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  • One Nation could overtake Coalition as Australia’s conservative opposition

    One Nation could overtake Coalition as Australia’s conservative opposition

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    Australia may be on a trajectory where One Nation overtakes the Coalition to become the nation’s main right-wing party. The Coalition’s primary vote slumped four points to a record low 24 per cent in the latest Newspoll, while One Nation was up four points to a record high 15 per cent. One Nation also surged…

  • Former Liberal minister quits party over voice rejection

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    Wyatt, the first Indigenous person to hold the portfolio, resigned his membership on Thursday after Liberal leader Peter Dutton on Wednesday said the party would oppose the voice to parliament. The party said that backbenchers were free to support the voice but frontbenchers were now locked in to opposing bi-partisan support for the move, which…

  • Messy divorce after Murdoch tosses Trump overboard

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    No politician, journalist or media critic has ever been heard to utter the phrase “as subtle as a Murdoch tabloid”. So, when Murdoch’s New York Post responded to the Republicans’ unexpectedly meagre gains in the US mid-term elections, you did not need to read between the lines to see whom they blamed. The headline was…

  • SA Liberal Right takes another win

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    The accountant, lately a Client Manager for Deloitte Risk Advisory, will be sworn in tomorrow to the Legislative Council to fill the casual vacancy created by veteran Liberal David Ridgway’s departure to become SA’s Agent-General in London. In a state council ballot on Friday night, Girolamo beat two prominent moderate-aligned candidates, Sue Lawrie and Kathleen…

  • Liberals celebrate factional “realignment” as Marshall confidant eyes parliament

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    The Liberal state executive is expected to tonight open further seats for preselection nominations, after a significant weekend for the SA party that saw Steven Marshall’s closest adviser, rising moderate-faction star Ashton Hurn, overwhelmingly endorsed as the Liberal candidate for the safe Barossa-based seat of Schubert. She replaces incumbent and Right-winger Stephan Knoll, who opted…

  • Losing Scotland the price to pay for Brexit – Conservatives

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    All four remaining candidates in the Conservative Party leadership contest have said they are prepared to take Britain out of the European Union without a transition deal to smooth the economic shock if necessary. Hammond, who supported staying in the EU before the 2016 referendum, said pursuing a no-deal Brexit was fraught with risk and…

  • Brexit delay equals defeat, says PM frontrunner Boris

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    In a crowded race to replace May, Brexit has become the touchstone policy for the contenders, with Johnson, who led the campaign to leave the EU almost three years ago, taking a tough stance to exit at the end of October, with or without a deal. The former foreign secretary and ex-London mayor has won…