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The execution of the WA election has come under fire.

Company rubbishes WA election ‘outsourcing’ claim as AEC distances itself from recruitment model

In a brief statement released yesterday evening, a PersolKelly spokesman said they recruited and deployed about 7000 personnel and were responsible for onboarding successful candidates.

  • Hamish Hastie

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WA Opposition Leader Shane Love.

Opposition calls for inquiry into WA Electoral Commission ‘outsourcing’ election

Beyond reports of ballot papers running out, long lines and slow counts, the opposition says further irregularities with Saturday’s election are emerging.

  • Heather McNeill and Hamish Hastie
At the vigil for condemned prisoner Pannir Selvam in Singapore.

Another execution eve on the lawn of Hong Lim Park

Peaceful protest is a fundamental right in democratic states. Singapore, though, has a bob each way.

  • Zach Hope
Friedrich Merz, the candidate of the mainstream conservative Christian Democratic Union party, addresses supporters at the party headquarters in Berlin, Germany.

Germany’s conservatives win election but hard coalition talks loom

Opposition Leader Friedrich Merz is on track to be chancellor after claiming victory, while exit polls suggest the far-right AfD came in second.

  • Sarah Marsh and Matthias Williams
Julia Baird image

Trump’s the great attention thief. It’s time to focus, people

Don’t let the re-elected US president hijack your senses or you’ll miss the real story.

  • Julia Baird
Simon Letch

Trump’s ‘golden age’ spirals into a pit of fool’s gold

When I covered Trump 1.0, I wrote “shocking but unsurprising” … This time it’s “SHOCKING AND SURPRISING”.

  • Nick Bryant
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Elon Musk has transformed X into his political megaphone.

‘Don’t mess with DOGE’: Musk uses X as weapon in cost-cutting crusade

As Elon Musk slashes US government spending, he has a tool no aspiring cost-cutter has had before: his own social media platform to debate, shame and bludgeon anyone standing in his way.

  • Kate Conger
Impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol attends a hearing in his impeachment trial at the Constitutional Court on January 21 in Seoul.

South Korean prosecutors indict president on martial law charges

Impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol will face trial on insurrection charges relating to his short-lived insurrection attempt.

  • Lisa Visentin
Donald Trump has begun his second term.

If Trump wields the wrecking ball, the democratic damage may be irreversible

Will the second Trump administration be defined by a form of constitutional and political “hard ball” or else “wrecking ball” strategy.

  • Rosalind Dixon
NSW state election map.

This tweak to the voting system would seriously advantage Labor. Will it happen?

NSW is the only state in Australia with optional preferential voting. Labor is thinking about changing that.

  • Max Maddison

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