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Labor’s win at the 2025 federal election was its biggest since 1943, with its largest swings in the cities
Labor won 94 of the 150 House of Representatives seats (up 17 from 77 of 151 in 2022), the Coalition 43 (down 15) and all ...
Stadium, ships and stability — parties make first pitch in Tasmanian election nobody wanted
Following a week of political mudslinging, Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff and Labor leader Dean Winter say they will ...
The state of play as Tasmanian election 'no-one seems to want' is called
This snap election may well end 11 years of Liberal government in Tasmania. But in a state with a history of long-running ...
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What does a parity parliament in Australia mean for the Pacific?
THE May 2025 federal election has resulted in a parity parliament in Australia. For the first time since Federation, both ...
Tasmania election date confirmed as Devils, AFL search for certainty
Tasmania’s state election, could decide the future of Hobart’s controversial AFL stadium and the Tasmania Devils AFL team, ...
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Samoa to hold snap election on Aug. 29 after PM’s government collapses
Samoa will head to the polls on Aug. 29, a half-year earlier than expected, after Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mata’afa’s ...
Tasmanian Governor Barbara Baker agrees to Premier Jeremy Rockliff's request to hold early election
Tasmanians are set to head to the polls for the second time in two years, with Premier Jeremy Rockliff's request for an early ...
Australian Electoral Commission blocks evidence on its SEP ballot access ban
The AEC’s escalated reasons for refusing to release the information—claiming that it would not be in the “public interest” to ...