Forget cost of living,voters in Albury are focused on a failing health system as a $558 million hospital redevelopment plan becomes a toxic political flashpoint.
Pauline Hanson’s aspirant for Farrer,David Farley,approached ALP figures about becoming a candidate in the 2022 election.
Queensland’s sports minister has been asked to explain why he listed a staffer’s rental property on his voting enrolment,and whether he knowingly misled the Electoral Commission.
Political staffers received an average $38,594 payout for leaving their jobs after the last election – but the average amount of time a staffer was without political work after taking a severance package was just 15 days.
At 93,the Labor legend and former science minister is eyeing the “exit ramp”. But he isn’t going quietly,taking aim at Anthony Albanese’s lack of courage on reform and a political system that has lost its way.
The electoral watchdog has launched a pre-emptive strike against a rising tide of invalid ballots,fearing a “congested” information environment could disenfranchise thousands of regional voters.
The leader has reframed the populism argument,appealing to a distinctly Australian idea of patriotism,grounded in inclusion.
Pauline Hanson is right that the electorate has had a “gutful,” but the arithmetic of the South Australian result proves that a fractured right is a gift for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
Labor has recorded a commanding election victory in South Australia in the face of a One Nation surge eating into the incumbent government’s primary vote.
From the Barossa to the outer suburbs,One Nation is no longer just a rural phenomenon. The party is using the South Australian election as a blueprint for a national takeover.