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The Nationals have good election prospects - but this does not guarantee Joyce's leadership

While the Liberal and Labor parties each face several nail-biting contests, the Nationals have fewer immediate concerns in this federal election.

The Conversation

Nicholls might be a safe Coalition seat but alternatives will test the Barnaby Line

Voters have first-hand experience of a state independent MP who is closely aligned to federal candidate Rob Priestly

The Guardian - AU

Victorian food-bowl seat up for grabs in three-way fight over water and jobs

Irrigation issues dominate in Coalition-held Nicholls, the nation’s sixth-safest seat, with Liberals, Nationals and an independent all in the running

The Guardian - AU

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This federal election, independents in regional Victoria are trading on trust. But does trust really matter?

Politicians are asking us to trust them again at this election. Here's what voters in regional Victoria think of that.

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Federal election: Do preference deals matter? Who's making them? And how are they allocated?

Every federal election, there's a big kerfuffle about preference deals among parties. Why do the parties care so much? Do they even matter? And what should you know before you vote?

ABC News

Every Gold Coast electorate is a safe LNP seat. But there's 'danger' in assuming that won't change

Gold Coast electorates had some of the lowest voter turnouts at the last federal election, but political pundits say it would take an “implosion” for the LNP to lose any of its eight safe seats in the region.

ABC News

PM dismisses climate infighting claims

Scott Morrison says the government has resolved the issue of party division on climate change, despite remarks from Nationals colleagues.

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In New Zealand, Māori co-governance is already underway – referendum or not

Instead of ripping apart the fabric of society, co-governance arrangements are already in place and largely pass without notice

The Guardian - AU

NSW Nationals candidate tells congregation of her aim to ‘bring God’s kingdom’ to politics

Kimberly Hone previously posted on social media that ‘one way to avoid domestic violence is to marry well’

The Guardian - AU

Morrison government’s $7.4bn in dam commitments could be ‘biggest pork barrel in history’

Exclusive: Report says majority of funds ‘allocated to where the National party vote is highest’

The Guardian - AU

Labor and Coalition trade blows over Hunter coal and emissions reduction

Canavan, Conroy, clash over coal

Newcastle Herald

No, Chris Luxon, public transport will never turn a profit - that’s not the idea

The National Party leader said public transport ‘can’t be subsidised or underwritten’. But affordable public transport is a basic human right, says Dr Tim F Welch

Newsroom.co.nz

Hope? Contempt? Reciprocity? How each political party's election ads reveal their key messages

The federal election campaign is underway and political advertising has really started to ramp up. But who is the target audience for each party’s ad, what are their key messages and how effective will they be?

The Conversation

Tackling the pitfalls of apartment purchases

While apartments are proving more popular than ever, the rules around how they function have not kept pace.

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The stakes at Tauranga are very high for National and Labour

The by-election will be like a mini-general election. National need to win and create positive momentum, while Labour needs to hold its vote to avoid being on the back foot, writes Peter Dunne

Newcastle Herald

Stuart Bonds standing as Independent in federal seat of Hunter

Stuart Bonds throws hat in election ring as Independent

Newcastle Herald

Labor's Meryl Swanson hits back at Liberal Brooke Vitnell over 'caring for coalminers'

Coal comfort: who cares more? Labor or Coalition.

The Guardian - AU

Here be trolls: New Zealand’s female politicians battle rising tide of misogyny

Led by Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand women are entering uncharted territory in politics – and encountering increasing levels of abuse

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Bundaberg Mayor Jack Dempsey to run in federal election against Resources Minister Keith Pitt in seat of Hinkler

Bundaberg Mayor and former police minister in the Newman government, Jack Dempsey, says he will contest the seat of Hinkler as an independent at the upcoming federal election, saying the sitting member is "out of touch".

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Russia ally excluded from NZ tariff hike

While Aotearoa's allies take aim at Belarus, the Government hasn't followed.

The Conversation

Putting te Tiriti at the centre of Aotearoa New Zealand’s public policy can strengthen democracy – here's how

ACT party leader David Seymour’s demand that a referendum on Māori co-governance be a bottom line in any coalition agreement with the National Party was, if nothing else, well timed.

ABC News

NSW Liberal upper house MP to quit over flood funding

Only the flood-affected shires that fall in the National Party-held seat of Page have so far received additional disaster payments, something NSW Liberal MLC Catherine Cusack says she "can't defend".

Newsroom.co.nz

Simon Bridges to retire from politics

Former National Party leader Simon Bridges has announced he is retiring from politics and will leave Parliament in the coming weeks.

Newcastle Herald

Letters: Consider marine life in baths' maintenance

Newcastle Herald readers have their say

Newsroom.co.nz

Luxon’s Nats stand for nothing except winning power

Like every major Labour reform previously, National will angrily oppose income insurance from the opposition benches, then quietly adopt it in government.

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