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Michelle Grattan speaks with Deep Saini about the week in Australian politics.
Labor MP Tim Hammond’s resignation has triggered a byelection in Perth, which Labor looks likely to hold.
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Labor holds its two-party preferred lead over the Coalition, but recent momentum has been with the incumbent government.
Tim Hammond, elected in 2016, was already a shadow minister and was seen as having a very bright future in politics.
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Hammond said he would resign “in the near future” after discharging obligations to his electorate and staff.
Federal Labor frontbencher Mark Butler is one of the candidates who support a move to give affiliated unionists automatic membership and a vote in preselections.
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A survey of candidates for the ALP national presidency has found broad support for granting members of affiliated unions automatic party membership and voting rights.