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Joe KellyNational Affairs editor

Joe Kelly is the National Affairs Editor. He joined The Australian in 2008 and since 2010 has worked in the parliamentary press gallery, most recently as Canberra Bureau chief.

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Phil Clary who wants to go from footy coach and commentator to State MP. At Coburg City Oval with Coburg footballer Adam Saad, whom he is coaching and is being chased by Hawthorn and Collingwood. SUBURBAN footy great Phil Cleary has thrown his hat in the ring for another tilt at politics at this year's State Election. The VFL commentator, former VFA star and Federal MP will contest an Upper House position in the Northern Metropolitan Region and campaign on a platform against family violence and inappropriate planning for new political party Voice For Thwe West. ROLFE,Pictures:Angie Basdekis

‘Citizenship lessons lost’

An independent caught up in a 1990s dual citizenship fight has blasted MPs for having ‘scant regard’ for the lessons.

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Senator David Leyonhjelm in the Senate Chamber at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture Kym Smith

Bid to safeguard firms over SSM

A law exempting wedding planners and florists from the Sex Discrimination Act will be put to the Senate.

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Tony Windsor, Post election defeat at The Longyard Hotel Tamworth. Pic: Marlon Dalton

Rival Windsor waiting in wings

Tony Windsor will not rule out contesting the seat of New England if Barnaby Joyce’s election is deemed invalid.

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18/07/2017: Deputy Prime Minster Barnaby Joyce at the Australian Clean Energy Summit 2017 in Sydney on Tuesday. Hollie Adams/The Australian

Citizenship bombshell rocks Canberra

If the High Court rules against Barnaby Joyce, the PM will face some extraordinary decisions in order to keep his man.

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Barnaby Joyce and PM Malcolm Turnbull during Question Time in the House of Representatives Chamber at Parliament House in Canberra. Pic by kym Smith

Barnaby’s one of us, Kiwi PM says

Bill English says Barnaby Joyce is, ‘unwittingly or not’, considered to be a citizen of New Zealand.

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13/08/2017. Archbishop Anthony Fisher, pictured at St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney after Mass on Sunday. Britta Campion / The Australian

‘Same-sex coercion’ to hit schools

The Catholic Archbishop of Sydney has launched an attack on the push to legalise same-sex marriage.

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Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks to the media ahead of a confidential briefing by Defence on North Korea in Canberra, Friday, August 11, 2017. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

PM’s team off plebiscite trail

The Turnbull cabinet will run dead on the same-sex marriage plebiscite for the next three months.

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16, 17yos won’t get to vote: AEC

The AEC moves to quash speculation by saying 16- and 17-year-olds will not be able to vote in the postal plebiscite.

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Opposition Bill Shorten, during question time in the House of Representatives at Parliament House, Canberra.Picture Gary Ramage

Slap for Labor farmer exemptions

Labor has been urged to “go back to the drawing board” over its proposed crackdown on discretionary trusts.

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Kevin Andrews arriving for Question Time in the House of Representatives Chamber, Parliament House in Canberra. Picture Kym Smith

Legal threat on same-sex push

MPs opposed to same-sex marriage say it could leave traditional marriage defenders exposed to legal challenge.

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