Tag: Elections
Australian Labor isn’t alone. Parties of the left are making a comeback
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One aspect of...
Morrison is hoping for an election surprise but ‘uncommitted’ voters rarely turn things around in the final week
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The number of voters the Coalition is attempting to sway in the final days of the campaign varies widely, depending on how...
Find out what threatened plants and animals live in your electorate (and what your MP can do about it)
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More than 1,800 Australian plants and animals are considered at-risk of extinction, and yet protecting threatened species is almost entirely absent from the current election...
Here’s how disinformation could disrupt the Australian election
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Disinformation and foreign interference constitute a grave threat to Western democracies, particularly during elections.
Both the 2016 US election and the 2019 UK election were targeted by Russian...
Australians to vote on May 21, with Scott Morrison starting behind in the polls
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Australian voters will go to the polls on May 21.
The government enters the battle trailing the opposition 46-54% in the latest...
Grattan on Saturday: Morrison’s COVID bout a reminder the virus could disrupt election campaign
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If Scott Morrison had contracted COVID two months ago, it would have been a big story. Instead, when the PM fell victim...