ELECTIONS – AUSTRALIA

Liberals play to strengths with army candidate

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Original article by Jonathan Barrett
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 5 : 18-Aug-15

The 19 September 2015 by-election in the federal electorate of Canning in Western Australia will be a referendum on Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s performance, the Australian Labor Party says. It is regarded as a safe Liberal seat but a swing against the government is expected. Captain Andrew Hastie, an Afghanistan war veteran, has been selected to represent the Liberals in the by-election triggered by the death of Don Randall.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE, SPECIAL AIR SERVICE REGIMENT, UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY, LAW SOCIETY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, PALMER UNITED PARTY

Abbott dared to call double dissolution

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Original article by Phillip Coorey
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1-Apr : 6/19/2014

The Senate has for a second time rejected the Australian Government’s bill to scrap the Clean Energy Finance Corporation. This has provided the Government with a trigger for a double dissolution election, although Deputy Liberal Party leader Julie Bishop has downplayed such talk. She argues that voters do not want the instability and uncertainty that characterised the previous administration. The Government’s poor showing in recent public opinion polls also makes an election unlikely

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AUSTRALIA. CLEAN ENERGY FINANCE CORPORATION, LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, AUSTRALIAN GREENS, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE ENVIRONMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE PARTNERSHIPS AUSTRALIA, THE ASSOCIATION OF SUPERANNUATION FUNDS OF AUSTRALIA LIMITED