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Latest news and comment on the Coalition, Tony Abbott and Australian politics
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Labor premier Jay Weatherill faces what may be a long wait the result of the Fisher byelection, which the Liberals are expected to win
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The immigration minister says he won't take any moral lectures from Labor or the Greens in the wake of new asylum seeker laws passing the Senate
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PM reveals priorities as social justice commissioner calls for justice targets to help end overrepresentation of Indigenous people in prison
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Prime minister indicates reshuffle likely before election and says he is willing to fine-tune paid parental leave policy after rocky fortnight for the government
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PM says his government has ‘kept faith with people’ over core promises and that Joe Hockey can bounce back
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Treasurer delivers economic statement saying recent slower growth figures underline the need for unpopular budget measures
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Defence minister refuses to comment on reports several of his staff have been sacked after receipts for expensive meals were leaked
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Australians travelling to Al-Raqqa without a valid reason face up to 10 years’ jail as foreign minister says she is considering more areas
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Unrest seizes Australian-run detention centre as protesters claim they suffer under ‘catastrophic conditions’ and are treated like ‘slaves’
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Bill reintroducing temporary protection visas now depends on Ricky Muir if it is to pass the Senate
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Indigenous advocates accuse Coalition of hiding behind technicalities in its dismissal of HRC report that says jailing the not-guilty men indefinitely breaches human rights
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Senate and House of Representatives were due to rise on Thursday evening, but may continue sitting until six listed bills are voted on
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Treasurer Joe Hockey says that the national accounts released today shows economic growth over the last 12 months is considerably better than the previous year
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Christopher Pyne’s latest legislation reveals significantly scaled-down estimated savings, cutting four-year impact from $3.9bn to $451m
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Julie Bishop says government trying to ‘promote a stronger culture of self-reliance’ and cut down on vexatious claims by people who ‘game the system’
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Australia's immigration minister, Scott Morrison, says the government will increase the refugee and humanitarian intake by 7,500 places, subject to Senate approval
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Recheck underway across the state as Bentleigh, Frankston and Prahran remain too close to call
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Immigration minister announces increased humanitarian intake in hope of persuading crossbench senators to back temporary protection visas
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Government tells asylum seekers they will receive only temporary protection in Australia, even though legislation to establish the visas has yet to pass
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Christopher Pyne tells senators they will have another opportunity to vote on the proposed changes after the Christmas break
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Australian Manufacturing Workers Union calls on the government to give local shipbuilders a chance to tender to build submarines
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Palmer United senators tell education minister his attempt to deregulate higher education fees is all over and he should stop harassing them
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WWF poll finds overwhelming support for RET, particularly in Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania, as senators consider deal
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Delegates at ‘freedom summit’ establish 20-person representative committee similar to the former Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander commission
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In its 15 months in power the the Abbott government has not acted like an administration dedicated to reducing public debt
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Tony Abbott receives an unexpected on-air grilling while appearing on Channel Nine's Today Show
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Newspoll shows Labor ahead 54% to 46% after week that prime minister described as ‘ragged’ due to confusion about the status of the Medicare co-payment and reaction to the ABC and SBS funding cuts
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Vice chancellor tells senators Universities Australia is conducting ‘a strange form of suicide ritual’ by endorsing the government proposal
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Incoming premier Daniel Andrews says the prime minister asked him to rethink his opposition to the toll road and he refused
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The prime minister used admissions on ABC cuts and a ragged recent performance to try to reset the debate, but there was little tangible change. There may be a good reason for that
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Prime minister reflects on a week that culminated in a Coalition election loss in Victoria and recommits to budget measures
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The prime minister fulfilled an election promise to spend a week in Indigenous communities every year to focus attention on them but Denise Fincham says the trips are worthless without meaningful follow-up
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Grassroots polling strategy targeting 18 seats achieves a 60-year first by defeating Coalition after just one term in office
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Local lawyer Suzanna Sheed, running as an independent, is on course to win rural seat held by Nationals for 47 years
Topics
- Australian politics
- Labor party
- Tony Abbott
- Australian budget 2014
- Palmer United party
- Australian immigration and asylum
- Victorian election 2014
- Scott Morrison
- Australian Greens
- Jacqui Lambie
- Australia economy
- Victoria
- Victorian politics
- Nick Xenophon
- Christopher Pyne
- Joe Hockey
- Ricky Muir
- Refugees
- Indigenous Australians
- Indigenous peoples
Lenore Taylor on politics The Coalition's own messages are neither coherent nor convincing