Australian Politics

OP article: 17 May 2025

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At the Prime Minister’s Press Club address, Albanese stated curtly, repeatedly that ‘Australia is not selling weapons to Israel’.

SBS because ABC and Guardian want everything to be part of a live blog apparently.

Anonymous survey from the people behind Vote Compass. They're interested in hearing from people about how and why they voted.

Dan Repacholi, the re-elected Hunter MP, has been named to an envoy role responsible for men’s health after starting some national conversations on that issue in his first term

Looks like it's shaping up to be a very interesting contest between Hanson-Young and Faruqi over the direction of the party. When she was younger Hanson-Young was always quite widely disliked (relative to other Greens senators) because people saw her as too divisive, a reputation which has stuck, yet she now appears to be the one in the party room who wants to pursue a more collaborative relationship with Labor. Given that I haven't seen any indication from her colleagues that they believe The Greens need a course correction, it would seem she is heading for a third defeat in a leadership contest.

In short, independents and minor parties combined got more vote than a major party (the LNP coalition). I think this is actually great news, it shows how well ranked choice and proportional voting work to empower smaller parties and diversify them.

The Greens’ federal election result has been widely condemned as a “disaster”.

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In a lengthy statement to the Daily Mail on Monday, Australia’s richest person broke her silence following the Coalition’s wipeout on Saturday night.

LNP Senator James McGrath has weighed in on the upcoming Liberal leadership ballot, saying he is “cautiously optimistic” of Harold Holt’s chances of being returned from the dead and clinching the top spot.

Fresh from his election victory, the prime minister takes on the Greens for blocking key policies in the Senate, singling out one MP who lost his seat at the election.

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The Coalition should resist seeing Trump as a natural disaster over which they had no control. Peter Dutton made many other missteps that doomed his party’s chances.

It’s a shame that Adam Bandt looks likely to cling to his seat after a 3%+ swing against the Greens leader in Melbourne. His removal would — as with the ousting of Peter Dutton — solve a major problem for his party: what to do with a discredited leader.

The exact record will depend on the final results, but it seems likely that this election result will produce more seats than the 90 seats won by Tony Abbott in 2013. There’s a chance Labor could surpass John Howard’s result in 1996, although I don’t think they’ll quite get there. As for Labor results, this is their best result in seat terms since 1943, and I don’t think any other result before that was any better.

A few days ago, we saw Canada's Conservative opposition leader Pierre Poilievre lose an election and his own seat. Can we make that twice in a week?

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The head of research at the fossil fuels campaign group Lock the Gate Alliance, Georgina Woods, said global heating caused by burning fossil fuels was “already affecting Australian businesses, community wellbeing, household bills and national security” and damaging “our extraordinary natural heritage”.

The AIP is one of several third-party groups running well-funded campaigns designed to oust Greens from their three inner-Brisbane electorates and against independent “teal” MPs in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth.

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Peter Dutton is in a serious but stable condition after receiving a welcome to his front door earlier today.

A Sky News viewer has left a giant hole in his computer screen because he doesn’t like being welcomed to his own computer.

Future Former-Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has responded to recent polls that show many see him as ‘untrustworthy’, by saying that he actually has plenty of ‘trusts’.

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In this election, voters are more distrustful than ever of politicians, and the political heroes of 2022 have fallen from grace, swept from favour by independent players.

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Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/election-2025-i-would-defy-icc-welcome-benjamin-netanyahu-to-australia-says-peter-dutton/news-story/13b13afe4924c246a68cc7b74b72444e

Labor announced it would allow first home buyers to purchase homes with a 5 per cent deposit. It also pledged $10 billion to go towards building 100,000 new homes over eight years — exclusively available to first-time buyers — by way of grants to states and territories, and zero-interest loans or equity investments.

Multicultural policy is adrift in the election campaign, with the major parties refusing to commit to the changes needed to minimise mounting community tensions

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Another election brings another round of promises from politicians trying to win votes, but how many did the last government keep? It’s likely more than you think.

I don't see the issue with a party after midday. Yes, ANZAC day is a special day for remembering troops - in the morning. The afternoon is for celebration.

One of Australia’s largest conservation organisations has awarded the federal Coalition just one out of 100 for its environment and climate change policies – the lowest score it has given the Liberal and National parties in more than 20 years of compiling pre-election scorecards.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers and his boss, and Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock, were doing their job, calmly trying to calm everyone down. Acknowledging the great uncertainty, but trying not to add to it.

Mallon warns some Australian neighbourhoods could become what he calls “climate ghettos”.

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"[A]fter the last three elections in which an incumbent Labor administration fought and lost. In every case, the election campaign focused primarily on economic competence, as assessed by perceived past performance. And in all of these, the media played a dominant role in convincing a significant slice of the electorate to believe the opposite of the truth."

The rightwing advocacy group Advance has acknowledged it is paying for election materials attacking the Greens to be used by third-party groups during the election campaign.

Following news that Peter Dutton will live in Kirribilli House if elected, a furious Anthony Albanese said he had no idea there were entire houses available to him.

The election campaign must prioritise climate policy to ensure the next government drives the transition to a clean economy in a world upended by Donald Trump.

Tensions have risen in the United States Senate, with one senator calling the decision to impose tariffs on Australia "insulting", saying it undermined national security and damaged relationships.

Greens leader Adam Bandt claims the federal election offers “an opportunity for real change”, saying his party would use the balance of power in the next parliament to help deliver serious policy reforms.

I wouldn't usually post a tele article, but this one's pretty funny.

The federal opposition has today unveiled a bold suite of education reforms aimed at strengthening Australia’s national identity and cultural unity, including a proposed reclassification of Bidjigal warrior Pemulwuy as the country’s first domestic terrorist.

"You're condemning young people like me to a life of climate disasters — of course we have poor mental health issues!" cried protester Alexa Stuart, a 21-year-old from climate action group Rising Tide mid-way through Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's press conference today.

A re-elected Labor government would invest $1 billion into mental health services across Australia, in what the nation’s peak mental health body has labelled a "landmark investment."

The organisation may be enabling the Greens Party they profess to oppose.

The first Australian response to Trump was denial, then (unsuccessful) bargaining. Now there’s anger and depression as the tariffs sink in. Eventually must come acceptance.

The Prime Minister is physically okay but mentally shaken after falling off a stage at an event in Cessnock, only to see Barnaby Joyce taking a phone call on the ground below.

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