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Exclusief: Poging om niet-gebonden partij te registreren met identieke naam als grassroots-groep volgt op plan van Avi Yemini om 'Free Palestine party' te gebruiken om stemmen naar One Nation te sluizen Krijg onze breaking news e-mail, gratis app of dagelijkse nieuwspodcast Muslim Votes Matter (MVM) heeft een klacht ingediend bij de Victorian Electoral Commission over een anonieme poging om een politieke partij onder dezelfde naam te registreren voorafgaand aan de staatsverkiezingen, waarbij de groep beschuldigt de kiezers doelbewust te misleiden. MVM werd vóór de federale verkiezingen van 2025 opgericht als een grassroots-belangenbehartigings- en lobbybeweging, als reactie op zorgen over het gebrek aan politieke vertegenwoordiging voor moslims en minderheidsgroepen in Australië. Lees verder...

• Debatten over afscheiding werden overschaduwd door onthullingen dat een groep met banden met separatisten toegang heeft gekregen tot de lijst van kiezers • De illegale ഉപയോഗ van kiezersinformatie door rightwing separatisten in de provincie Alberta heeft nieuwe zorgen gewekt over de electorale integriteit van Canada, doordat waardevolle en "ongelooflijk vertrouwelijke" persoonlijke gegevens gemakkelijk toegankelijk zijn geworden voor kwaadwillende actoren, waarschuwden beveiligingsexperts. • Het datalek, een van de grootste in de Canadese geschiedenis, heeft geleid tot waarschuwingen voor een "echt angstaanjagend" nieuw slagveld op het gebied van informatie, overreding en buitenlandse inmenging in reeds verzwakte democratische systemen. Lees verder...

Focus group sceptical that replacing Keir Starmer would improve party’s fortunes, with some drawn to Reform or the GreensUK politics – liveAs Keir Starmer faces the prospect of a leadership challenge, former Labour voters in a Birmingham constituency were last week feeling nervous about what could come next.A month ago, the group from Birmingham Yardley had very little good to say about the prime minister, comparing him to a rat or a donkey. They said they felt he had let them down. Continue reading...

Former Liberal party leader resigned as member for Farrer after she was dumped as opposition leader. Follow updates liveThe upcoming federal budget will include an extra $2bn over four years to fund infrastructure like roads, water, power and sewerage that will help build up to 65,000 new homes, the Albanese government announced on Saturday night.The new funding, to be formally announced on Tuesday, will help fund necessary infrastructure to finish housing projects that would otherwise face expensive hurdles. It will be provided to local governments and state utility providers, and a quarter of those funds, some $500m, will be reserved exclusively for regional Australia.Building more homes is a big focus of this Budget and a big focus of the Albanese Government. …Right now, it’s too hard for too many Australians to get into their own home and get ahead and that’s why we’re investing in supply. Our housing plan is pro-aspiration and it’s pro-investment.We are considering options for the safe repatriation of the four Australians and permanent resident. Our priority is the safety of the community. Continue reading...

Disregard from UK Labour and struggling public services are just some of reasons behind ‘astonishing’ collapseUK politics live – latest updatesBy Friday night, Keir Starmer and much of the Westminster Labour group were quietly relieved that the local election results in England hadn’t been quite as bad as feared. In Wales, however, Labour’s collapse in the Senedd was even more total than the most pessimistic predictions.For more than 100 years, Welsh Labour was the democratic world’s most successful election-winning machine, but the political behemoth limped into third place this week with just nine seats in a 96-seat parliament. A new chapter in Wales’s political and cultural history has opened: pro-independence Plaid Cymru is set to form a minority government. Continue reading...

• Virginia's Supreme Court invalidated a voter-approved congressional redistricting map on Friday that would have given Democrats significant gains in the 2026 midterm elections. • The map would have provided Democrats an advantage in 10 House districts while leaving only one safe Republican seat, potentially delivering Democrats as many as four additional congressional seats. • The ruling represents a major setback for House Democrats and a significant victory for Republicans as the midterm elections approach, with implications for control of Congress.

• Virginia's Supreme Court ruled on Friday to invalidate a new congressional map passed by voters in April that favored Democrats, handing a major win to Republicans ahead of midterm elections. • The rejected map would have created 10 House districts advantageous to Democrats, leaving only one safe Republican seat, according to CBS News analysis. • The decision reverses a voter initiative and bolsters Republican chances in Virginia's congressional races, as noted by Fox News legal correspondent Shannon Bream and CBS election law expert David Becker.