Category: Australian election

NSW Voters Head to Polls in Tightly Contested Election

Voting is under way in New South Wales (NSW), with more than four million people across the state set to decide who will form government for the next four years. By Mar. 24 close to a quarter of the state’s 5.5 million voters had cast their ballots, with nearly 1.2 million people pre-polling and 92,000…


NSW Budget Deficit Blows out by $1.3Bn Over Two Years

The New South Wales (NSW) deficit is expected to worsen by $1.3 billion over this financial year and the next after Treasury downgraded its projections for the budget in a pre-election update. The update, coming ahead of the March 25 poll, shows the estimated deficit for 2022/23 has grown by $668 million (US$440 million) to…


Voters Abandon Major Parties, Study Finds

A record one in three voters at the federal election in May cast a ballot for minor parties or independents. It’s the biggest result for smaller players in Canberra in 100 years, with experts saying it shows a slow decline in “rusted-on” major party voters. The figures come from the latest Australian Election Study from…


Labor’s Promised Action on Uluru Statement Distracts From Real Issues: Liberal MP

The Labor government’s election pledge to put the Indigenous Voice in the constitution could divert attention away from the real problems that the Aboriginal community in remote areas is dealing with, says an Australian Liberal senator of Indigenous background. It comes after newly elected prime minister Anthony Albanese promised he would implement the Uluru Statement…


Labor’s Promised Action on Uluru Statement Distracts From Real Issues: Indigenous MP

The Labor government’s election pledge to put the Indigenous Voice in the constitution could divert attention away from the real problems that the Aboriginal community in remote areas is dealing with, says an Australian Liberal senator of Indigenous background. It comes after newly elected prime minister Anthony Albanese promised he would implement the Uluru Statement…


Education Union Press for Gender Affirmation Leave at Tasmanian University

The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) and the University of Tasmania (UTAS) are “locked in a battle” after UTAS declined to comply with the union’s request to provide up to 30 days’ leave for transgender staff. The university currently offers 10 days of special leave for their staff irrespective of their gender, however, the NTEU…


Australia’s Caravan Association Calls on Political Parties to Invest in the Industry

Australia’s caravan industry has called on all political parties to recognise the industry’s economic potential ahead of the country’s federal election on May 21. “The industry has been adaptive through the COVID-19 crisis and stands ready to continue leading domestic tourism and automotive manufacturing as Australia recovers,” reads a statement by Caravan Industry Association of…


Australians in COVID-19 Quarantine to Access to Telephone Voting

A new voting option will be available to Australians subjecting to COVID-19 isolation as a confirmed case or close contact on election day. The Australian Electoral Commission has said it would introduce a telephone voting system for those who could not go to polling places on May 21. “We are working on a telephone voting option,…


Australian PM to Call Federal Election

Australians are tipped to go to the polls in six weeks after a tumultuous three years for the economy, health, and global security. Prime Minister Scott Morrison left Sydney on Sunday morning ahead of a visit to Government House in Canberra to ask Governor-General David Hurley for an election, expected to be held on May…


Labor Wins in SA Election as Government Concedes

Continued counting in the South Australian election should bring into sharper focus the size of Labor’s win. Led by former union boss Peter Malinauskas, the party looks set to hold at least 25 and possibly as many as 27 seats in the 47-seat House of Assembly after a big swing in Saturday’s poll. The Liberals…