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State Politics

NT government release terribly timed press release on Tennant Creek

There are certainly some details missing in this offering from the Minister for Tourism and Culture.

Night of the long butter knives for Victorian Labor

Somyurek v Eren in the Victorian Parliament bar.

Rundle: 'America's Pastor' and the crusade for Australia's eternal soul

Billy Graham, whose "crusade" first reached Australia in the 1950s, had a profound effect on evangelism in Sydney and beyond.

Laugh all you want, Xenophon's campaign ad is just what the SA election needed

Nick Xenophon, who perfected the art of the corny political stunt during his time at Parliament House, is playing into the public's desire for spectacle and misfire.

Rundle: Shorten shows his disregard for Batman by cosying up to coal

If Bill Shorten didn't want to hand ammunition to Labor's foes in the Batman byelection, he had a funny way of showing it in Townsville this week.

Abbott's crusade to bring 'democracy' back to the Libs is misguided

The Warringah motion is most commonly spruiked as a way to ensure greater democracy within the Liberal Party by taking a one-member, one-vote approach to preselections. Here's the thing though ...

States, Joyce in the frame for Murray-Darling collapse

The Murray-Darling Basin Plan is falling apart as states back out, but were they doing much to begin with?

Can we believe Jim Molan's claim he's not a member of the 'hard right'?

As a new Senator, Molan’s job must surely go beyond retweeting and posting ranting and propaganda.

There will be no real winners in the SA election

In politics, the worst crime a leader can commit is to lose the unloseable election.

The political cost of climate flip-flopping for fickle pollies

Malcolm Turnbull's position on climate change has undergone a remarkable range of gyrations. The same is true of Queensland Labor. Such flip-flopping always comes at a price.