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[Link] George Christensen announces intention to run for Pauline Hanson's One Nation party
Read: 13/4/2022 www.abc.net.au
Rogue former Coalition MP George Christensen has prompted one of the early shocks of the 2022 election campaign, announcing he will run for Pauline Hanson's One Nation party at the May 21 election.
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[Link] Michaelia Cash shelves pledge on federal Icac as Liberal MP urges debate
Read: 8/2/2022 www.theguardian.com
The government will abandon an election promise to establish a commonwealth integrity commission, with the attorney general, Michaelia Cash indicating there is not enough time to legislate before voters return to the polls.
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[Link] AEC preparing to combat Trump-style misinformation in 2022 election
Read: 27/1/2022 www.theguardian.com
Social media companies should commit to taking down unauthorised political material in agreed timeframes to combat misinformation in elections, according to the Australian electoral commissioner, Tom Rogers.
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[Link] High-profile Liberal woman quits party to run as independent after alleging ‘inappropriate’ behaviour
Read: 29/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
A high-profile NSW Liberal woman is quitting to run as an independent at the next federal election, partly to protest the handling of an internal complaint in which she alleged “inappropriate” behaviour by some senior men within the party and government.
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[Link] ‘Keep the bastards honest’: former Australian Democrats leader joins high-profile group backing independents
Read: 27/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
As Scott Morrison comes to the end of a ragged parliamentary week, the organisation bankrolling independents challenging Liberal incumbents in their urban heartland has amassed an election war chest of more than $4m, and bolstered its advisory body.
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[Link] The plan to tighten Australia’s voter ID laws is just a clumsy uptake of US culture wars
Read: 7/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
It resembles many initiatives of the Morrison government, and most of the ideas which have emerged from Australian conservatism more broadly in the past decade or more, in that it is opportunistic, unoriginal, and so unnecessary as to be baffling.
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[Link] Labor hopeful withdraws candidacy after party’s tax change
Read: 28/7/2021 www.smh.com.au
The executive director of progressive think tank Per Capita, Emma Dawson, has withdrawn from federal Labor’s preselection contest for the seat of Melbourne after voicing her disgust over the party’s decision to support tax cuts for high-income earners.
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