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The foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, travelled to Japan today as part of another diplomatic tour to secure Australiaâs fuel and energy supply chains. The government has said Australia has more fuel now than before the Iran war.
The big defence spend continued, with the government promising three-quarters of a billion dollars to build 268 new Bushmasters in Bendigo, Victoria, over the next seven years to 2033.
NSW police said they believe two children have died after a fire tore through a home in Bowen Mountain, at the foot of the Blue Mountains, overnight. Emergency services were called just after 2am amid reports of a fire. A man and four children were able to escape the house, but two others were unaccounted for at the time.
Victorian Liberals to preference One Nation at state election
The Victorian Liberals are planning to preference One Nation ahead of Labor as a default position at the November state election, in a move former premier Steve Bracks warns will legitimise support for Pauline Hanson’s party and hasten the collapse of the traditional centre-right party.
Although a final decision on preferences will be made on a seat-by-seat basis by the Liberal Party’s five-person state strategy committee once nominations close, two sources with knowledge of the committee’s thinking said that, in the absence of a particularly odious candidate or other exceptional circumstances, One Nation would be favoured ahead of Labor.
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'Brand damage' risk as Liberals preference One Nation
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Liberal leaders are chancing the wrath of traditional swing voters to restore their fleeing base after the party preferenced One Nation for federal and state by-elections.
The Liberals' how-to-vote cards favour One Nation's David Farley over community independent candidate Michelle Milthorpe for the Farrer by-election on May 9.
Former Victorian Liberal deputy director turned pollster Tony Barry said the party was in a fight for survival and compared its stewardship to driving a "car with no brakes".
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