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Labor likely to gain 5 senators, cementing the left’s Senate dominance

I previously wrote about the Senate the morning after the election. About half the Senate is elected at each House of Representatives election. Those up for election include six senators out of 12 for every state and all four territory senators. So 40 of the 76 senators were up for…

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Penny Wong Accuses Both The Greens & The Coalition Of ‘Spreading False Info’ On Gaza

She claimed the election result proved Australians “don’t want political leaders to amplify overseas conflict for their own purposes as the Greens and Liberals did”.

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Laura Tingle exits press gallery after 40 years with parting shot on News Corp’s election ‘irrelevance’

The political editor for 7.30 signs off saying ‘there’s no correlation between what News Corp says and what voters do’. Plus: Mail’s headline highlight

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View from The Hill: two ministers and the Nationals discover the limits of loyalty in politics

Labor’s extraordinary election result has triggered a power play that has exposed the uglier entrails of Labor factionalism.

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Morning Mail: conclave picks a US pope, Bob Brown’s message to Greens, Sam Kerr welcomes Jagger

Robert Francis Prevost, 69, from Chicago is the first ever US pope and becomes Leo XIV; Bob Brown says party must resist ‘arrogant’ Labor

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Grattan on Friday: Bitter struggle in Liberals for likely poisoned chalice, as Jacinta Price defects from Nationals

By late last week it was clear Labor would win the election, but it came as more of a surprise when Peter Dutton lost the Queensland seat of Dickson he’d held since 2001.

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: David Pocock wants us to aim for up to 90% reduction in emissions by 2035

In the new parliament the government is expected to need only the Greens to pass the legislation opposed by the Coalition. Counting is not finished but on present indications it won’t require any other Senate crossbenchers.

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In the age of the influencer, does the political backing of News Corp matter anymore?

This year’s federal election demonstrated that Australia’s media landscape has changed. Big players are no longer “kingmakers” in politics.

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Australia is set to be a renewables nation. After Labor’s win, there’s no turning back

An emphatic election victory for the incumbent Labor government means Australia’s rapid shift to renewable energy will continue. As Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen said on Saturday:

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While the Liberals haemorrhaged, the Nationals held their own. Is it time to break up the Coalition?

Among the notable features of this year’s election campaign was that Australia’s second-oldest political party was apparently missing in action. At the same time, it managed to avoid the rout inflicted on its coalition partner.

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The Peter principle: how Dutton’s election campaign in Dickson went horribly wrong

Labor considered the Brisbane seat ‘enemy territory’ at the start of the campaign. By the end, Ali France was the first person ever to unseat an opposition leader at a federal election

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Greens leader Adam Bandt and Teal Zoe Daniel likely to lose their seats

With 80% of enrolled voters counted, the ABC is giving Labor 87 of the 150 House of Representatives seats, the Coalition 40, the Greens zero and all Others ten, with 13 seats remaining undecided.

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Paul Erickson: unmasking the mastermind behind Labor’s winning election strategy

Sources say it was the young political strategist’s experience fighting the Greens, almost 15 years ago, that caught Anthony Albanese’s attention

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After Canada and Australia, could Donald Trump really be the saviour of centre-left politics?

The picture is complex, experts say, despite two resounding wins for liberal parties in national elections, after polls had put them on track for defeat

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Who will be the next leader of the Liberal party? These are the MPs in the race

Sussan Ley, Angus Taylor and Dan Tehan are the top contenders to replace Peter Dutton after federal election drubbing

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Analysts split on Bandt’s hopes of holding seat – as it happened

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The Gears of War remaster that's been rumored for years is coming to Steam in August

Gears of War: Reloaded will be "the most complete version" of the original Gears of War ever.

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‘Far worse than Morrison’: where did the Coalition lose the election?

while middle-aged Australians targeted with a fuel cut and tax offset also abandoned the opposition

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Australia has backed a rapid shift to renewable energy – and given Labor a chance on climate. How will it act?

After a landslide election win, there will never be a better chance to shake off old policy impasses and deliver a more ambitious plan for the environment

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Late counting continues in several seats, with Goldstein and Melbourne among those too close to call

With 78% of enrolled voters counted, the ABC is calling 85 of the 150 House of Representatives seats for Labor, 39 for the Coalition, zero for the Greens and 10 for all Others, with 16 still undecided. The Poll Bludger has Labor ahead in 94 seats, the Coalition in 41,…

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Monday briefing: How Australia became the second nation in a week to reject the Trumpist right

In today’s newsletter: The Australian election saw a remarkable comeback for Anthony Albanese’s Labor party – and a crushing defeat for Peter Dutton and the Liberal-led Coalition

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5 huge climate opportunities await the next parliament – and it has the numbers to deliver

Australians have returned an expanded Labor Party to government alongside a suite of climate-progressive independents. Meanwhile, the Coalition – which promoted nuclear energy and a slower renewables transition – suffered a historic defeat.

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Pie in the sky? After the Coalition’s stinging loss, nuclear should be dead. Here’s why it might live on

When the Coalition launched its nuclear plan last year, Labor was on the nose and early polls showed some support for the policy. But then the wheels fell off.

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Blaming Donald Trump for conservative losses in both Canada and Australia is being too kind to Peter Dutton

Australia’s federal election, held less than a week after Canada’s, has produced a shockingly similar outcome. Commentators all over the world have pointed out the parallels.

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In its soul-searching, the Coalition should examine its relationship with the media

Among the many lessons to be learnt by the Liberal-National Coalition parties from the election is that they should stop getting into bed with News Corporation Australia.

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