Former opposition leader Bill Shorten dives into hefty political career, accomplishments and gaffes in valedictory speech
Outgoing NDIS Minister and former opposition leader Bill Shorten has touched on his extensive career in Federal Politics, ...
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Australian Labor government’s social media ban for under-16s provokes mass anger
In Australia, as internationally, school students have conducted several school strikes, which were bitterly denounced by the corporate media and by the Labor government, which has politically ...
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Labor leader to go the extra miles to be premier again
Former Queensland premier Steven Miles looks set to run unopposed to lead Labor after the party's defeat at the polls led to ...
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Australian Labor’s defeat in Queensland election underscores historic political crisis
Saturday’s election in the northern Australian state of Queensland saw huge swings against the trade union-backed Labor government in working-class areas, pointing to the ongoing decades-long ...
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Factional warlord. Backroom operator. Kingmaker. Yet on politics’ biggest night, I was an observer
Rudd, Gillard and I served on Labor’s front bench under Beazley ... to call time on John Howard as prime minister, giving the Australian Labor Party its first federal election win since 1993.