Your morning Briefing: GetUp faces a conservative challenger

Good morning, readers. GetUp faces a conservative challenger and data clearly lays out the scale of Victoria’s African crime problem.

Good morning, readers. Activist group GetUp faces a conservative challenger and data clearly lays out the scale of the African crime problem in Victoria.

19th Nov 2018.Head of Advance Australia Gerard Benedet photographed at South Bank, Brisbane.Photo: Glenn Hunt / The Australian

GetUp faces conservative rival

An alliance of well-known Australians has launched a centre-right political machine in a bid to rival activist group GetUp.

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African crime in Victoria longform

African crime hits Labor seats

East African crime has been a contested topic in the lead up to the Victorian election. The data clearly lays out the scale of the problem.

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Queensland Health Minister Steven Miles speaks during Question Time at Parliament House in Brisbane, Wednesday, October 17, 2018. (AAP Image/Dan Peled) NO ARCHIVING

Vote to rename hospital ‘rigged’

Dozens of yes votes to a poll regarding the decision to rename Lady Cilento Hospital came from ministerial offices, files suggest.

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Jarryd Hayne is released from Ryde Police Station after being interviewed on rape allegations at 1:30am. Pics Bill Hearne

Hayne faces 20-year sentence

NRL star Jarryd Hayne has been charged over the alleged rape of a young woman on grand final night. He has been granted strict conditional bail.

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George Papadopoulos poses for a portrait Sunday, Nov. 18, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California, USA. Photo by Danny MoloshokMoloshok Photography, [e-mail]

Western ‘plot’ to stop Trump

A Trump campaign aide believes Australia was drawn into a broader Western conspiracy to discredit the Trump campaign.