#RedditAustralianpolitics

One Nation’s Pauline Hanson has staked an early claim on participating in the leadership debates during the next federal election campaign, so long as her party’s polling numbers warrant it.…

Poverty, health and dislocation are fuelling political anger. Labor can’t ignore this in response to alleged attack on Indi MP submitted by /u/Jealous-Hedgehog-734 [link] [comments]

Tasmanian Labor wants to bring in spending caps for state elections. Parties could spend up to $50,000 per candidate, and independents up to $60,000. Tasmania's upper house and local government elections already have spending limits.…

Labor drafted and then abandoned laws to crack down on political lobbying, leaving Victoria with what experts say are some of the weakest rules in the country to manage corruption and influence over state and local government decision-making.…

If these Myopic 🦃 actually taxed our fossil fuel exports (25% on gas, coal, uranium, iron ore) we could do MORE for Climate, housing and others. instead they want cuts submitted by /u/melj11 [link] [comments]

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has defended a cartoon showing independent Senator Lidia Thorpe being run over by a bus, just days after independent MP Helen Haines was rammed by a car.…

Victoria’s emergency services minister says he fears for his family’s safety after a bullet, etched with the word “RAT” and his old firefighter number, was left on his car on Saturday.…

Veterans are pleading with students to abandon Remembrance Day rallies inspired by violent French protests as state governments stop short of ordering them to stop.…

A Malaysian policeman who blew a young mother to pieces walks free in Australia while her government in Mongolia pleads for justice – and her killer collects welfare benefits.…

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