Tasmanian Liberals claim minority win amid hung parliament

Tasmanian Liberals claim minority win amid hung parliament

Tasmania has delivered a hung parliament,with Australia’s last governing Liberals getting more seats than Labor but not enough to form government.

  • byEthan James

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Hung parliament likely in Tasmania with Liberals unable to form majority

Hung parliament likely in Tasmania with Liberals unable to form majority

The nation’s only Liberal government faces the prospect of negotiations with minor parties and independents to form government.

  • byEthan James
Polls close in Tasmania as last Liberal government seeks fourth term

Polls close in Tasmania as last Liberal government seeks fourth term

Tasmanian Liberals are chasing a record fourth successive term,while Labor is aiming to end a decade in opposition.

  • byEthan James
Toast to the new King:Sydney’s monarchists cut loose for the big coronation

Toast to the new King:Sydney’s monarchists cut loose for the big coronation

The country might’ve been indifferent to King Charles III’s big day. Not so for Australia’s monarchists.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andNoel Towell
Is it undemocratic to swear allegiance to King Charles? Bloody oath!

Is it undemocratic to swear allegiance to King Charles? Bloody oath!

The proposed “chorus of millions of voices” is historically troubling,potentially divisive,and – at the very least – likely to be unachievable.

  • byHelen Irving
‘Please don’t judge us’:Monarchists apologise for Hanson,Deves conference panel

‘Please don’t judge us’:Monarchists apologise for Hanson,Deves conference panel

Chair Philip Benwell said the group was ‘trying its best’ after facing internal dissent over a conference line-up dominated by conservative favourites

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andNoel Towell
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Pro-Putin comedy duo gave advice to Australian Senate committee posing as regime dissidents

Pro-Putin comedy duo gave advice to Australian Senate committee posing as regime dissidents

The duo,Vovan and Lexus,have also targeted prominent Kremlin critics including Prince Harry,former British prime minister Boris Johnson,author J K Rowling,former US president George W Bush and singer Elton John.

  • byRob Harris
Monarchists draft Eric Abetz to fight rising republican tide

Monarchists draft Eric Abetz to fight rising republican tide

The constitutional monarchists are really pulling in the big guns

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andNoel Towell
Young Liberals lash Hawke over preselections

Young Liberals lash Hawke over preselections

The young cadres aren’t the only ones angry at the way the Liberal Party in NSW has picked its candidates.

  • byNick Bonyhady andStephen Brook
‘Harmful and addicting youth’:Vaping crackdown flagged in national report

‘Harmful and addicting youth’:Vaping crackdown flagged in national report

Brightly coloured vaping products that claim to be nicotine-free and have flavours like bubble gum and fairy floss could be banned in a national crackdown.

  • byDana Daniel
Politicians reach across the political divide to pay tribute to Kimberley Kitching

Politicians reach across the political divide to pay tribute to Kimberley Kitching

Some of the nation’s most conservative voices have joined Labor parliamentarians in paying tribute to senator Kimberley Kitching,who suffered a fatal heart attack on Thursday.

  • byDana Daniel