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Why preferential voting is superior to first past the post

The South Australian state election will be held on March 21. Preferential voting will be used to elect members for all 47 single-member lower house seats. This is the same system as used for federal House of Representatives elections.

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No rush to kiss and make up as leaders stick at talks

Nationals MP say they owe it to their voters to make sure any resumption of the coalition isn't beset by the threat of further divorces.

AAP

Campaign group behind attack ads on Labor, Greens and teal candidates was funded by coal industry lobby

Australians for Prosperity received most of its funding last financial year from Coal Australia, according to disclosures made to the Australian Electoral Commission

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Afternoon Update: RBA hikes cash rate; Ley’s Coalition peace proposal; and Mark of Cain singer comes out as trans

Quarter of a percentage point rate increase announced by central bank will add $90 to monthly repayment on a $600,000 home loan

The Guardian - AU

Rent, Mortgages, Groceries: How Today’s RBA Rate Hike Hits Young Aussies

A new RBA rate hike is set to push up mortgages. We explain what the decision actually means for young Australians.

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Epstein files reveal Peter Mandelson supported campaign to undermine then-Australian PM Kevin Rudd’s mining super profits tax

Former UK Labour minister wrote ‘pressure needs to be maintained’ against Australian Labor’s proposed tax in email sent two weeks before Rudd was replaced as PM

The Guardian - AU

Bill Shorten questions ‘forces at play’ after Steve Bannon’s claim he helped Clive Palmer, damaging Labor’s 2019 election chances

Former opposition leader says Bannon’s purported claim, which Palmer has denied, would be a ‘badge of honour’ for him

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Man charged over allegedly giving Nazi salute to Jewish students at Melbourne airport – as it happened

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Nationals sent to back benches after coalition divorce

The dramatic breakup of the coalition has left the Liberals as the official opposition while the Nationals languish on the cross bench.

AAP

Political parties receive more than $138m in ‘dark money’ before new donation rules begin

Labor, Liberals and the Greens given tens of millions of dollars each from undisclosed sources, analysis shows

The Guardian - AU

New data show where the parties got their money from in the lead-up to the 2025 election

Australia’s political parties set new records in funds raised and spent in the lead-up to the 2025 federal election. Now, nine months later, Australians finally get a look at who funded the parties’ election campaigns.

The Conversation

Clive Palmer denies Steve Bannon’s claim he was behind billionaire’s controversial 2019 Australian election ad strategy

Bannon’s claim revealed in text messages in tranche of documents released by US authorities in connection with Jeffrey Epstein

The Guardian - AU

Gina Rinehart’s company donated almost $900k to rightwing group Advance, political donations data shows

Clive Palmer’s Minerology was the single biggest political donor in 2024-25, giving $53.1m to Trumpet of Patriots, which failed to win a seat

The Guardian - AU

Spotlight remains on a Coalition in chaos as parliament returns, with splits and spills looming over policy

Labor set to take advantage of shambles with blistering attacks in question time as Sussan Ley presides over barest opposition benches since 1943

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‘Frustrated’ by slow pace of gambling ads reform, Labor caucus wants Wells to act

Documents released under FoI show Wells’ department worried about how gambling reforms would affect sporting codes and media companies

The Conversation

View from The Hill: New poll brings dreadful news for Ley, another boost for One Nation

Opposition leader Sussan Ley has taken another big polling hit, as defence spokesman Angus Taylor scrambles to get the numbers for a tilt at her position.

AAP

Minister can't quantify NDIS savings post-hospital deal

Health Minister Mark Butler is yet to put a deadline on cutting spending growth on the $50 billion-per-year NDIS after striking a major hospital funding deal.

AAP

'Changed me': deputy leader back after cancer fight

A deputy premier is returning to work for the new school year following her second cancer battle in three years.

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Charisma is king as premier eyes another landslide

A new Liberal leader is just weeks away from a daunting election challenge against a premier whose charismatic leadership has captivated his state.

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NSW Greens to move bill to let councils better regulate berry industry as it continues rapid expansion

Residents and local authorities are worried about environmental hazards and land devaluation as minister says excess regulations may hinder modern farming practices

The Guardian - AU

Chalmers rejects opposition claims Labor is fuelling inflation, and says he is ‘impatient for reform’

Australian treasurer ‘open’ to tax reform and says the government wants to tackle intergenerational inequity

AAP

Probe calling for ban of controversial chant panned

Slogans shouted at pro-Palestine protests are under scrutiny as a state moves to outlaw them after the Bondi massacre but critics say it curbs freedoms.

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Government paid discrimination claim related to office of ex-Rep. Chavez-DeRemer

The government paid nearly $100,000 to resolve an employment discrimination claim out of Lori Chavez-DeRemer's former congressional office.

AAP

Libs warned swapping leaders won't solve voter vacuum

Economic policy has been nominated as the only way for the Liberals to arrest their plunging fortunes, as the party squabbles over a leadership spill.

AAP

Mass relocation as public housing faces wrecking ball

Residents have been put on notice to move out as public housing advocates fight a plan to reduce city towers to rubble.

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