abortion.

Dutton doesn’t have an ideology, he has a personality

For all his image as a conservative dogmatist, if Peter Dutton has outward faith, it is in his own judgment, and he has used it to back abortion rights.

  • Nick Bonyhady
Women have campaigned for abortion rights for decades but still they are denied access to safe terminations, especially in country towns.

Abortion’s postcode lottery: Where women are being denied essential care

The few abortion providers in western NSW have told me they keep it secret for fear of reprisal – or to avoid other practitioners sending every person seeking an abortion their way.

  • Anna Noonan
Greens Senator Larissa Waters said the renewed culture war had illustrated why the federal government needed to play a greater role in guaranteeing abortion access.

Abortion back on election agenda after Greens push Labor to improve access

An exclusive poll shows that voters across all parties want abortion laws left alone, after a messy political debate raised fears laws could be unwound.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos and Olivia Ireland

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