View from The Hill: Does Dunkley tell Peter Dutton he should give more attention to the former Liberal heartland?
Depending how you want to read it, you can say not a great deal happened in Saturday’s Dunkley byelection, or
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View from The Hill: Dunkley byelection a poor result for Peter Dutton’s pitch for the outer suburbs
The government’s easy retention of the Melbourne seat of Dunkley at Saturday’s byelection is a poor result for Peter Dutton.
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Grattan on Friday: The voters of Dunkley have government and opposition in a guessing game
The prime minister has the foreign stage coming to him as he prepares for the special ASEN summit in Melbourne. But with the Dunkley Byelection only days before, he may have other things on his mind. …
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View from The Hill: Labor ‘highly unlikely’ to contest the Cook byelection, as Morrison bows out with ‘plenty of scars’
Labor is not planning to contest the coming byelection in the Sydney seat of Cook, following the departure of former
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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jason Clare on the future of education in Australia
The recently released Universities Accord report featured recommendations for improving education in Australia. Joining us to discuss the government’s response is Education Minister, Jason Clare. …
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Grattan on Friday: Unshackle immigration from Home Affairs and give it its own department
The Home Affairs’ department has been a nest of trouble. There are very strong arguments for breaking it up. With an election just a year out perhaps the Prime Minister may want to freshening his team? …
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Anthony Albanese rules out early election – and wishes federal terms were longer
Anthony Albanese has said there will be an early budget next year which seems to rule out a early election. …
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Now it’s Nationals deputy leader Perin Davey who’s had a glass too many
Deputy nationals leader, Perin Davey, stumbled over words while at a Senate committee hearing last Tuesday night, after attending the party’s regular staff drinks function. …
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Boat arrivals land on remote Western Australian coast
Australian Border Force officials are investigating the arrival of a group of more than 20 men by boat in Western Australia Late Friday. …
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New commissioner will focus on vexed issue of Indigenous children in out-of-home care
Delivering the Closing the Gap annual report, the prime minister has announced a national commissioner for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children among other measures. …
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