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Australian federal election, 2016

Index Australian federal election, 2016

The 2016 Australian federal election was a double dissolution election held on Saturday 2 July to elect all 226 members of the 45th Parliament of Australia, after an extended eight-week official campaign period. [1]

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Abbott Government

The Abbott Government was the federal executive government of Australia led by the 28th Prime Minister Tony Abbott.

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ABC (Australian TV channel)

ABC (formerly known as The ABC National Television Service or ABC-TV from 1956 until 2008, and as ABC1 from 2008 until 2014) is a national public television network in Australia.

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ABC News (Australia)

ABC News is a national news service in Australia produced by the News and Current Affairs division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

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Aggregate data

In statistics, aggregate data are data combined from several measurements.

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Alan Griffin

Alan Peter Griffin (born 23 February 1960), a former Australian politician, was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the Division of Corinella between 1993 and March 1996, and the Division of Bruce, from March 1996 until May 2016.

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Alannah MacTiernan

Alannah Joan Geraldine Cecilia MacTiernan (born 10 January 1953 in East Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian politician.

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Andrew Hastie (politician)

Andrew William Hastie (born 30 September 1982) is an Australian politician who serves as Chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security and as the Federal Member for Canning, WA in the Australian House of Representatives.

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Andrew Nikolic

Andrew Alexander Nikolic (born 20 June 1961) is a former Australian politician, retired senior Australian Army officer, and a former public servant in the Department of Defence.

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Andrew Robb

Andrew John Robb (born 20 August 1951) is a former Australian Trade Minister and was the Liberal Party member for the Division of Goldstein in the House of Representatives.

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Andrew Southcott

Andrew John Southcott (born 15 October 1967) is an Australian politician and medical practitioner.

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Andrew Wilkie

Andrew Damien Wilkie (born 8 November 1961 in Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian politician and independent federal member for Denison.

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Ann Sudmalis

Ann Elizabeth Sudmalis (née Hardinge; born 16 September 1955) is an Australian politician.

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Anna Burke

Anna Elizabeth Burke (born 1 January 1966) is a former Australian politician and current Member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.

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Anne Aly

Anne Azza Aly (born Azza Mahmoud Fawzi Hosseini Ali el Serougi, 29 March 1967) is an Australian politician who has been a Labor member of the House of Representatives since the 2016 election, representing the electorate of Cowan in Western Australia.

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Anthony Albanese

Anthony Norman Albanese (born 2 March 1963) is an Australian politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives since 1996, representing the Labor Party.

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Antony Green

Antony John Green (born 2 March 1960) is an Australian psephologist and commentator.

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Australian Associated Press

Australian Associated Press (AAP) is an Australian news agency.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) founded in 1929 is Australia's national broadcaster, funded by the Australian Federal Government but specifically independent of Government and politics in the Commonwealth.

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Australian Conservatives

The Australian Conservatives is an Australian political party formed and led by Cory Bernardi as a breakaway from the Liberal Party of Australia.

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Australian Council of Trade Unions

The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) is the largest peak body representing workers in Australia.

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Australian Electoral Commission

The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) is the federal independent agency in charge of organising, conducting and supervising federal elections and referendums.

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Australian federal election debates and forums, 2016

The Australian federal election debates of 2016 consisted of a series of leaders' debates between the leaders of the two main parties contesting the 2016 Australian federal election: Malcolm Turnbull, Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Party; and Bill Shorten, Leader of the Opposition and Labor Party.

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Australian federal election, 1901

Federal elections for the inaugural Parliament of Australia were held in Australia on Friday 29 March and Saturday 30 March 1901.

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Australian federal election, 1961

Federal elections were held in Australia on 9 December 1961.

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Australian federal election, 1987

Federal elections were held in Australia on 11 July 1987, following the granting of a double dissolution on 5 June by the Governor-General Sir Ninian Stephen.

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Australian federal election, 1990

Federal elections were held in Australia on 24 March 1990.

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Australian federal election, 2004

Federal elections were held in Australia on 9 October 2004.

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Australian federal election, 2010

A federal election was held on Saturday, 21 August 2010 for members of the 43rd Parliament of Australia.

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Australian federal election, 2013

A federal election to determine the members of the 44th Parliament of Australia took place on 7 September 2013.

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Australian Federal Police

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is the principal federal law enforcement agency of the Australian Government with a unique role to investigate crime and to protect the national security of the Commonwealth of Australia.

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Australian Greens

The Australian Greens (commonly known as The Greens) is a green political party in Australia.

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Australian Greens leadership elections

The Australian Greens have had three leadership elections in their history.

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Australian House of Representatives

The Australian House of Representatives is one of the two Houses (chambers) of the Parliament of Australia.

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Australian Labor Party

The Australian Labor Party (ALP, also Labor, was Labour before 1912) is a political party in Australia.

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Australian Labor Party leadership election, October 2013

A leadership election was held in October 2013 to select Kevin Rudd's replacement as leader of the Australian Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition.

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Australian Motoring Enthusiast Party

The Australian Motoring Enthusiast Party was an Australian political party from 2013 to 2017.

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Australian Senate

The Australian Senate is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the lower house being the House of Representatives.

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Australian Senate special election in Western Australia, 2014

A half-Senate election for the election of six Senators occurred in Western Australia on 5 April 2014.

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Barnaby Joyce

Barnaby Thomas Gerard Joyce (born 17 April 1967) is an Australian politician.

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Barnett Ministry

The Barnett Ministry was the 35th Ministry of the Government of Western Australia.

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Bernie Ripoll

Bernard Fernand Ripoll (born 6 January 1966) is a former Australian politician.

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Bert van Manen

Albertus Johannes "Bert" van Manen (born 24 March 1965) is an Australian politician.

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Bill Heffernan

William Daniel Heffernan, more commonly known as Bill Heffernan, (born 3 March 1943), is an Australian former politician, who was a Liberal Party member of the Senate, representing the state of New South Wales, from September 1996 to May 2016.

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Bill Shorten

William Richard Shorten (born 12 May 1967) is an Australian politician serving as Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of Australia, in his capacity as Leader of the Australian Labor Party, after being elected party leader at the 2013 Labor leadership ballot.

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Bob Baldwin

Robert Charles "Bob" Baldwin (born 9 March 1955) is a former Australian politician who was a member of the Australian House of Representatives for Paterson in New South Wales from March 1996 to October 1998 and again from November 2001 until May 2016, representing the Liberal Party.

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Bob Day

Robert John Day (born 5 July 1952) is an Australian former politician and businessman who was a Senator for South Australia from 1 July 2014 to 1 November 2016.

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Bob Hawke

Robert James Lee Hawke, (born 9 December 1929) is a former Australian politician who was the 23rd Prime Minister of Australia, serving from 1983 to 1991.

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Bob Katter

Robert Carl Katter (born 22 May 1945) is an Australian politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives since 1993.

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Brett Whiteley (politician)

Brett David Whiteley (born 1 July 1960, Burnie, Tasmania) is an Australian politician.

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Brian Mitchell (politician)

Brian Keith Mitchell (born 16 July 1967) is an Australian politician.

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Bronwyn Bishop

Bronwyn Kathleen Bishop (née Setright; born 19 October 1942) is a former Australian politician who was a member of federal parliament for almost 30 years – the longest period of service by a woman.

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Bruce Billson

Bruce Frederick Billson (born 26 January 1966) is a former politician who was a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives representing the Division of Dunkley in Victoria from 1996 to 2016.

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Bruce Scott (Australian politician)

Bruce Craig Scott (born 20 October 1943), the former Australian politician, was Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2012 to 2016.

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Candidates of the Australian federal election, 2016

This article lists candidates for the 2016 Australian federal election.

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Canning by-election, 2015

The 2015 Canning by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives on Saturday 19 September from 8 am to 6 pm WST.

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Caretaker government of Australia

In Australian political and constitutional terminology, a caretaker government is a government of Australia from when the House of Representatives (usually but not necessarily concurrently with the Senate) is dissolved by the Governor-General prior to a general election to a period after the election, until the next ministry is appointed.

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Casual vacancies in the Australian Parliament

In the Parliament of Australia, a casual vacancy arises when a member of either the Senate or the House of Representatives.

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Catherine King (politician)

Catherine Fiona King (born 2 June 1966), is an Australian politician, and Shadow Minister for Health and Medicare in the Federal Parliament.

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Cathy McGowan (politician)

Catherine McGowan AO (born 29 November 1953) is an Australian politician and independent MP for the rural Victorian seat of Indi since the 2013 federal election, defeating Liberal MP Sophie Mirabella.

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Cathy O'Toole

Catherine Elizabeth O'Toole (born 30 August 1956) is an Australian politician.

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Centre Alliance

Centre Alliance is a centrist Australian political party primarily active in the state of South Australia.

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Chapter I of the Constitution of Australia

Chapter I of the Constitution of Australia establishes the Parliament of Australia and its role as the legislative branch of the Government of Australia.

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Chris Bowen

Christopher Eyles Guy Bowen (born 17 January 1973) is an Australian politician who is the current Shadow Treasurer of Australia.

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Chris Uhlmann

Christopher Gerald Uhlmann (born 24 June 1960) is an Australian journalist and television presenter.

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Clean Energy Finance Corporation

The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is an Australian Government-owned Green Bank that was established to facilitate increased flows of finance into the clean energy sector.

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Clive Palmer

Clive Frederick Palmer (born 26 March 1954) is an Australian businessman and former politician.

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Coalition (Australia)

The Coalition (or Liberal–National Coalition) is an alliance of centre-right political parties that forms one of the two major groupings in Australian federal politics.

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Coming out

Coming out of the closet, or simply coming out, is a metaphor for LGBT people's self-disclosure of their sexual orientation or of their gender identity.

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Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918

The Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 is an Act of the Australian Parliament passed in 1918 which replaced the Commonwealth Franchise Act 1902, which had defined who was entitled to vote in Australian federal elections, and the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1902.

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Compulsory voting

Compulsory voting refers to laws which require eligible citizens to register and vote in national and/or local elections.

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Confidence and supply

In a parliamentary democracy based on the Westminster system, confidence and supply are required for a minority government to retain power in the lower house.

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Constitution of Australia

The Constitution of Australia is the supreme law under which the government of the Commonwealth of Australia operates, including its relationship to the States of Australia.

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Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union

The Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (CFMMEU) is Australia's main trade union in construction, forestry, maritime, mining, energy, textile, clothing and footwear production.

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Cory Bernardi

Cory Bernardi (born 6 November 1969) is an Australian politician.

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Country Fire Authority

Country Fire Authority, or CFA, is a fire service in Victoria, Australia, with other fire services being Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) and the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB).

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Country Liberal Party

The Country Liberal Party (CLP), officially the Country Liberals (Northern Territory), is a conservative political party in Australia founded in 1974, which operates solely in the Northern Territory.

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Court of Disputed Returns (Australia)

The Court of Disputed Returns in Australia is a special jurisdiction of the High Court of Australia.

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Craig Laundy

Craig Arthur Samuel Laundy (born 16 February 1971) is an Australian politician.

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Crikey

Crikey is an Australian electronic magazine comprising a website and email newsletter available to subscribers.

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Crossbencher

A crossbencher is an independent or minor party member of some legislatures, such as the British House of Lords and the Parliament of Australia.

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Damian Drum

Damian Kevin Drum (born 28 July 1960) is an Australian politician who has represented Murray in the Australian House of Representatives since the 2016 federal election as a member of The Nationals.

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David Coleman (Australian politician)

David Bernard Coleman (born 5 March 1974) is an Australian politician.

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David Feeney

David Ian Feeney (born 5 March 1970) is a former Australian politician.

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David Leyonhjelm

David Ean Leyonhjelm ("lion-helm"; born 1 April 1952) is an Australian politician who is a Senator for New South Wales, representing the Liberal Democratic Party.

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Democratic Labour Party (Australia)

The Democratic Labour Party (DLP) is a political party in Australia of the labour tradition that espouses social conservatism and opposes neo-liberalism.

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Deputy Prime Minister of Australia

The Deputy Prime Minister of Australia is the second-most senior officer in the Government of Australia.

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Derryn Hinch

Derryn Nigel Hinch (born 9 February 1944 in New Plymouth, New Zealand) is an Australian senator for Victoria and media personality, best known for his work on Melbourne radio and television.

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Derryn Hinch's Justice Party

Derryn Hinch's Justice Party, commonly known as the Justice Party, is a political party in Australia, registered for federal elections since 14 April 2016.

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Division of Adelaide

The Division of Adelaide is an Australian electoral division in South Australia and is named for the city of Adelaide, South Australia's capital.

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Division of Ballarat

The Division of Ballarat (spelt Ballaarat from 1901 until the 1977 election) is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria.

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Division of Banks

The Division of Banks is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

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Division of Barton

The Division of Barton is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

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Division of Bass

The Division of Bass is an Australian electoral division in Tasmania.

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Division of Batman

The Division of Batman is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria.

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Division of Bendigo

The Division of Bendigo is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria.

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Division of Berowra

The Division of Berowra is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

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Division of Blair

The Division of Blair is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland.

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Division of Bonner

The Division of Bonner is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland.

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Division of Boothby

The Division of Boothby is an Australian electoral division in South Australia.

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Division of Braddon

The Division of Braddon is an Australian electoral division in the state of Tasmania.

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Division of Brand

The Division of Brand is an Australian electoral division in the state of Western Australia.

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Division of Brisbane

The Division of Brisbane is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland.

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Division of Bruce

The Division of Bruce is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria.

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Division of Burt

The Division of Burt is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Western Australia.

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Division of Calare

The Division of Calare is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

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Division of Calwell

The Division of Calwell is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria.

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Division of Capricornia

The Division of Capricornia is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland.

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Division of Charlton

The Division of Charlton was an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

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Division of Chisholm

The Division of Chisholm is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria.

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Division of Corangamite

The Division of Corangamite is an Australian electoral division in the state of Victoria.

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Division of Cowan

The Division of Cowan is an Australian Electoral Division in Western Australia.

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Division of Deakin

The Division of Deakin is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria.

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Division of Denison

The Division of Denison is an Australian electoral division in Tasmania.

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Division of Dobell

The Division of Dobell is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

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Division of Dunkley

The Division of Dunkley is an Australian electoral division in the state of Victoria.

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Division of Durack

The Division of Durack is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Western Australia.

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Division of Eden-Monaro

The Division of Eden-Monaro is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

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Division of Fairfax

The Division of Fairfax is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland.

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Division of Farrer

The Division of Farrer is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

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Division of Fenner

The Division of Fenner is an Australian Electoral Division in the Australian Capital Territory and the Jervis Bay Territory.

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Division of Fisher

The Division of Fisher is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland.

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Division of Forde

The Division of Forde is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland.

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Division of Franklin

The Division of Franklin is an Australian electoral division in Tasmania.

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Division of Fraser

The Division of Fraser was an Australian Electoral Division in the Australian Capital Territory and the Jervis Bay Territory.

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Division of Fremantle

The Division of Fremantle is an electoral division of the Australian House of Representatives in Western Australia.

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Division of Gilmore

The Division of Gilmore is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

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Division of Goldstein

The Division of Goldstein is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria.

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Division of Greenway

The Division of Greenway is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

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Division of Griffith

The Division of Griffith is an electoral division for the Australian House of Representatives.

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Division of Groom

The Division of Groom is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland.

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Division of Herbert

The Division of Herbert is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland.

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Division of Higgins

The Division of Higgins is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria for the Australian House of Representatives.

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Division of Hindmarsh

The Division of Hindmarsh is an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia covering the western suburbs of Adelaide.

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Division of Hunter

The Division of Hunter is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

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Division of Indi

The Division of Indi (pronounced) is an Australian Electoral Division in northeastern Victoria.

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Division of Isaacs

The Division of Isaacs is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria.

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Division of Jagajaga

The Division of Jagajaga is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria.

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Division of Kennedy

The Division of Kennedy is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland.

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Division of Kingsford Smith

The Division of Kingsford Smith is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

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Division of La Trobe

The Division of La Trobe is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria.

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Division of Leichhardt

The Division of Leichhardt is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland.

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Division of Lilley

The Division of Lilley is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland.

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Division of Lindsay

The Division of Lindsay is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

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Division of Lingiari

The Division of Lingiari is an Australian electoral division in the Northern Territory.

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Division of Longman

The Division of Longman is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland.

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Division of Lyons

The Division of Lyons is an Australian electoral division in Tasmania.

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Division of Macarthur

The Division of Macarthur is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

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Division of Mackellar

The Division of Mackellar is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

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Division of Macquarie

The Division of Macquarie is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

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Division of Makin

The Division of Makin is an electoral division for the Australian House of Representatives located in the northeastern suburbs of Adelaide.

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Division of Maranoa

The Division of Maranoa is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland.

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Division of Maribyrnong

The Division of Maribyrnong is an Australian electoral division in the state of Victoria.

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Division of Mayo

The Division of Mayo is an Australian electoral division located to the east and south of Adelaide, South Australia.

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Division of McEwen

The Division of McEwen is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria.

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Division of McMahon

The Division of McMahon is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

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Division of Melbourne

The Division of Melbourne is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria, represented since the 2010 election by Adam Bandt, a member of the Greens.

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Division of Melbourne Ports

The Division of Melbourne Ports is an Australian federal electoral division in the inner south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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Division of Moore

The Division of Moore is an Australian electoral division in the state of Western Australia.

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Division of Moreton

The Division of Moreton is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland.

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Division of Murray

The Division of Murray is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria.

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Division of New England

The Division of New England is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

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Division of Newcastle

The Division of Newcastle is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

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Division of O'Connor

The Division of O'Connor is an Australian electoral division in the state of Western Australia.

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Division of Oxley

The Division of Oxley is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland.

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Division of Page

The Division of Page is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

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Division of Parramatta

The Division of Parramatta is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

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Division of Paterson

The Division of Paterson is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

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Division of Perth

The Division of Perth is an Australian electoral division in the state of Western Australia.

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Division of Petrie

The Division of Petrie is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland.

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Division of Rankin

The Division of Rankin is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland.

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Division of Reid

The Division of Reid is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

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Division of Richmond

The Division of Richmond is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

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Division of Robertson

The Division of Robertson is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

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Division of Shortland

The Division of Shortland is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

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Division of Solomon

The Division of Solomon is an Australian Electoral Division in the Northern Territory.

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Division of Throsby

The Division of Throsby was an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

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Division of Wakefield

The Division of Wakefield is an Australian electoral division in the state of South Australia.

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Division of Wentworth

The Division of Wentworth is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

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Division of Werriwa

The Division of Werriwa is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

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Division of Whitlam

The Division of Whitlam is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

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Division of Wide Bay

The Division of Wide Bay is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland.

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Division of Wills

The Division of Wills is an Australian electoral division of Victoria.

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DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a thread-like chain of nucleotides carrying the genetic instructions used in the growth, development, functioning and reproduction of all known living organisms and many viruses.

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Don Randall

Donald James Randall (2 May 1953 – 21 July 2015) was an Australian politician for the Liberal Party.

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Double dissolution

A double dissolution is a procedure permitted under the Australian Constitution to resolve deadlocks in the bicameral Parliament of Australia between the House of Representatives (lower house) and the Senate (upper house).

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Elections in Australia

Elections in Australia take place periodically to elect the legislature of the Commonwealth of Australia, as well as for each Australian state and territory.

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Emma Husar

Emma Husar (born 20 April 1980) is an Australian politician.

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Emma McBride

Emma Margaret McBride (born 27 April 1975) is an Australian politician.

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Eric Hutchinson (politician)

Eric Russell Hutchinson (born 19 June 1965) is a former Australian politician who represented the Division of Lyons in the Australian House of Representatives from September 2013 to July 2016 as a member of the Liberal Party of Australia.

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Ewen Jones

Ewen Thomas Jones (born 7 March 1960) is a former Australian politician representing the division of Herbert for the Liberal National Party from the 2010 federal election until the 2016 federal election.

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Fair Work Act 2009

The Fair Work Act 2009 is an Australian law passed by the Rudd Government after coming into power in 2007 to reform the industrial relations system in Australia.

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Family First Party

The Family First Party was a conservative political party in Australia, in existence from 2002 to 2017.

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Fiona Nash

Fiona Joy Nash (née Morton; born 6 May 1965) is a former Australian politician.

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Fiona Scott

Fiona Meryl Scott (born 1 March 1977) is an Australian politician.

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First Gillard Ministry

The First Gillard Ministry (Labor) was the 66th ministry of the Australian government and was led by the prime minister, Julia Gillard.

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First Rudd Ministry

The First Rudd Ministry (Labor) was the 65th ministry of the Government of Australia, and was led by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.

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First Turnbull Ministry

The First Turnbull Ministry (Liberal–National Coalition) was the 70th ministry of the Government of Australia, led by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

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First-preference votes

In ranked-voting systems, a first-preference vote (or first preference, 1st preference, or primary vote) is the individual voter's first choice amongst (possibly) many.

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Frank Fenner

Frank John Fenner, AC, CMG, MBE, FRS, FAA (21 December 1914 – 22 November 2010) was an Australian scientist with a distinguished career in the field of virology.

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Gary Gray (politician)

Gary Gray (born 30 April 1958), former Australian politician, was the Australian Labor Party representative for the Division of Brand in Western Australia in the Australian House of Representatives, from 2007 to 2016.

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Geelong Advertiser

The Geelong Advertiser is a daily newspaper circulating in Geelong, Victoria, Australia, the Bellarine Peninsula, and surrounding areas.

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Glenn Lazarus

Glenn Patrick Lazarus (born 11 December 1965) is a former professional rugby league footballer and a former Australian Senator.

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Gough Whitlam

Edward Gough Whitlam (11 July 191621 October 2014) was the 21st Prime Minister of Australia, serving from 1972 to 1975.

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Goulburn, New South Wales

Goulburn is a regional city in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia approximately south-west of Sydney, Australia, and north-east of Canberra.

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Government House, Canberra

Government House, Canberra, commonly known as Yarralumla, is the official residence of the Governor-General of Australia.

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Graham Perrett

Graham Douglas Perrett (born 5 January 1966) is an Australian Labor politician, and a member of the Australian House of Representatives in the seat of Moreton.

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Great Recession

The Great Recession was a period of general economic decline observed in world markets during the late 2000s and early 2010s.

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Griffith by-election, 2014

A by-election for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Griffith occurred on Saturday 8 February 2014.

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Group voting ticket

Group voting tickets (GVTs) simplify preferential voting in elections using the single transferable vote or the alternative vote system.

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Herald Sun

The Herald Sun is a morning newspaper based in Melbourne, Australia published by The Herald and Weekly Times, a subsidiary of News Corp Australia, itself a subsidiary of News Corp. The Herald Sun primarily serves Victoria and shares many articles with other News Corporation daily newspapers, especially those from Australia. It is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and southern New South Wales such as the Riverina and NSW South Coast, and is available digitally through its website and apps. In March 2009, the paper had a daily circulation of 530,000 from Monday to Friday.

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High Court of Australia

The High Court of Australia is the supreme court in the Australian court hierarchy and the final court of appeal in Australia.

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HuffPost

HuffPost (formerly The Huffington Post and sometimes abbreviated HuffPo) is a liberal American news and opinion website and blog that has both localized and international editions.

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Hung parliament

A hung parliament is a term used in legislatures under the Westminster system to describe a situation in which no particular political party or pre-existing coalition (also known as an alliance or bloc) has an absolute majority of legislators (commonly known as members or seats) in a parliament or other legislature.

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Ian Macfarlane (politician)

Ian Elgin Macfarlane (born 5 April 1955) is a former Australian politician who was a member of the House of Representatives from 1998 to 2016, representing the Liberal Party.

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Independent politician

An independent or nonpartisan politician is an individual politician not affiliated with any political party.

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Instant-runoff voting

Instant-runoff voting (IRV) is a voting method used in single-seat elections with more than two candidates.

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Jacqui Lambie

Jacquiline Louise Lambie (born 26 February 1971) is an Australian politician who is the leader and founder of the Jacqui Lambie Network (JLN).

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Jacqui Lambie Network

The Jacqui Lambie Network (JLN) is a political party which was formed in Australia in 2015 by former Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie.

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James Paterson (Australian politician)

James William Paterson (born 21 November 1987) is an Australian politician who has been a Senator for Victoria since 2016, representing the Liberal Party.

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Jamie Briggs

Jamie Edward Briggs (born 9 June 1977) is a former Australian politician, who represented the House of Representatives seat of Mayo for the Liberal Party of Australia from the 2008 Mayo by-election to the 2 July 2016 federal election.

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Jan McLucas

Jan Elizabeth McLucas (born 27 March 1958) is a former Australian politician.

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Jason Wood (politician)

Jason Peter Wood (born 24 May 1968), Australian politician, was elected to the Australian House of Representatives for the Division of La Trobe, Victoria for the Liberal Party of Australia at the 2004 federal election.

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Jenny Macklin

Jennifer Louise Macklin (born 29 December 1953) is an Australian politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives since 1996, representing the Division of Jagajaga for the Labor Party.

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Jill Hall

Jill Griffiths Hall (born 16 November 1949), a former Australian politician, was a Member of the Australian House of Representatives, from the 1998 until 2016, representing the seat of Shortland, New South Wales for the Australian Labor Party.

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Jim Chalmers (Queensland politician)

James Edward Chalmers (born 2 March 1978) is an Australian politician.

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Joe Bullock

Joseph Warrington Bullock (born 13 April 1955) is a former Australian politician.

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Joe Hockey

Joseph Benedict Hockey (born 2 August 1965) is the Ambassador of Australia to the United States.

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Joe Ludwig

Joseph William Ludwig (born 21 July 1959), Australian politician, was a member of the Australian Senate for the state of Queensland from July 1999 to May 2016, representing the Australian Labor Party.

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Joel Fitzgibbon

Joel Andrew Fitzgibbon (born 16 January 1962) is an Australian politician and Australian Labor Party (ALP) member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1996, representing the Division of Hunter in New South Wales.

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John Cobb (Australian politician)

John Kenneth Cobb (born 11 February 1950), Australian politician, was a National Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from November 2001 representing the Division of Parkes, and the Division of Calare from 2007 to 2016 when he retired.

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John Madigan (Australian politician)

John Joseph Madigan (born 21 July 1966) is a former Australian politician.

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Julia Banks

Julia Helen Banks (born 18 September 1962) is an Australian politician.

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Julie Collins

Julie Maree Collins (born 3 July 1971 in Hobart, Tasmania), an Australian politician, is a member of the Australian House of Representatives for the seat of Franklin since the 2007 federal election for the Australian Labor Party.

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Julie Owens

Julie Ann Owens (born 17 October 1958), Australian politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since October 2004, representing the Division of Parramatta, New South Wales.

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Justine Elliot

Maria Justine Elliot MP (born 29 July 1967), an Australian politician, is the Labor member for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Richmond since the 2004 federal election.

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Justine Keay

Justine Terri Keay (born 18 March 1975) is an Australian politician.

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Karen McNamara

Karen Jane McNamara (born 23 April 1964) is an Australian politician.

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Kate Ellis

Katherine Margaret Ellis (born 22 September 1977) is an Australian politician, representing the Division of Adelaide in the Australian House of Representatives for the Australian Labor Party since 2004.

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Katter's Australian Party

Katter's Australian Party (KAP) is a political party in Australia.

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Kelvin Thomson

Kelvin John Thomson (born 1 May 1955) is a former Australian politician.

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Kevin Hogan (politician)

Kevin John Hogan (born 11 August 1963) is an Australian politician.

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Kevin Rudd

Kevin Michael Rudd (born 21 September 1957) is a former Australian politician who was the 26th Prime Minister of Australia, serving from December 2007 to June 2010 and again from June to September 2013.

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Laurie Ferguson

Laurence Donald Thomas Ferguson (born 7 July 1952) is a former Australian politician who was an Australian Labor Party member of the House of Representatives from March 1990, representing Reid until 2010 and Werriwa until May 2016, both in New South Wales.

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Liberal Democratic Party (Australia)

The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP or Liberal Democrats) is an Australian political party founded in Canberra in 2001.

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Liberal National Party of Queensland

The Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) is a political party in Queensland, Australia.

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Liberal Party of Australia

The Liberal Party of Australia is a major centre-right political party in Australia, one of the two major parties in Australian politics, along with the centre-left Australian Labor Party (ALP).

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Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, September 2015

A motion seeking a leadership spill of the federal parliamentary leader of the Liberal Party of Australia and Prime Minister was proposed by Malcolm Turnbull, who requested the ballot on 14 September 2015.

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Linda Burney

Linda Jean Burney (born 25 April 1957) is an Australian politician, who was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Canterbury for the Australian Labor Party from 2003 to 2016, when she resigned to contest the federal seat of Barton.

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Lisa Chesters

Lisa Marie Chesters (born 11 February 1980) is an Australian politician.

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List of political parties in Australia

This article lists political parties in Australia.

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Louise Markus

Louise Elizabeth Markus (born 6 September 1958), Australian federal politician, was a member of the Australian House of Representatives, initially elected to represent the seat of Greenway in western Sydney for the Liberal Party of Australia at the 2004 federal election.

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Lower house

A lower house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house.

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Lucy Wicks (politician)

Lucy Elizabeth Wicks (born 1 January 1973) is an Australian politician.

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Luke Gosling

Luke John Gosling (born 17 September 1971) is an Australian politician and a retired Australian Army soldier.

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Luke Howarth

Luke Ronald Howarth (born 6 June 1972) is an Australian politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives since the 2013 federal election, representing the Division of Petrie.

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Luke Simpkins

Luke Xavier Linton Simpkins (born 8 June 1964) is a former Australian politician.

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Mackerras pendulum

The Mackerras pendulum was devised by the Australian psephologist Malcolm Mackerras as a way of predicting the outcome of an election contested between two major parties in a Westminster style lower house legislature such as the Australian House of Representatives, which is composed of single-member electorates and which uses a preferential voting system such as a Condorcet method or IRV.

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Majority government

A majority government is a government formed by a governing party that has an absolute majority of seats in the legislature or parliament in a parliamentary system.

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Mal Brough

Malcolm Thomas Brough (born 29 December 1961) is a former Australian politician who was the Liberal National member for the Division of Fisher in the Australian House of Representatives.

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Malcolm Fraser

John Malcolm Fraser (21 May 1930 – 20 March 2015) was an Australian politician who served as the 22nd Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 1975 to 1983 as leader of the Liberal Party.

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Malcolm Turnbull

Malcolm Bligh Turnbull (born 24 October 1954) is an Australian politician serving as the 29th and current Prime Minister of Australia and Leader of the Liberal Party since 2015.

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Mark Dreyfus

Mark Alfred Dreyfus (born 3 October 1956) is an Australian politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2007, representing the Division of Isaacs for the Labor Party.

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Mathias Cormann

Mathias Hubert Paul Cormann (born 20 September 1970) is an Australian politician who has served as a Liberal senator for Western Australia since 2007.

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Matt Keogh

Matthew James Keogh (born 11 November 1981) is an Australian Labor Member of the Australian House of Representatives.

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Matt Thistlethwaite

Matthew James Thistlethwaite (born 6 September 1972) is an Australian politician.

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Matt Williams (Australian politician)

Matthew Williams (born 28 April 1973) is a former Australian politician who was a Liberal member of the House of Representatives seat of Hindmarsh in South Australia from the 2013 election until the 2016 election.

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Medicare (Australia)

Medicare is the publicly funded universal health care system in Australia.

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Medicare card (Australia)

An Australian Medicare Card is a green-coloured plastic card (or light blue for interim cards, or light yellow for Reciprocal Health Care Agreement visitors cards) that is issued to individuals or families who are eligible to receive a rebate of medical expenses under the Australian Medicare system when they are treated privately by a doctor with a provider number.

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Melissa Parke

Melissa Parke (born 11 August 1966) is a former Australian politician.

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Melissa Price (politician)

Melissa Lee Price (born 12 December 1963) is a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives for the Division of Durack since the 2013 federal election.

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Meryl Swanson

Meryl Jane Swanson (born 3 September 1970) is an Australian politician who has represented the Division of Paterson in the Australian House of Representatives for the Australian Labor Party since the 2016 federal election.

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Methamphetamine

Methamphetamine (contracted from) is a potent central nervous system (CNS) stimulant that is mainly used as a recreational drug and less commonly as a second-line treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and obesity.

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Michael Danby

Michael David Danby (born 16 February 1955) is an Australian politician who has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since October 1998, representing the Division of Melbourne Ports, Victoria.

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Michael Ronaldson

Michael John Clyde Ronaldson (born 13 February 1954) is a former Australian politician.

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Michael Sukkar

Michael Sven Sukkar (born 11 September 1981) is an Australian politician.

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Michael Sutherland

Michael William Sutherland (born 23 October 1954) is an Australian politician who was the Speaker of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly.

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Michelle Landry

Michelle Leanne Landry (born 15 October 1962) is an Australian politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives since the 2013 federal election, representing the Division of Capricornia.

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Michelle Rowland

Michelle Anne Rowland (born 16 November 1971), an Australian politician, is a member of the Australian House of Representatives for the seat of Greenway representing the Australian Labor Party.

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Mike Freelander

Michael Randolph Freelander (born 23 April 1953) is an Australian Labor politician and former paediatrician.

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Mike Kelly (Australian politician)

Colonel Michael Joseph Kelly, (born 23 February 1960) is an Australian politician.

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Minority government

A minority government, or minority cabinet or minority parliament, is a cabinet formed in a parliamentary system when a political party or coalition of parties does not have a majority of overall seats in the parliament.

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Moving average

In statistics, a moving average (rolling average or running average) is a calculation to analyze data points by creating series of averages of different subsets of the full data set.

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Natasha Griggs

Natasha Louise Griggs (born 24 January 1969) is a former Australian politician.

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National Broadband Network

The National Broadband Network (NBN) is an Australian national wholesale open-access data network project.

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National Party of Australia

The National Party of Australia (also known as The Nationals or simply, The Nats) is an Australian political party.

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National Party of Australia (WA)

The National Party of Australia (WA) Inc is a political party in Western Australia.

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Negative gearing

Negative gearing is a form of financial leverage whereby an investor borrows money to acquire an income-producing investment and the gross income generated by the investment (at least in the short term) is less than the cost of owning and managing the investment, including depreciation and interest charged on the loan (but excluding capital repayments).

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Newcastle, New South Wales

The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the Australian state of New South Wales and includes most of the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie local government areas.

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News Corp Australia

News Corp Australia (formerly News Limited) is one of Australia's largest media companies, employing more than 8,000 staff nationwide and approximately 3,000 journalists.

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Next Australian federal election

The next Australian federal election will elect members of the 46th Parliament of Australia.

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Nick Champion

Nicholas David Champion (born 27 February 1972 in Elizabeth, South Australia), is an Australian Labor Party member of the House of Representatives seat of Wakefield since the 2007 election.

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Nick Xenophon

Nicholas Xenophon (né Xenophou; 29 January 1959) is an Australian politician who was a Senator for South Australia from 2008 to 2017.

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Nickolas Varvaris

Nickolas Varvaris (born 25 May 1974) is a former Australian politician.

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North Sydney by-election, 2015

A by-election for the Australian House of Representatives seat of North Sydney was held on 5 December 2015 from 8 am to 6 pm AEDT.

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Northcote, Victoria

Northcote is an inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 km north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District.

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Northern Territory News

The NT News is a morning tabloid newspaper based in Darwin, Australia.

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Nova Peris

Nova Maree Peris (born 25 February 1971) is an indigenous Australian athlete and former politician.

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Office of the Australian Building and Construction Commissioner

The Office of the Australian Building and Construction Commissioner (ABCC) (2005–2012) was an independent, statutory authority, responsible for monitoring and promoting workplace relations in the Australian building and construction industry.

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One vote, one value

In Australia, one vote, one value is a democratic principle widely valued in Australia and applied in electoral laws governing redistributions of electoral divisions of the House of Representatives whereby the divisions have the same number of enrolled voters, within a specified percentage of variance.

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Opposition (Australia)

In Australian parliamentary practice, the Opposition or Official Opposition is usually the official title of the second largest party or coalition of parties in the Australian House of Representatives with its leader being given the title Leader of the Opposition.

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Optional preferential voting

Optional preferential voting (OPV) is a voting system under which voters may choose to mark a preference for one candidate (effectively voting as though it were a first-past-the-post election), all candidates or any number of candidates in between.

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Orlando nightclub shooting

On, 2016, Omar Mateen, a 29-year-old security guard, killed 49 people and wounded 53 others in a terrorist attack inside Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, United States.

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Palmer United Party

The Palmer United Party (PUP) was an Australian political party formed by mining magnate Clive Palmer in April 2013 and deregistered in 2017.

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Parliament of Australia

The Parliament of Australia (officially the Federal Parliament; also known as the Commonwealth Parliament or just Parliament) is the legislative branch of the government of Australia.

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Pat Conroy (politician)

Patrick Martin Conroy (born 10 May 1979) is an Australian politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2013, representing the Labor Party.

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Pat Dodson

Patrick Lionel Djargun Dodson (born 29 January 1948) is a Senator for Western Australia.

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Pauline Hanson's One Nation

Pauline Hanson's One Nation (PHON or ONP, also One Nation or One Nation Party) is a nationalist, right-wing populist party in Australia.

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Peter Cosgrove

General Sir Peter John Cosgrove, (born 28 July 1947) is a retired senior Australian Army officer who is the 26th and current Governor-General of Australia, in office since 2014.

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Peter Dutton

Peter Craig Dutton (born 18 November 1970)Parliament of Australia (2007),.

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Peter Hendy (politician)

Peter William Hendy (born 10 January 1962) is a former Australian politician.

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Philip Ruddock

Philip Maxwell Ruddock (born 12 March 1943 in Canberra) is an Australian politician who is currently mayor of Hornsby Shire.

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Post-election pendulum for the Australian federal election, 2013

The Coalition won the 2013 federal election with 90 of 150 lower house seats on a current 17-seat, 3.65-point two-party swing, defeating the 6-year Labor government.

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Pre-election pendulum for the Australian federal election, 2016

This is a Mackerras pendulum for the 2016 Australian federal election.

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Prime Minister of Australia

The Prime Minister of Australia (sometimes informally abbreviated to PM) is the head of government of Australia.

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Proportional representation

Proportional representation (PR) characterizes electoral systems by which divisions into an electorate are reflected proportionately into the elected body.

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Psephology

Psephology (from Greek psephos ψῆφος, 'pebble', as the Greeks used pebbles as ballots) is a branch of political science which deals with the study and scientific analysis of elections.

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Rebekha Sharkie

Rebekha Carina Che Sharkie (born 24 August 1972) is an Australian politician.

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Results of the Australian federal election, 2016 (House of Representatives)

The following tables show state-by-state results in the Australian House of Representatives at the 2016 federal election, Coalition 76, Labor 69, Australian Greens 1, Nick Xenophon Team 1, Katter's Australian Party 1, with 2 independents.

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Results of the Australian federal election, 2016 (New South Wales)

This is a list of electoral division results for the Australian 2016 federal election in the state of New South Wales.

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Results of the Australian federal election, 2016 (Senate)

The 2016 Australian federal election in the Senate was part of a double dissolution election held on Saturday 2 July to elect all 226 members of the 45th Parliament of Australia, after an extended eight-week official campaign period.

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Results of the Australian federal election, 2016 (Victoria)

This is a list of electoral division results for the Australian 2016 federal election in the state of Victoria.

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Richard Di Natale

Richard Luigi Di Natale (born 6 June 1970) is an Australian Senator and leader of the Australian Greens.

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Rick Wilson (Australian politician)

Richard James Wilson (born 2 January 1966) is an Australian politician who is a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives since September 2013, representing the Division of O'Connor, Western Australia.

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Rob Mitchell (Victorian politician)

Robert George Mitchell (born 9 September 1967) is an Australian politician.

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Ross Hart (politician)

Ross Anthony Hart (born 4 June 1960) is an Australian politician.

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Ross Vasta

Ross Xavier Vasta (born 8 October 1966) is an Australian politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2010, representing the Division of Bonner for the Liberal Party.

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Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) is the professional body for general practitioners (GPs) in Australia.

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Russell Matheson

Russell Glenn Matheson (born 16 December 1958), an Australian federal politician, was a Member of the Australian House of Representatives for the seat of Macarthur representing the Liberal Party of Australia from August 2010 to July 2016.

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Same-sex marriage

Same-sex marriage (also known as gay marriage) is the marriage of a same-sex couple, entered into in a civil or religious ceremony.

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Sarah Henderson

Sarah Moya Henderson (born 4 April 1964), Illustrated Heritage Guide to The Geelong College.

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SBS World News

SBS World News is the news service of the Special Broadcasting Service in Australia.

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Scott Morrison

Scott John Morrison (born 13 May 1968) is an Australian politician.

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Second Rudd Ministry

The Second Rudd Ministry (Labor) was the 68th ministry of the Australian government, led by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.

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Section 13 of the Constitution of Australia

Section 13 of the Constitution of Australia provides for three aspects of the terms of members of the Australian Senate, the timing of elections, the commencement date of their terms and for the Senate to allocate 6 and 3-year terms following a double dissolution of the Parliament of Australia.

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Shadow Cabinet of Australia

The Shadow Cabinet of Australia (also known in the Coalition as the Opposition Front Bench) is a group of senior Opposition spokespeople who are regarded as the alternative Cabinet to the Cabinet of Australia, whose members shadow or mark each individual Minister or portfolio of the Government.

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Sharman Stone

Sharman Nancy Stone (née Bawden; born 23 April 1951) is a former Australian politician who represented Murray in the Australian House of Representatives between March 1996 and May 2016 as a member of the Liberal Party.

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Shayne Neumann

Shayne Kenneth Neumann (born 26 August 1961) is an Australian politician.

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Single transferable vote

The single transferable vote (STV) is a voting system designed to achieve proportional representation through ranked voting in multi-seat organizations or constituencies (voting districts).

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Single-member district

A single-member district or single-member constituency is an electoral district that returns one officeholder to a body with multiple members such as a legislature.

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South Australia

South Australia (abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia.

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South Windsor, New South Wales

South Windsor is a suburb of the town of Windsor, on the outskirts of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

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Spoilt vote

In voting, a ballot is considered spoilt, spoiled, void, null, informal, invalid, or stray if a law declares or an election authority determines that it is invalid and thus not included in the vote count.

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Stephen Conroy

Stephen Michael Conroy (born 18 January 1963) is a former Australian politician who was an Australian Labor Party member of the Senate from 1996 to 2016, representing the state of Victoria.

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Steve Georganas

Steven Georganas (born 13 June 1959) is an Australian politician and is the Australian Labor Party member for the House of Representatives seat of Hindmarsh in South Australia from the 2004 election until the 2013 election.

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Sunday Mail (Adelaide)

The Sunday Mail (originally titled the Mail) is an Adelaide newspaper first published on 4 May 1912 by Clarence Moody.

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Susan Lamb

Susan Lamb (born 23 March 1972) is an Australian politician.

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Susan Templeman

Susan Raye Templeman (born 30 July 1963) is an Australian politician.

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Swing (Australian politics)

The term swing refers to the extent of change in voter support, typically from one election or opinion poll to another, expressed as a positive or negative percentage point.

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Ted O'Brien (Australian politician)

Edward Lynam "Ted" O'Brien (born 7 May 1974) is an Australian politician.

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Television presenter

A presenter is a person who introduces or hosts television programs (or segments thereof such as an infomercial advertiser).

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Teresa Gambaro

Teresa Gambaro (born 29 November 1958) is an Australian former politician and member of the Liberal National Party.

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Terri Butler

Terri Megan Butler (born 28 November 1977) is an Australian industrial lawyer, politician and member for the Division of Griffith in the Australian House of Representatives.

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The Advertiser (Adelaide)

The Advertiser is a conservative, daily tabloid-format newspaper published in the city of Adelaide, South Australia.

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The Age

The Age is a daily newspaper that has been published in Melbourne, Australia, since 1854.

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The Australia Institute

The Australia Institute is a progressive Australian think tank conducting public policy research, funded by grants from philanthropic trusts, memberships and commissioned research.

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The Australian

The Australian is a broadsheet newspaper published in Australia from Monday to Saturday each week since 14 July 1964.

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The Australian Financial Review

The Australian Financial Review (sometimes abbreviated to AFR) is an Australian business and finance newspaper published by Fairfax Media six days a week.

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The Betoota Advocate

The Betoota Advocate is an Australian satirical news website.

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The Canberra Times

The Canberra Times is a daily newspaper, published by Fairfax Media in Canberra.

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The Conversation (website)

The Conversation is an independent, not-for-profit media outlet that uses content sourced from the academic and research community.

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The Courier-Mail

The Courier-Mail is a daily tabloid newspaper published in Brisbane, Australia.

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The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)

The Daily Telegraph is an Australian daily tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, by Nationwide News Limited, a division of News Corp Australia, formerly News Limited.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Mercury (Hobart)

The Mercury is a centre-right daily newspaper, published in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, by Davies Brothers Pty Ltd, part of News Corp Australia and News Corp.

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The Newcastle Herald

The Newcastle Herald (branded as The Herald) is a local tabloid newspaper published daily, Monday to Saturday, in Newcastle, New South Wales, the largest non-capital city in Australia.

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The Sun-Herald

The Sun-Herald is an Australian newspaper published in tabloid or compact format on Sundays in Sydney by Fairfax Media.

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The Sunday Mail (Brisbane)

The Sunday Mail is Brisbane's only Sunday newspaper.

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The Sunday Times (Western Australia)

The Sunday Times, owned by Seven West Media, is a tabloid Sunday newspaper printed in Perth and distributed throughout Western Australia.

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The Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) is a daily compact newspaper published by Fairfax Media in Sydney, Australia.

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The West Australian

The West Australian, widely known as The West (Saturday edition: The Weekend West) is the only locally edited daily newspaper published in Perth, Western Australia, and is owned by Seven West Media (SWM), as is the state's other major newspaper, The Sunday Times.

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Tony Abbott

Anthony John Abbott (born 4 November 1957) is an Australian politician who served as the 28th Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 2013 to 2015.

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Tony Windsor

Antony Harold Curties Windsor (born 2 September 1950) is a former Australian politician.

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Tony Zappia

Antonio Zappia (born 13 June 1952) is a ten-time Australian powerlifting champion and the Australian Labor Party member for the House of Representatives seat of Makin in South Australia since the 2007 election.

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Trent Zimmerman

Trent Moir Zimmerman (born 15 October 1968) is an Australian politician.

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Turnbull Government

The Turnbull Government is the federal executive government of Australia, led by the 29th Prime Minister of Australia, Malcolm Turnbull.

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TV Tonight

TV Tonight is an Australian-based website which features reviews, news and programming information related to television in Australia as well as OzTAM ratings information.

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Two-party-preferred vote

In Australian politics, the two-party-preferred vote (TPP or 2PP) is the result of an election or opinion poll after preferences have been distributed to the highest two candidates, who in some cases can be independents.

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Upper house

An upper house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature (or one of three chambers of a tricameral legislature), the other chamber being the lower house.

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Victoria (Australia)

Victoria (abbreviated as Vic) is a state in south-eastern Australia.

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Warren Entsch

Warren George Entsch (born 31 May 1950) is an Australian politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives from 1996 to 2007 and since 2010, representing the Division of Leichhardt.

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Warren Snowdon

Warren Edward Snowdon (born 30 March 1950) is an Australian politician.

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Warren Truss

Warren Errol Truss (born 8 October 1948) is a former Australian politician who served as the 16th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development in the Abbott Government and the Turnbull Government.

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Wayne Swan

Wayne Maxwell Swan (born 30 June 1954) is an Australian politician who was the Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and the Deputy Leader of the Labor Party from 2010 to 2013, and the Treasurer of Australia from 2007 to 2013.

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Western Sydney

Western Sydney is a major region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Westminster system

The Westminster system is a parliamentary system of government developed in the United Kingdom.

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Writ of election

A writ of election is a writ issued ordering the holding of an election.

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Wyatt Roy

Wyatt Beau Roy (born 22 May 1990) is a former Australian parliamentarian.

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Yahoo7

Yahoo7 (originally Yahoo!7 until late-2014) is a 50-50 partnership between global internet company, Yahoo! and Australian entertainment and television broadcasting company, Seven West Media.

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2016 Australian federal budget

The 2016 Australian federal budget was the federal budget to fund government services and operations for the 2016–17 financial year.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_federal_election,_2016

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