Opposition Kenyan leader Raila Odinga speaks out after the election was declared invalid.
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By failing to provide details on what invalidated Kenya’s election, the country’s Supreme Court has created an impossible timeline for organising re-elections within 60 days.
More than 16 million people are eligible to vote in the voluntary survey.
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Between August 8 and 24 the AEC dealt with 933,592 enrolment transactions, 87% of which were changes or updates.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arriving to the Red Fort, New Delhi, India.
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India’s institutional architecture is been trampled over by the BJP in its attempt to get the better of its political rivals.
Malcolm Roberts is one of several MPs currently before the High Court.
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The High Court has set hearing dates of October 10, 11 and 12 for MPs’ dual citizenship cases.
South Africa has been rocked by a legal battle between the country’s Public Protector and Reserve Bank.
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South Africa’s Public Protector, has been exposed as incompetent after trying to meddle with the constitutional mandate of the country’s central bank.
The government tells High Court it would be willing to pay costs of those before the court
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The government has asked the High Court to hear the dual citizenship cases of several current and former MPs on September 13-14.
It is inconsistent with Australia’s religious diversity for federal parliament to have official prayers based on one particular religious denomination.
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Australia’s federal MPs are apparently servants of the Christian God, working for His glory.
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Michelle Grattan and Deep Saini discuss the week in politics.
Fiona Nash made a statement to the Senate just before it rose on Thursday night for a fornight’s break.
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The deputy leader of the Nationals, Fiona Nash, has been found to have dual British nationality.
The decision reveals the striking breadth of the government’s power to deal with asylum seekers and refugees in ways that directly contravene international law.
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The Australian government had and has the power to do things necessary to establish and maintain its immigration detention facility on Manus Island, despite detention violating PNG law.
Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce is one of five MPs caught out in the ban in dual citizens holding seats.
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The High Court ruling over the five MPs’ legitimacy to hold seats may hang on whether they took reasonable steps to renounce their non-Australian citizenships.
Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba, leads a campaign to clean up the city streets.
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Are different ways of governing emerging from South Africa’s cities governed by opposition coalitions?
Sam Dastyari was the Labor Party’s chief fundraiser in New South Wales from 2010 to 2013.
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If we ban all donations from individuals and corporations, funding for political campaigns must come from elsewhere.
Legal experts are unsure what the High Court may decide on Matt Canavan.
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Even if Matt Canavan survives, his immediate absence from cabinet is a blow to Barnaby Joyce.
President Jacob Zuma was slammed as being irrational for the recent cabinet reshuffle.
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Democracy and good governance require politicians to engage in reasoned debate, informed decision making and measured judgements. This presupposes rationality. Is this always true?
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Politics podcast: Michael Cooney on an Australian republic
Michael Cooney says becoming a republic would give Australians important new symbols of national unity.
Matt Canavan has been told that he is an Italian citizen.
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At the heart of the current controversy is that the senators were either ignorant of their second nationality or believed themselves to have lost it.
Matt Canavan told a news conference he had been informed he is an Italian citizen.
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Matt Canavan has resigned as the minister for resources and northern Australia after being told by the Italian embassy that he is an Italian citizen.
Demonstrators clash with riot security forces in Caracas, Venezuela.
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The authoritarian regime is pushing ahead despite widespread objections. A peaceful resolution is far from sight.
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The University of Canberra’s Michelle Grattan and Frances Shannon discuss the week in politics.