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South Australian Liberal MP Nicolle Flint has announced she’s quitting politics and will not stand at the next federal election. Flint declared that she would not recontest her seat of Boothby and would be bowing out of politics. During her time in parliament Flint has faced a barrage of sexist and demeaning commentary, memorably making […]
Tags: AusPol, Bisexual, Boothby, gay, Jimmy Barnes, Lesbian, LGBTIQ, Liberal, Nicole Flint, Politics, Q&A, queer, Scott Morrison, South Australia, Tony Jones, transgender
27 Feb 2021 /
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Former Howard government Minister Kevin Andrews, who is now a backbencher in the Morrison government, has shared with a family group that Attorney General Christian Porter will soon reveal the third iteration of the controversial religious discrimination bill. Andrews, who was recently dumped by the party ahead of the next election, spoke online to Family […]
Tags: amanda-sue markham, AusPol, Campbell Markham, Kevin Andrews, Malcolm Turnbull, Phillip Ruddock, religious discrimination, religious freedom, Ruddock review, Scott Morrison
23 Feb 2021 |
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Long-serving West Australian senator for the Greens, Rachel Siewert, has announced she will not contest the next federal election. Senator Siewert’s term was set to expire at the next federal election, and the co-deputy Greens leader has revealed she will be retiring from politics before the next round of senators are elected. Serving our state […]
Tags: AusPol, Rachel Siewert, Senate, the australian greens, The Greens, WA Greens
31 Aug 2020 |
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Former Liberal state member Joe Francis is reportedly eyeing up a return to politics and is sounding out colleagues to see if he has their support to replace Western Australian senator Mathias Cormann. Cormann announced he would resign as Finance Minister and retire from politics at the end of the year bringing the curtain down […]
Tags: AusPol, Joe Francis, Mathias Cormann, Politics, safe schools
13 Jul 2020 |
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The Liberal Party candidate in the upcoming by-election for the New South Wales seat of Eden-Monaro has raised concerns over her past of campaigning against LGBTIQ+ communities, as well as her stance on climate change. The Guardian has highlighted thatĀ Fiona Kotvojs, who will be up against Labor’s Kristy McBain in Saturday’s election, was part of […]
Tags: AusPol, by-election, Eden-Monaro, Election, fiona kotvojs, Kristy McBain
1 Jul 2020 |
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Adem Somyurek, Victoria’s Minister for Local Government and Small Business has been sacked by Premier Dan Andrews following accusations that he was responsible for branch stacking and making a series of derogatory comments that have been described as homophobic and sexist. A report from The Age Newspaper and television program 60 Minutes aired covert recordings […]
Tags: adam somyurek, AusPol, dan andrews, Victoria
15 Jun 2020 |
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South Australian Senator Cory Bernardi has resigned from the Australian Senate. The conservative politician informed Senate President Scott Ryan of his resignation today, with Ryan tweeting that the decision would take effect immediately. Bernardi entered parliament as a Liberal Senator for South Australia in 2006, filling a vacancy left by outgoing Senator Robert Hill. In […]
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20 Jan 2020 |
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EXCLUSIVE In the wake a shock election loss, new Labor leader Anthony Albanese has been travelling the country on a ‘listening tour’ to try and gauge what are the issues Australian people are really concerned about. As the party’s new leader he’s beginning a long journey, one which he hopes will lead to a Labor […]
Tags: Anthony Albanese, AusPol, Chris Bowen, Election 2019, Graeme Watson, Labor, LGBTI, Louise Pratt, Penny Wong, religious discrimiantion, religious freedom, transgender
17 Jul 2019 |
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Finance Minister Mathias Cormann has declared that he’d happily welcome back South Australian senator Cory Bernardi into the Liberal party ranks, despite Bernardi’s decision to abandon the party just six months after the 2016 election. “I’m always like to see members in the senate join the Liberal Nation team.” Cormann told Sky News this morning. […]
Tags: AusPol, Australian Conservatives, Cory Bernardi, Liberals, Mathias Cormann
19 Jun 2019 |
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison has declared victory in the 2019 federal election and remains hopeful that he’ll be able to form a majority government in his own right. One of the seats that has gone down to the wire is Chisholm, where the incumbent member Julia Banks is not running. Having defected from the Liberals […]
Tags: AusPol, election2019, Gladys Liu, Liberal
19 May 2019 |
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