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Common(wealth) Knowledge #64(20): Greens cannabis bill to rely on intellectual property law

Is it Pesuttover? Liberals worried about Warrandyte by-election despite holding seat for 35 years

False claims about polling spreading online as support for Voice to Parliament continues to slide

Craig Kelly defeats AEC challenge over election sign font size

Victorian Greens seek to amend constitution to prevent thermal coal mining

Heston Russell disbands his Australian Values Party

Movie could be made about 'preference whisperer' Glenn Druery

Common(wealth) Knowledge #59: Daryl Maguire and the differences between ICAC and court

Common(wealth) Knowledge #57: Proposed NSW anti-protest legislation challenges constitutional rights

Fadden by-election: Could the seat turn from safe LNP to a Labor - or independent - gain?

'There's gotta be a reckoning': Labor MP speaks at event alongside Moira Deeming and Katherine Deves


Every party's stance on the Voice to Parliament - and those who have split on the issue

EXPLAINED: Anti-Nazi legislation and 'reasonable' racial vilification


Moira Deeming expelled by Victorian Liberal MPs amid potential for defamation lawsuit

All the Labor MPs calling for a JobSeeker rate increase

The 19th team: Tasmania's AFL licence all but formalised following stadium funding announcement

Multiple projects to be scrapped following a review of Australia's defence forces

NSW upper house: Jeremy Buckingham back, Latham to return, Nile gone and LDP wins its first NSW seat

Moira Deeming declares herself an Independent Liberal MP after being suspended from party

ANALYSIS: Could Liberal MPs quit over Voice opposition - and does the party's stance even matter?


Common(wealth) Knowledge #44: Labor won't form majority - so what is a confidence-and-supply deal?

Aston by-election: Labor aiming to break century-old record as Liberals try to hold onto seat

Fred Nile loses his seat after more than 4 decades in NSW's upper house

Moira Deeming refutes John Pesutto claim that she condemned Let Women Speak rally figures

NSW Decides: Chris Minns is 47th Premier, Nationals won't be in government anywhere in Australia

Common(wealth) Knowledge #43: Optional Preferential Voting in NSW

Greens senator David Shoebridge on the right to protest in Australia


Legalise Cannabis MPs distance themselves from Sophia Moermond over 'Let Women Speak' rally comments

Common(wealth) Knowledge #42: Why Australia can't ban political parties

ANALYSIS: How the NSW upper house ballot paper positions could impact who wins

Common(wealth) Knowledge #40: An independent Prime Minister - once in a teal moon

Arafura Decides: Country Liberals could win by-election in NT electorate following incumbent's death

Common(wealth) Knowledge #39: Overriding the Human Rights Act and supremacy of Parliament

One Nation and most other parties in Western Australia lose registration

Fred Nile to run for re-election in NSW despite announcing retirement

Controversy grows over the Gabba redevelopment for 2032 Olympic Games

Common(wealth) Knowledge #38: Unions 3, New South Wales 0

Common(wealth) Knowledge #37: The right to protest versus public health

Musical chairs in parliament: Does Lidia Thorpe's senate seat belong to her or The Greens?


Lidia Thorpe quits Greens: New party could be formed, Jacqui Lambie may be the biggest winner

Common(wealth) Knowledge #36: What is a First Minister?

Can you have an independent party? Elizabeth Farrelly thinks so

Common(wealth) Knowledge #35: A public healthcare debate 80 years in the making

The 88th & final seat: Narracan votes in rare supplementary election after candidate's death

LIVE: Libby Mettam takes on David Honey for WA Liberal leadership

Common(wealth) Knowledge #34: Why Edmund Barton shouldn't be forgettable

All the candidates no longer running in the NSW election

Restore Democracy Sack Dan Andrews Party founder becomes Victoria's first openly trans councillor

Former Labor MP to run for One Nation at the NSW election - but it won't be in her current seat