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Populist Social Democrats ousted after controversial reform plans backfire

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Canadian PM’s nice-guy image tarnished by allegation of interference in corruption case

Canadian leader says he should have recognised ‘erosion of trust’ with justice minister

Former justice minister claims she was pressured into intervening in corruption trial

Jagmeet Singh needs to win a seat in parliament before he can run for prime minister

Computer networks of Australian parliament and political parties breached in attack

EU competition commissioner says bloc is ‘unwavering’ in support for border backstop

By 1918 the SF new breed are not interested in devolution or any variety of home rule

The likes of Trump and Boris Johnson have made it impossible to satirise politics because politics is now satire

Sydney Letter: Liberals’ Wentworth byelection disaster caps a series of missteps

Prime minister says government also open to moving embassy from Tel Aviv

Labor Party, the Greens and crossbenchers combine to vote down the statement

Former army captain’s pledge to end corruption and crime appealed to voters

Sydney Letter: Public tired of PMs changing via party processes, rather than by voters

Scott Morrison is an Evangelical Christian with a tough line on asylum seekers

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Challenger Peter Dutton says he is working on renewed bid to unseat Malcolm Turnbull

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