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Will it be ScoMo or Shorten? What to watch for in the Aussie election

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Our old mates the Australians are going to the polls on Saturday. What should we watch out for over here? Alex Braae has a cheat sheet for all the Trans-Tasman political nerds out there.  What’s all this then?  New Zealanders, all let us rejoice, because one of the weirdest democracies in the world is about … Read more

If Australia’s PM is more than empty talk on Christchurch, here’s what he must do

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Following a terrorist attack targeting NZ’s Muslim community, Scott Morrison has been keen to hug his NZ counterpart, and talked of a ‘bright stream of light to come from the darkness’. Until he overhauls Australia’s immigration and deportation policy, it’s nothing but platitude, writes Janet McAllister Ostensibly, the Aussies were there to support the Kiwis, … Read more