Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton are fighting a “limp,uninspiring” election campaign.

Our democracy’s not working as it should. Here are some good ideas to fix it

This is a limp,uninspiring election campaign. A minority government may usher in new thinking.

  • Ross Gittins

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This election is one of the worst I’ve seen. Here’s the one thing we can do to fix Australian politics

I think both sides of politics are treating us like mugs. Maybe like the mugs many of us have allowed ourselves to become.

  • Ross Gittins
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen speaks in Paris on Sunday.

Marine Le Pen evokes Martin Luther King Jr as Trump criticises ‘witch hunt’

Before thousands of supporters in Paris,the far-right leader likened her battle against a court ruling to America’s struggle for civil rights.

  • Rob Harris
The Hong Kong government has a $200,000 bounty on the head of Australian pro-democracy activist Kevin Yam.

I have a price on my head. I hope my neighbours won’t try to cash in

This week,letters arrived at homes in Melbourne offering a $200,000 bounty on my head. It would be claimable if I was taken to Hong Kong. In short,the letters call for me to be kidnapped.

  • Kevin Yam
Exiled Hong Kong lawyer Kevin Yam.

$200k to betray a neighbour:The Hong Kong letters pursuing dissidents in Australia

The office of Foreign Minister Penny Wong has raised concerns with Chinese authorities after letters appeared on Australian doorsteps offering large sums of money for information about dissidents.

  • Cassandra Morgan andEryk Bagshaw
Our independents and minor parties are like Trump,allowing voters a way to genuinely challenge the status quo.

Trump and the teals have a lot in common

Donald Trump wants to destroy the system. In some fashion,so do the teals.

  • Sean Kelly
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The execution of the WA election has come under fire.

Company rubbishes WA election ‘outsourcing’ claim as AEC distances itself from recruitment model

In a brief statement released yesterday evening,a PersolKelly spokesman said they recruited and deployed about 7000 personnel and were responsible for onboarding successful candidates.

  • Hamish Hastie
WA Opposition Leader Shane Love.

Opposition calls for inquiry into WA Electoral Commission ‘outsourcing’ election

Beyond reports of ballot papers running out,long lines and slow counts,the opposition says further irregularities with Saturday’s election are emerging.

  • Heather McNeill andHamish Hastie
At the vigil for condemned prisoner Pannir Selvam in Singapore.

Another execution eve on the lawn of Hong Lim Park

Peaceful protest is a fundamental right in democratic states. Singapore,though,has a bob each way.

  • Zach Hope
Friedrich Merz,the candidate of the mainstream conservative Christian Democratic Union party,addresses supporters at the party headquarters in Berlin,Germany.

Germany’s conservatives win election but hard coalition talks loom

Opposition Leader Friedrich Merz is on track to be chancellor after claiming victory,while exit polls suggest the far-right AfD came in second.

  • Sarah Marsh andMatthias Williams