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AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | With conscience issues likely to come to parliament in the coming term, Bob Katter and Clive Palmer have given their members some flexibility.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Tony Abbott has laid out his plan for a coalition government, should it win power on 7 September, at the official Liberal election campaign.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Tony Abbott’s plan to buy boats from Indonesian fishermen to stop them being used by people smugglers shows his lack of understanding, Jakarta says.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | A leading economist believes the coalition needs to find $30 billion of savings, rather than the $70 billion suggested by Labor.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | A Guardian Lonergan poll suggests the coalition could pick up Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s Brisbane seat of Griffith.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Right back from when he danced with Kerri-Anne Kennerley on morning TV back on the campaign trail in April 2007, resurrected Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has never stopped at an attempt to show he’s a ‘hip’ politician. KIEL EGGING picks out five of K-Rudd’s best attempts ...

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | The second leaders’ forum between Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott has put further spark into the policy costings debate.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Four members of the WikiLeaks Party’s governing National Council have resigned, following the decision of Victorian Senate candidate Leslie Cannold to quit over a dispute over preferences.

WikiLeaks Senate candidate Dr Leslie Cannold has resigned from the party in the aftermath of an internal party dispute over the organisation's allocation of preferences.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Opposition Leader Tony Abbott concedes that some of his colleagues have been “slow to adjust” to his PPL, but is confident they will get on side.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott have made their YouTube music debut alongside a host of Australian politicians, starring in Canberra band Super Best Friends clip for their latest single ‘Round and Round’.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | The Liberal candidate for the safe Labor seat of Charlton in NSW, Kevin Baker, has quit over an inappropriate website he ran which contained offensive material, including references to domestic violence, incest and child abuse.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | A café full of mums and bubs provided the perfect setting for Tony Abbott to launch his paid parental scheme.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Deputy Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Labor is focused on its plans for Australia’s future rather than opinion polls.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Labor has pounced on the coalition’s delayed policy costings and spooked that $70 billion of cuts could spark a recession.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | The WikiLeaks Party has accidentally preferenced two right wing parties ahead of the Greens in the NSW Senate ticket.

ELECTION13 | Three candidates with terminal illnesses have launched the Voluntary Euthanasia Party in Sydney today, with the aim of expanding the political movement worldwide.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | The Australian Greens have launched their UK campaign this week in order to encourage Australian expats in London to vote Green in the imminent federal election. Former Greens Hobart City Councillor and campaign leader, Mat Hines, believes expats in London may be key to determining the ...

ELECTION13 | Recent polling suggests that former Queensland Premier Peter Beattie will be defeated in the electorate of Forde at the federal election on 7 September.

OPINION | Why Australian expats living in the UK should make their vote count in the 2013 federal election.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 2013 |The opposition has defended its Direct Action plan, saying the climate policy can meet the coalition's targets for cutting CO2 pollution.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | American pop star Katy Perry blindsided Opposition Tony Abbott on Australian radio yesterday with questions regarding his policy on gay marriage.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 2013 | Labor and the coalition say there won’t be any minority government deals after the Australian federal election.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | In his third gaffe in as many days, Opposition Leader and Prime Ministerial hopeful Tony Abbott has described gay marriage as “the fashion of the moment” while defending his stance on the issue.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Opposition Leader Tony Abbott admits he was "a bit exuberant" when referring to the sex appeal of a female Liberal candidate.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 2013 | Aussie expats in the UK will able to vote in the 2013 Australian election by using pre-polling facilities at the Australian High Commission or, if eligible, by submitting a postal vote.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Australian opposition leader Tony Abbott has found himself at the centre of global attention after "suppository of wisdom" gaffe.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Shadow treasurer Joe Hockey says the coalition needs to carefully consider the risks to the economic outlook.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has made his first visit to Penrith in the key western Sydney marginal seat of Lindsay, touting the ‘sex appeal’ of Liberal candidate Fiona Scott.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | He’s easily the most popular Australian politician on Twitter, but a close look at Kevin Rudd’s followers shows not all are genuine.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says he wasn’t told he couldn’t use notes in the leaders’ debate although Tony Abbott says they weren’t worth reading.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | As the 2013 election looms we take an in-depth look at the two leaders going head to head, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | The prime minister and opposition leader have had a dead-heat in the first leaders’ debate of the election campaign.

Tony Abbott should confirm a coalition conscience vote on same-sex marriage or risk inner-city seats, gay rights group Australian Marriage Equality (AME) says, as Kevin Rudd commits to introducing same-sex marriage legislation.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | The Opposition have called on the Rudd government to withdraw advertisements regarding reforms to their asylum seeker policy, which were paid for with public funds.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott will face off on Sunday night in the first debate of the federal election campaign.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Former Queensland premier Peter Beattie is making a political comeback, running for Labor in the Brisbane seat of Forde in the federal election.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is being thin-skinned and needs to accept media outlets won't always back him or Labor, the opposition says.

A how-to guide for Australians living in London and the UK on how to enrol, register as an overseas voter or take your name off the election roll. Information on how to vote in the UK for the 2013 Australian federal election, in person at Australia House or by postal ...

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Footage of federal Liberal candidate for the NSW swing seat of Greenway Jaymes Diaz bumbling his way through a Network Ten interview during his campaign trail has gone viral across the internet.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | The major parties have urged Australians in the UK to make their vote count in the 7 September federal election, with overseas voters likely to play a key role in deciding tightly contested seats.

INTERVIEW | Australian Sex Party founder Fiona Patten talks to Australian Times about civil liberties, censorship and the conservative nature of Australian politics

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | With the announcement of the 7 September election, Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott have made a first pitch to voters.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | With the Australian federal election announced for 7 September 2013, we look at the major parties position on key issues for voters.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Voters should back the Liberal National candidate if they don’t want to see another hung parliament, coalition Leader Tony Abbott says.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has launched an appeal to Muslim voters in western Sydney, claiming that he is a "sworn enemy" of those that attempt to divide the nation on the basis of race or culture.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says Rupert Murdoch has made his anti-Labor stance clear and his News Corp papers are free to say what they will.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Labor and the coalition are finally in a real election campaign, having spent the past weeks honing their messages for the hustings, writes Paul Osborne AAP Senior Political Writer.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Australians will go to the polls on 7 September, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has announced.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appeared via video link in Melbourne’s Fitzroy library to announce the Australian WikiLeaks Party’s plan to run for the Senate.