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Labor MP Jerome Laxale Apologises After Dad’s Homophobic Taunts At Sydney Polling Booth

CONTENT WARNING: This article discusses homophobia. Labor MP Jerome Laxale has found himself in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons after his dad, Alain Laxale, made homophobic comments at a Bennelong polling booth during the final days of the federal election campaign. The incident happened on Wednesday, right in…

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Major parties 'off the mark' in key battleground

Voters are unsure who to back in one of the nation's most marginal seats, pointing to an uninspiring campaign and misgivings about a contender.

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Bennelong Liberal candidate declines to say whether Chinese celebrity endorsements complied with guidelines

A NSW Liberal spokesperson said the party ‘is continually assessing its compliance obligations in relation to disclosures’

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Chinese celebrities ‘voluntarily’ provided character references in 2019 WeChat videos, Liberal candidate says

Exclusive: The party’s Bennelong candidate Scott Yung was described as ‘young Chinese talent’ in the videos that are still live on his page

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Candidates using influencers to bypass ‘shadow ban’ on campaigning by Chinese social media app Rednote

Exclusive: Interviews with influencers who usually post about food or real estate published on platform, which officially discourages political content

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Morning Mail: Sam Kerr in London court, mining lobby spruiks nuclear memes, Dutton’s $10,000-a-head dinner

Matildas captain appears charged with alleged racially aggravated harassment; Liberal fundraising drive to win back Bennelong

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Electoral shake-up leaves awkward questions for the teals – and headaches for the major parties

Liberal party now has candidates preselected for seats that no longer exist while Labor dealt a blow in the seat of Bennelong

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Independent MP Kylea Tink’s electorate of North Sydney to be abolished under AEC proposal

New South Wales draft boundaries would also affect the seats of Bennelong and Bradfield, held by Labor and Liberals respectively

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Misunderstood and mis-remembered: what is the real story of Bennelong and the colonial Captain Phillip?

History has told the story of a failed Wangal mediator and enlightened English humanitarian, but a new book sheds new light on the complex relationship

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Sydney Opera House: 85,000 oyster shells tell of site’s true story in major public artwork

Quandamooka artist Megan Cope oversaw the hand-polishing, threading and mounting of the shells in a collaborative work that recognises the recent and ancient history of Bennelong Point

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French flavour to MPs' first speeches

Two of parliament's newest MPs have gone bilingual during their first speeches to the House of Representatives.

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Federal election: Labor two seats away from majority as counting continues — as it happened

Labor edges closer to an outright majority in the lower house with projected victory in the seat of Richmond, taking the party's tally to 74.

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Labor's Jerome Laxale snatches Liberal stronghold seat of Bennelong

The Labor Party claims the Liberal stronghold seat of Bennelong in Sydney's north shore with a significant swing.

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Chinese Australians say Coalition’s rhetoric on Beijing could see voters ‘switch from Liberal to Labor’

Community leaders – including Liberal party members – say tough language from Peter Dutton and others could hurt the government, particularly in Bennelong

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Labor polling suggests Brisbane, Ryan, Bennelong and Higgins are winnable due to PM’s poor standing

Penny Wong deployed to campaign in Liberal-held seats where angry voters don’t have teal candidates to back

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Albanese defends costings release delay

Anthony Albanese has defended the economic and policy choices Labor is taking to the election during a tour of John Howard's old seat of Bennelong.

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Liberal candidate for Bennelong Simon Kennedy voiced vaccine mandate concerns at anti-vax meeting

The Liberal Party candidate for the Sydney seat of Bennelong has appeared in a video opposing vaccine mandates and acknowledging there may be concerns about the safety of mRNA vaccines at an event organised by Australia’s anti-lockdown movement.

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Scott Morrison refuses press conference as John Howard calls teal independents ‘anti-Liberal groupies’

Warringah MP Zali Steggall accuses former prime minister of using ‘appalling sexist language’

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Liberals select right-aligned candidate Simon Kennedy to run in Bennelong

McKinsey partner who provided advice on jobkeeper replaces John Alexander in Sydney north shore seat

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