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Why not both? Voters in two key WA seats doubtful about ‘Morrison plus McGowan’ deal

Swan and Hasluck could be among the seats to fall if Labor gets a swing just one-third as big as Mark McGowan’s at state level

The Guardian - AU

Here's where your political leaders have been in the election campaign so far

With COVID-19 pulling the handbrake on Anthony Albanese's roadshow almost a fortnight into the election campaign, it's a good time a time to look at where the nation's leaders have been concentrating their political firepower.

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Federal election 2022: New faces in WA seats Curtin and Pearce reshuffle decks in Liberal heartlands

The electorates of Curtin and Pearce are like chalk and cheese but have one thing in common – they used to be Liberal strongholds. With an interesting range candidates thrown in the mix, holding those seats is far from guaranteed.

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ReBOOT: what is the 'better off overall test', and should you be worried about it?

The Coalition and Labor have been arguing over the “better off overall test”, known as the BOOT. What is it, why are they arguing, and who is right?

The Conversation

Christian Porter’s barrister should not have been barred from case because friend of accuser ‘wishes him ill’, court told

Former attorney general appeals decision to remove Sue Chrysanthou from his now abandoned defamation case against ABC

The Guardian - AU

Judge relied on 'improper, odd' evidence from witness to remove Christian Porter's lawyer in ABC trial, court told

The decision to prevent Sue Chrysanthou from representing the former federal attorney-general against the ABC cost Christian Porter more than $400,000.

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Accuser's friend wished Porter ill: lawyer

Ill will felt toward Christian Porter should not have barred his barrister from representing him in his defamation case against the ABC, a court has been told.

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Factcheck: has the Coalition really ruled out industrial relations changes that could cut pay?

Labor is on the attack over PM’s ambiguous stance on changing better-off-overall test in omnibus bill

The Guardian - AU

Scott Morrison effectively ditches promise to establish anti-corruption commission if re-elected

Scott Morrison has effectively ditched his commitment to establish a national anti-corruption watchdog even if re-elected, refusing to budge on any changes to his preferred model and trying to blame Labor for the delays.

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State of the states: six politics experts take us on a trip around Australia

Over the next six weeks, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Labor leader Anthony Albanese will dash around the country, trying to secure as many precious votes as they can.

The Conversation

How the Coalition can win the 2022 election

This piece is the second in a two-part series. Its companion piece, How Labor can win the 2022 election, can be found here.

The Conversation

Federal police blame ‘oversight’ for delay in Australian review of Sri Lankan war crime allegations

AFP not aware of ‘administrative oversight’ until letter from justice groups seeking update on 2019 complaint about Jagath Jayasuriya

The Guardian - AU

Christian Porter uses final speech to hit out at 'angry mob' and warn of China 'peril'

Once touted as a future prime minister, Christian Porter bows out of politics with a speech to parliament warning of the dangers of mob rule and the rise of China.

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Christian Porter thanks Peter Dutton and Peter van Onselen in farewell speech to parliament

Retiring MP pays tribute to ‘love and friendship’ that sustained him following rape allegation while attacking those who joined a mob or ‘slinked away’

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Former attorney-general farewells politics

Former attorney-general Christian Porter has farewelled federal parliament after 14 years representing Western Australia.

The Guardian - AU

‘I was really scared’: Grace Tame opens up about her mental health, and more from All About Women

Names including Tame, Roxane Gay and Aileen Moreton-Robinson came together at the Sydney festival, celebrating liberation, action and survival

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Federal election 2022: Labor sets sights on marginal WA seats of Pearce and Swan as independent interest grows

The Liberal Party in WA faces a host of challenges at the forthcoming federal election to retain the 10 seats it currently holds, as the ABC hits the hustings to find out what voters want.

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Federal campaign hits WA as border opens

Anthony Albanese has hit the campaign trail in Western Australia where Labor hopes to snatch three seats, including Christian Porter's electorate of Pearce.

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'Mr Porter' may act in WA gun heist trial if election timing allows, court hears

Former attorney-general Christian Porter will return to private legal practice after he leaves politics at the federal election and, according to statements to a recent hearing in the WA District Court, may act as legal counsel in a major trial that may be held even before polling day.

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Anne Ruston says the government's proposed federal integrity commission would have powers 'well in excess' of a royal commission. Is she correct?

Social Services Minister Anne Ruston says the government's model for a federal integrity commission has powers "well in excess" of a royal commission. Is that correct? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

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Christian Porter and lawyer ordered to pay more than $430,000 in legal costs

The former attorney-general and his defamation barrister are ordered to cover the court costs of a friend of the woman who accused him of rape more than 30 years ago.

The Guardian - AU

Christian Porter and barrister Sue Chrysanthou ordered to pay Jo Dyer $430,000 in legal costs

Dyer won 2021 case forcing former attorney general’s lawyer to stand aside from ABC defamation action, which was later discontinued

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