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Living in the ‘Orange Wave’: South Australia’s One Nation success

South Australia has recorded the first success story of One Nation in recent years with the minor party securing seven state representatives. The four lower house seats have shaken up long-held Liberal heartland across regional areas. The town of Murray Bridge is the biggest centre in the regional seat of Hammond which fell to One …

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AUKUS Debate Grows ahead of Adelaide Submarine Project

South Australia’s Osborne shipyard will receive a $3.9 billion down payment as the state becomes home to the AUKUS submarine construction site. The announcement was made last month by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese alongside SA Premier Peter Malinauskas as part of a $30 billion federal commitment to build submarines in Adelaide over coming decades. The …

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Liberal Party’s “women problem” can be traced back to Howard Government, research finds

New research from Monash University traces the Liberal Party’s so-called “women problem” back to cultural and policy shifts under former Prime Minister John Howard. Research Author Dr Blair Williams says the party, once the political home of many women voters, abandoned its socially liberal traditions in the 1980s and has since struggled to win them …

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