Mark Speakman has urged his party to reach out to women and migrant voters, vowing to stick to the ‘sensible centre’ of politics as the NSW Liberal Party grapples with Saturday’s electoral wipeout.
A pro-Palestine political wave that had threatened to topple Labor in inner-city seats failed to materialise, with two ministers romping home.
Labor is on course to sweep to victory across southwest Sydney, fighting off the Liberals and independents amid significant swings, although Dai Le is fending off the ALP in Fowler.
Anthony Albanese has achieved an historic majority victory becoming the first PM since John Howard to win back-to-back elections, after Peter Dutton and the Coalition suffered devastating swings in a nationwide wipeout which saw the Opposition leader lose his seat of Dickson.
Sydney’s Armenian community in three marginal electorates has criticised the major parties’ failure to lead on recognising the 1915 atrocities as genocide and vow to ‘make their voices count’ on Saturday.
Portland is one of Australia’s biggest energy users but one of the co-owners of the aluminium smelter has concerns about batteries filling the void between coal and renewables.
Adam Bandt has vowed to Muslim Votes Matter that he would demand an end to the ‘invasion’ of Gaza, sanction Israel and ‘audit’ national security legislation, hinting at what he could seek from a minority Labor government.
Wayne Swan has urged Labor faithful to chip in to help avoid a repeat of 2019’s election defeat, warning that ‘conservatives’ were using the same ‘playbook’ that thwarted Bill Shorten.
The Coalition have decried a ‘scare campaign dressed up as safety advocacy’ after health-focused unions claimed first responders could have to react to disasters like that seen at ‘Chernobyl and Fukushima’.
Senator Fatima Payman has alleged a competitor’s volunteer racially abused one of her Australia’s Voice supporters with derogatory comments about the prophet Muhammad.
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