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Ardern return hint, NZ Labour suffers election setback

Ardern return hint, NZ Labour suffers election setback

Poll leaders National and Labour are continuing their fight over fiscal plans as the race to form New Zealand's next government goes down to the wire.

Voice misinformation like Mabo scaremongering: Grant

Voice misinformation like Mabo scaremongering: Grant

Voice misinformation like Mabo scaremongering: Grant

Voice misinformation like Mabo scaremongering: Grant

For Western Arrernte journalist Karla Grant, covering constitutional recognition is nothing new but she says the voice referendum has brought out an ugly side.

Purple House provides model of what 'yes' could achieve

Purple House provides model of what 'yes' could achieve

Purple House provides model of what 'yes' could achieve

Purple House provides model of what 'yes' could achieve

Aboriginal health experts say the success of community-controlled health organisations shows what could be achieved with a 'yes' vote in the voice referendum.

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Hipkins back with a bang on return to NZ campaign trail

Hipkins back with a bang on return to NZ campaign trail

After five days in COVID-19 isolation, Labour leader Chris Hipkins has returned to the campaign trail in New Zealand.

NZ PM Hipkins reveals positive COVID-19 test

NZ PM Hipkins reveals positive COVID-19 test

In a fresh setback to Chris Hipkins and Labour's hopes of retaining office at the October 14 election, the New Zealand prime minister has caught COVID-19.

Now & Forever: Barnesy, Mo'Ju, Baker Boy say 'yes'

Now & Forever: Barnesy, Mo'Ju, Baker Boy say 'yes'

Yorta Yorta muso Briggs is bringing a stellar lineup of performers to Shepparton in support of voice, including Baker Boy, Mo'Ju, Jimmy Barnes and Paul Kelly.

WA electoral reform lifts lid on political donations

WA electoral reform lifts lid on political donations

Political parties in WA will be forced to disclose donations daily during elections, as the Cook government toughens campaign finance laws.

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First Nations group wants youngsters to 'ring a rello'

First Nations group wants youngsters to 'ring a rello'

First Nations group wants youngsters to 'ring a rello'

First Nations group wants youngsters to 'ring a rello'

The Uluru Youth Dialogue has launched a campaign to "ring a rello", asking young people to start a conversation with relatives about the voice referendum.

Pat Dodson: from deaths in custody commission to voice

Pat Dodson: from deaths in custody commission to voice

Pat Dodson: from deaths in custody commission to voice

Pat Dodson: from deaths in custody commission to voice

Labor Senator Pat Dodson is on leave while he battles cancer. He believes the generosity of Australians means the voice to parliament referendum can succeed.

Winston Peters back on the NZ campaign horse

Winston Peters back on the NZ campaign horse

Winston Peters back on the NZ campaign horse

Winston Peters back on the NZ campaign horse

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters is "very, very confident" his party will top five per cent in the October election and return to parliament.

NZ Labour crashes to new poll low as election nears

NZ Labour crashes to new poll low as election nears

NZ Labour crashes to new poll low as election nears

NZ Labour crashes to new poll low as election nears

Labour has slumped to 24 per cent and the right-wing ACT party has soared to 18 per cent in a new poll, six weeks out from the New Zealand election.

Campaigners target crucial swing state for referendum

Campaigners target crucial swing state for referendum

Campaigners target crucial swing state for referendum

Campaigners target crucial swing state for referendum

Adelaide voters are widely seen as crucial to the success of the Indigenous voice referendum, as the prime minister prepares to announce the poll date.

Forty years of opportunity cherry on top for WA economy

Forty years of opportunity cherry on top for WA economy

Forty years of opportunity cherry on top for WA economy

Forty years of opportunity cherry on top for WA economy

Business leaders in WA have been told the next 40 years "belong" to the state as the federal government talks up its economy during another visit to Perth.

Moderate MP pleas for Liberals to reclaim 'vast middle'

Moderate MP pleas for Liberals to reclaim 'vast middle'

Moderate MP pleas for Liberals to reclaim 'vast middle'

Moderate MP pleas for Liberals to reclaim 'vast middle'

Liberal MP Julian Leeser is urging his party to undertake cultural reform to reconnect with middle Australia and boost female and multicultural representation.

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Labor members greenlight agenda for 'bright future'

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has reaffirmed his commitment to the AUKUS security pact, after some internal resistance was voted down at Labor's conference.

Labor fires up faithful with referendum call to arms

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney delivered impassioned pleas to Labor faithful to get out and support the voice.

More bark than bite as Labor debate turns nuclear

Labor heavyweights have stared down calls for a super profits tax and an end to native logging as party members prepare to debate nuclear submarines.

Albanese to pitch unity ahead of Labor policy debate

Internal pressure is mounting over Labor policy relating to national security and the environment ahead of the party's national conference.

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ALP national conference touted as a litmus test for PM

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is working to stamp his authority over Labor's platform as he faces internal pushes against key government policy.

Labor to rally party faithful over Indigenous voice

Labor's national conference will end on a show of unity for the Indigenous voice but only after vexed policy debates about nuclear subs and Israel are fought.

PM shrugs off poll pointing to voice vote failure

Anthony Albanese says the coalition has walked away from the process of constitutional recognition, as polling shows voice support has dropped.

Craig Kelly defeats AEC lawsuit over election posters

A NSW court has rejected electoral commission claims that ex-MP Craig Kelly used the wrong font size in allegedly non-compliant federal election signage.

Senior Lib to fight 'unusual' pre-selection challenge

Sussan Ley says she will run on her record of two decades of service against any pre-selection challenge, after being saved from one ahead of the 2022 election.

'Do not let them divide us' - Burney's impassioned plea

An emotional argument by the Minister for Indigenous Australians for people to back the voice included a withering attack on sections of the 'no' vote campaign.

'Yes' for Indigenous kids, says Life Without Barriers

On Sunday thousands of people across the country will attend community events hosted by Yes 23 to learn about the upcoming referendum on a First Nations voice.

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