Tag: Election
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Undecided voters get the chance to grill Premier, LNP leader in final debate of campaign
Premier Steven Miles and Opposition Leader David Crisafulli will go toe-to-toe again in a televised debate on Tuesday, four days before voters hit polling booths. More than a fifth of the Sunshine State’s 3.68 million eligible voters have cast early ballots. Mr Crisafulli has campaigned firmly on crime and health as his tour-de-Queensland nears its…
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Not quite the campaign we had expected, and it’s left Crisafulli looking a little the worse for wear
The lame campaign of the Liberal National Party puts them at risk of being weakened from the start if they achieve, as is universally expected, a majority this Saturday. But a week out, the majority will not be what was widely expected two months ago. A combined Labor and Greens seat count looks like being…
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How long can a fleet of ‘old clunkers’ prop up Queensland’s energy future
Likely next premier David Crisafulli has flagged coal-fired power stations could be kept running “indefinitely” and vowed to repeal Labor’s renewable energy target of 80 per cent by 2035. With voters set to go to the polls on Saturday, there is also uncertainty around whether the LNP will retain the state’s legislated target of reducing…
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Political confusion reigns as France rallies from far right
Voters on Sunday delivered a major setback for Marine Le Pen’s nationalist, eurosceptic National Rally (RN), which opinion polls had predicted would win the second-round ballot but ended up in the third spot, according to pollsters’ projections. The results were also a blow for centrist President Emmanuel Macron, who called the snap election to clarify…
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Modi claims India election win but party loses majority
The outcome unnerved investors, with stocks falling steeply as emerging results showed that Modi would, for the first time since sweeping to power in 2014, depend on at least three disparate regional parties whose political loyalties have wavered over the years. This, analysts say, could introduce some uncertainty into policymaking in the world’s most populous…
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AI warning for next federal election
Commissioner Tom Rogers stopped short of calling for a blanket ban on the use of generative AI tools during elections, even though he admitted the commission did not have the tools or laws to tackle artificial disinformation online. The statements were made at the Senate Select Committee inquiry into Adopting Artificial Intelligence on Monday, which…
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Indonesia court to rule on presidential election re-run challenges
The two rivals of Defence Minister and former special forces commander Prabowo have both asked the Constitutional Court to disqualify him from a contest he won by a huge margin, arguing widespread distribution of social aid in key areas had swayed the vote in his favour. Prabowo, who won 58 per cent of the votes,…
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Putin wins Russian election with 87 per cent vote
For Putin, a former KGB lieutenant colonel who first rose to power in 1999, the result is intended to underscore to the rest of the world that its leaders will have to reckon with an emboldened Russia, whether in war or in peace, for many more years to come. The early result means Putin, 71,…
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Prabowo claims victory in Indonesia election
Political veteran Prabowo, a former special forces commander, trounced his rivals, winning about 58 per cent of votes according to four pollsters, based on “quick count” ballots at samples of voting stations nationwide. The number of votes tallied ranged from about 86 per cent to 95 per cent by 10pm local time. Appearing before supporters…
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Indonesia votes under shadow of influential incumbent
Indonesians have begun voting in eastern areas of the vast country in an election headlined by the race to succeed popular President Joko Widodo, whose influence could determine who takes the helm of the world’s third-largest democracy. Nearly 259,000 candidates are contesting 20,600 posts across the archipelago of 17,000 islands in the world’s biggest single-day…