Category: australian federal election

Australian Election Reveals the Weakness of ‘Centrist Politics’

May 2, 2022
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Commentary The Australian federal election has so far demonstrated just how much the political centre is weakening as voters shift further right and left. It is all part of a worldwide trend that has seen growing discontent at the status quo from voters in the United States, United Kingdom, France, and Canada. At the heart…

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Victorian Liberal Slam Labor’s Plans to Build Second Drug Injection Room

April 29, 2022
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The Victorian Liberals have slammed the state government’s plans to build a second drug injection room in metropolitan Melbourne, stating that it “must not go ahead” as the release of the consultation report on the second room gets further delayed. “Labor is focused on further destroying the CBD’s efforts to recover and rebuild by putting…

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One Nation Seeking to ‘Clean Out’ Moderates From Centre-Right Liberal Party

April 29, 2022
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Moderate MPs in Australia’s centre-right Coalition government will confront an additional challenge from the right-wing conservative One Nation party after it announced that it would preference the centre-left Labor opposition in five key marginal seats. Pauline Hanson, national leader of the party, revealed on April 28, that in its “first shot across the bow” One…

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Red Tape Will Strangle Labor Party’s Proposed DARPA-Lookalike: Defence Industry Expert

April 29, 2022
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The opposition Australian Labor Party’s promise to establish a dedicated military research agency—akin to DARPA in the United States—will simply spawn bureaucratic red tape and struggle to deliver actual results, according to defence industry expert Lincoln Parker. On April 28, shadow ministers from the centre-left Labor party pledged to establish a brand-new agency within the…

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An ‘Absolute Mammoth’: Psychiatrist Issues Stark Warning as Australia’s Disability Scheme Costs Outstrip Medicare

April 28, 2022
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The massive costs of Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)—tipped to hit $60 billion a year (US$42.7 billion) by 2029-30—will continue to escalate if changes are not introduced to arrest the ever-widening scope of services it tries to cover. Clinical psychiatrist Tanveer Ahmed has also warned that the program has distorted parts of the health…

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Federal Opposition Defends Political Attack Ads Called ‘Racist’ By Treasurer

April 24, 2022
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The federal opposition of Australia is standing by a political attack ad targeting centre-right Coalition MP Gladys Liu amid campaigning for the marginal electorate of Chisholm in Melbourne. Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Treasurer Josh Frydenberg have criticised the campaign claiming it is “racist”—it comes as Australia-China relations and defence continue to feature heavily in…

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Public Health Spending Not Sustainable, Says John Howard-Era Advisor

April 21, 2022
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A former health advisor to the federal and Victorian state governments is calling for honesty on the sustainability of Australia’s public health system, warning it was impossible to “grant every wish” around funding. Healthcare reform has been one of the hot topics in the current federal election cycle, with the centre-left opposition Labor Party promising…

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‘Silenced in the Name of Wokeness’: Growing Support for Embattled Liberal Candidate Katherine Deves

April 19, 2022
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Liberal candidate Katherine Deves, who has faced backlash in the past two weeks for her vocal advocacy against the transgender ideology, has garnered endorsements from some Liberal parliamentarians. It comes after NSW Treasurer MP Matt Kean and Independent MP Zali Steggall, the latter being Deves’ rival for the seat of Warringah, called for Prime Minister…

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Labor Pledges to Bolster Staff Numbers at National Disability Service

April 18, 2022
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Australia’s centre-left Labor Party is promising to increase staff numbers at the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and review the operations of the burgeoning scheme which currently services around 500,000 Australians. Bill Shorten, the shadow minister for the NDIS, announced the party’s six-point-plan to change the program, which has faced issues of waste, delayed service…

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Former Journalist Calls on Australians to Cast Off the ‘Marxist Paradigm’ at Next Election

April 18, 2022
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After 16 years in Hong Kong, Damian Coory saw the gradual “encroachment of big government” come to a head with the Umbrella protest movement in 2014, which saw hundreds of thousands of students occupy the busy streets of the financial hub in reaction to Beijing’s growing control. The public relations director and former TV news…

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