The opposition initially said it would not change its plan but would ensure pensioners were protected in other ways.
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Labor has capitulated to pressure to exempt pensioners from its plan to end cash refunds for dividend imputation credits.
It now appears inevitable the government will hit 30 consecutive negative Newspolls.
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Labor retains a 53-47% unchanged two-party lead in the latest Newspoll.
Ged Kearney and Bill Shorten pose for a photo at Preston Market.
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‘Super Saturday’ had positive spin-offs for both federal leaders, but substantially more for Bill Shorten than Malcolm Turnbull.
Ged Kearney winning the seat of Batman is a big relief for Labor leader Bill Shorten.
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The failure to wrest Batman is a big setback for the Greens.
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Michelle Grattan speaks with Lawrence Pratchett about this weekend’s elections.
Labor’s candidate for the Batman byelection, Ged Kearney, is a past president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions.
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There are undoubtedly advantages for unions in terms of access and policy influence by having former officials as MPs.
Younger voters credit Alex Bhathal with running the better campaign because it had been ‘more visible’.
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Both male and female participants were in favour of more women in parliament, and pointed to the value of more diverse opinions than just those of ‘middle-aged white male lawyers’.
Bill Shorten came in for a caning in focus groups over his handling of the Adani issue.
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Labor sources are talking down the chances of Ged Kearney in Batman, though the party is not writing off the seat.
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Politics podcast: the Batman byelection battleground
On Saturday, Labor and Bill Shorten face a major test in the Melbourne seat of Batman.
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Michelle Grattan speaks with Deep Saini about the week in Australian politics.
Bill Shorten spent a lot of his Tuesday press conference to support Jay Weatherill answering questions about Adani.
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Adani is being seen as a test of Bill Shorten’s commitment to policy integrity versus his willingness to say and do whatever is politically expedient.
Bill Shorten is the longest-serving Labor leader since Kim Beazley in his first stint in office.
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The reality is that Bill Shorten is, in many ways, a garden-variety centre-left leader.
Mathias Cormann is taking full advantage of this rare moment as acting prime minister.
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Barnaby Joyce’s position appears to have been weakened rather than strengthened by his publicity tactic.
Steve Martin has been sworn in to take Jacqui Lambie’s place as a Tasmanian senator.
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The reallocation is short and long Senate terms for Tasmania distorts the 2016 election result.
Government price controls start with good intentions but often result in unintended consequences.
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We are paying more for our health insurance because we are using it more. No crude, short-term measures to restrict premium growth will deal with this fact.
Malcolm Turnbull makes a point in Question Time.
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While this Newspoll is Malcolm Turnbull’s 26th consecutive loss (four short of Tony Abbott’s streak), it is the Coalition’s best position since April 2017.
Bill Shorten said he had become increasingly sceptical of Adani in recent months.
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Bill Shorten has taken a further step toward opposing the proposed Queensland Adani coal mine.
A nightmare scenario for Bill Shorten would be to lose both Batman and Longman.
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Bill Shorten for a long time seemed to have the political breaks running his way, but suddenly things have turned.
David Feeney confirmed he still could not produce the paperwork to demonstrate he had renounced his British citizenship.
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Labor MP David Feeney has quit parliament and triggered a byelection in the Victorian seat of Batman.
Essential poll numbers show Bill Shorten is playing to ALP’s strengths.
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Come election time, votes won’t turn on an integrity commission. They will turn on such issues as cost of living, discontent with flat wages, and health.