Anthony Albanese and Labor are embracing so called “progressive patriotism” in response to rising support for One Nation and the far right.
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The 21 March state election in South Australia sees a confident Labor government likely to increase its majority. It is also the first major test of whether Pauline Hanson’s racist One Nation can replace a weak Liberal Party as the dominant force on the right.
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Treasurer Jim Chalmers has declared “productivity” a centrepiece of the Labor government’s second term agenda.
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Anthony Albanese and the Labor Party won a sweeping victory in May. The Liberals suffered a historic wipe-out and the Coalition between the Liberal and National parties is now in crisis.
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The Victorian government has passed a bail law that includes removing the requirement to consider remand as a last resort for children.
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Anthony Albanese started his victory speech addressing “My fellow Australians”—and went on to invoke Australia no fewer than 43 more times over 22 minutes.
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Labor’s election victory defied expectations, with the Albanese government increasing its majority in the lower house and on track to have the highest number of seats since Bob Hawke’s 1987 win.
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Labor Treasurer Jim Chalmers has followed in the footsteps of previous Labor ministers, including Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in 2009, by penning a theoretical article in the pages of the Monthly.
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Victoria’s election delivered humiliation for the Liberals and ended with Labor’s Daniel Andrews comfortably re-elected for the third time.
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