Will the Coalition allow Ley to do a deal in good faith with Labor?
By Jacob Greber

If the Coalition is indeed the living corpse it so often resembles, Watt and his boss Anthony Albanese will have little choice but to sit down with the Greens, a party they often seem to loathe even more than the Liberals, and do a deal.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-25/sussan-ley-environment-law-murray-watt/105884246

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Incoming laws would have blocked $8m in Climate 200 campaign donations
By Jake Evans

Climate 200 would have been blocked from making $8.34 million in donations to independent candidates if new election donation laws were in place at the 2025 poll.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-20/climate-200-donations-millions-blocked-election-reforms/105910960

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Wayne Swan calls time on 30-year political career
By Isabella Tolhurst and Claudia Long

Labor party president Wayne Swan will step down next July and has warned the ALP must boost membership if it is to survive into the future.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-17/wayne-swan-labor-president-leaves-role-politics/105905064

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Race between Chalmers and Burke pits communicator against tactician
By Michelle Grattan

There is general agreement in Labor that Jim Chalmers is the government's best communicator. But insiders watching this race know Tony Burke is the master tactician.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-17/jim-chalmers-tony-burke-leadership/105884226

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Q:

Why has support for One Nation surged since the election, and will it last? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-15/why-is-one-nation-surging-in-the-polls/105891732 #PoliticalPartiesandMovements #PaulineHanson'sOneNation

A:
Straya has a surfeit of mouth-breathing knuckle-dragging redneck fuckheads.

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Why has support for One Nation surged since the election, and will it last?
By Shalailah Medhora

Polling has support for One Nation somewhere between 10 and 14 per cent, much higher than during the federal election.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-15/why-is-one-nation-surging-in-the-polls/105891732

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Senior conservative cautions Liberals quietly pushing to split the party
By Jake Evans

In a major address to his party, James Paterson says "marginal" voices agitating for the Liberal party to split must be kept on the sidelines, cautioning it would spell "disaster".

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-14/james-paterson-urges-liberals-not-to-break-up-farage-teal/105888150

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Ley unveils new shadow cabinet following Hastie resignation
By Claudia Long

The changes follow two high-profile departures from shadow cabinet within a month.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-13/shadow-cabinet-reshuffle-federal-politics-ley-hastie-duniam/105886202

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Fishing fanatic and long-time CLP supporter to lead as party president
By Sam Parry

The political party governing the Northern Territory announces a new president, just days after the opposition welcomed a former chief minister into its own leadership role.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-12/nt-party-presidents-country-liberal-party-clp-territory-labor/105880740

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Macron reappoints Lecornu as France's PM four days after his resignation

39-year-old Sebastian Lecornu, who was first elected prime minister on September 9 but resigned on Monday after 26 days in office, says he changed his mind "out of duty", with France

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-11/macron-reappoints-lecornu-as-french-pm/105880586

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