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Australia has a long, and frequently unhappy, history of political defections.

Call that a political defection? Here are the deserters for the ages

Political defections are in the news – Jacinta Price and Dorinda Cox the most recent examples – but the recent crop pale in comparison to the grand champions of political absconding.

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Former Liberal MP Wyatt Roy celebrating Saudi National Flag Day.

Ex-Lib MP living his best life and flying the flag in Saudi Arabia

Wyatt Roy’s new Saudi job has placed him at the centre of the geopolitical universe, including in the room when Donald Trump was in Riyadh at an investment forum this week.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Anthony Albanese knocked out many contenders on Saturday, but his biggest bout is yet to come.

They came from left and right. Albanese defeated them all. Now, for the championship bout

Labor’s enormous win is an exciting political spectacle, but not the victory that matters most.

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Clive Palmer at a press conference last month.

Billionaires tried to buy this election. At least they’ve provided some much-needed comic relief

Palmer’s logo of a lion with Fabio-style tresses tooting a trumpet encapsulates the incoherent messaging we can expect when a billionaire gets involved in politics.

  • Melanie La'Brooy
Trumpet of Patriots candidate Joseph O’Connor

Serial pest in sperm donor groups joins Clive Palmer’s colourful cast

A man who uses various aliases to troll sperm donation groups is standing for the Trumpet of Patriots.

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Malcolm and Lucy Turnbull.

Leaving on a jet plane: Turnbull skips the country in time to avoid election night

Malcolm Turnbull isn’t the only former PM who won’t be sprinkling their particular brand of stardust at election night parties.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese won’t commit to do anything to stop the text messages.

Albanese ‘happy’ to ban annoying texts, won’t commit to make it happen

Mining magnate Clive Palmer’s Trumpet of Patriots has been sending large volumes of texts, but the mainstream parties also have a history of using unsolicited messages.

  • Olivia Ireland and Sarah McPhee
Clive Palmer (left) and his candidates (from top centre clockwise) Suellen Wrightson, Todd Charles Juchau, Michael Norman Jessop, Gabrial Pennicott and David Sarikaya.

The prince, the pauper, perp and other Patriots in the Trumpet

One candidate was allegedly discovered with duct tape and a cadaver bag in his car. Another is a prince.

  • Harriet Alexander
A cut through image of politics for a generation glued to a much smaller screen.

Billboards vs content creators – the new frontier in election marketing

While some politicians are leveraging different mediums to reach new audiences ahead of the election, others are sticking with the signs of their times.

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Clive Palmer at a press conference at Parliament House.

Teal independents to get an unlikely preference boost – from Clive Palmer

Clive Palmer’s Trumpet of Patriots party will put incumbent MPs last, threatening Liberal MPs in key electorates they are defending against independent challengers.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos and Paul Sakkal

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