As the UK referendum votes came in the ASX started to make losses.
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Financial markets appear to have been caught off-guard by Britain’s decision to exit the European Union, believing it would remain.
Time for Australia to make new friends in Europe.
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Given Australia’s strong and enduring ties with both the UK and the EU, the shockwaves from Brexit will be felt in Australia soon enough.
Bring it on?
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You might think those seeking Scottish independence just got exactly what they wanted. It’s not quite that simple.
Malcolm Turnbull would be fully aware that an attempt to bind ministers on same-sex marriage would cause more trouble than it is worth.
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Is it a problem that, according to Malcolm Turnbull, cabinet members would get a free vote on legislation enacting same-sex marriage after a successful plebiscite? If it is – and the logic suggests otherwise…
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All across the continent, euroscepticism is offering a new outlet for old feelings.
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Andrew S. Roe-Crines , University of Liverpool ; Andre Spicer , City, University of London ; Bill Durodie , University of Bath ; David Spencer , University of Leeds ; Paul Cairney , University of Stirling ; Peter Taylor-Gooby , University of Kent ; Richard Murphy , City, University of London ; Roger Awan-Scully , Cardiff University ; Simon Usherwood , University of Surrey y Swati Dhingra , London School of Economics and Political Science
The UK has delivered a shock to the world’s largest economic and political group.
Leave ahead.
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Brexit begins. Here’s a primer on the laws at play in the UK’s withdrawal process from the EU.
A cliffhanger.
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Serious problems may loom. And not just from a possible vote from the Brits to leave the European Union.
An internecine struggle between political elites.
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Behind the sterile debate around the EU referendum is a troubled 40 year relationship.
You can’t both win, chaps.
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If the polls are to be believed, the vote could be very close. Here’s why that is such a worrying prospect.
Does the rest of the world care about Australia’s election?
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Experts in the UK, US, India, Indonesia and NZ explain how Australia’s election is playing out abroad and what’s at stake for our neighbours and allies.
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How will the votes be counted? When will we know the result? Stuart Wilks-Heeg has all the answers.
Fighting it out.
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Britain will continue negotiating the terms of its relationship with Europe, whatever the outcome of its referendum.
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Boris could be about to discover a taste for Scottish nationalism.
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Leavers are very active but remainers have secured some key victories – even before #catsagainstbrexit turned up.
Brexit campaigners argue an Australian-style skilled migration system would limit migration and benefit the UK economy.
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If it wins, Leave would strip European Union citizens of the automatic right to live and work in the UK in favour of an Australian-style “points-test” system for skilled workers.
Thursday’s vote will only be the third-ever UK-wide referendum.
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How will the Brexit referendum work? And what distinguishes it from referendums that have been held in Australia?
Stop right there Boris.
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It was a last chance to answer those all important questions. But the Leave campaign failed to deliver.
Stay or go - Britons will vote this week.
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A British exit from the European Union will mean short term volatility on global markets, but the longer term outcomes are more uncertain.
An uncertain future…
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The UK’s regions – England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland – hold very different views about whether to remain in the EU, which means the country might not survive a Brexit in its current form.