Election 2016

All the stories on Independent Australia from the Federal election 2016 - the longest election campaign since 1984.

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Fairfax revenge: The Age attacks — and airs its political bias in Melbourne Ports

31 July 2016, 6:00pm A dispute over the erection of campaign bunting and corflutes on the eve of a ...  

Millionaire Mal and the fortunes of the Liberal Party

18 July 2016, 12:00pm David Tyler discusses the Coalition's continuing civil war between its own fa ...  

Cruel arithmetic and the future of Turnbull: Herbert holds the key

18 July 2016, 10:00am The Coalition under Malcolm Turnbull have gained a bare majority of 76 seats — ...  

Racism: Pauline Hanson is the symptom, not the problem

12 July 2016, 4:30pm It's easy to vilify Pauline Hanson because she is a parochial wind bag but it ...  

Sexist Michael Kroger's put down of Cathy McGowan and Independents

12 July 2016, 12:30pm In a repugnant and patronising radio interview Liberal boss Michael Kroger showed ...  

Five uneasy pieces on the mainstream media and the election

12 July 2016, 12:00pm Dr David Stephens examines the role of the mainstream media in the federal elec ...  

Turnbull: The ballad of the small government and the big nothing

11 July 2016, 11:30am Jed Hutchinson discusses whether Malcolm Turnbull was the man to reverse the ...  

The Coalition, Hanson's resurrection and the rise of racism

11 July 2016, 7:30am Hanson's resurgence combined with a Coalition Government and a renewed racialised ...  

A weakened Coalition with Hanson's politics on the table

10 July 2016, 8:40am The resurgence of Pauline Hanson reflects disillusionment with mainstream politics ...  

James Ashby: Pauline Hanson's hand grenade

7 July 2016, 12:01am A hand grenade is about to enter the House and its name is James Ashby, writes ...  

A hung parliament and climate action: The pressing need for leadership

6 July 2016, 4:30pm A bipartisan climate platform may be Turnbull’s last chance to make a mark on his ...  

Another hung parliament for Australia or was that just a warm-up vote?

6 July 2016, 11:30am Uncrumple those how-to-vote cards and wake up Antony Green, we’re going back to ...  

Is Nick Xenophon the car industry's X factor?

6 July 2016, 7:30am Australia's automotive industry can still be saved and Nick Xenophon might be the ...  

Election blame game

5 July 2016, 4:30pm Peter Wicks discusses the political fallout following the Coalition's election ...  

Chocolates, bananas, ionising radiation and a nuclear waste dump

5 July 2016, 11:30am On the matter of ionising radiation and health, Noel Wauchope rebuts five ...  

Australians deliver reality check for major parties in cliffhanger election

5 July 2016, 7:30am John Passant discusses Australia's close election result and what is says about ...  

Is a Labor Government looking likely?

4 July 2016, 11:31am As Australia waits for an election result and many pundits continue to predict a ...  

Senator Sinodinos, don't forget ...

4 July 2016, 7:30am Constituent P. Miles emails Arthur Sinodinos to remind him to vote and then ...  

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