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Canada's Conservatives push policies as Liberals trail

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CANADA

As Trudeau’s approval ratings continue to decline, a Conservative victory at the next election on a scale capable of producing a majority government looks increasingly possible…

Canada's left feels pressure as Liberal support falls

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CANADA

Support for the Conservatives now equals the combined support for the centre-left Liberals and the New Democratic Party (NDP), which is further left. The Conservatives are now…

Canada opposition parties gain ground as Liberals slip

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CANADA

Trudeau’s gamble in calling a federal election on his pandemic record two years earlier than necessary has raised the possibility of a change of government, as the Conservatives…

Australia's Liberals are not testing the government

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AUSTRALIA

Labor was concerned about losing Dunkley ahead of next year’s general election. However, although the Liberal-Nationals Coalition, the main opposition grouping, managed to…

Australia's Liberals see party crisis deepen

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AUSTRALIA

The result leaves the party with only two federal parliamentary seats in Australia’s second-biggest city. It followed heavy losses in state elections in New South Wales and…

Gridlock is likely as Australian minor parties rise

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AUSTRALIA

Surveys show Australians are increasingly disenchanted with their major political parties. Despite some policy successes, the governing Liberal Party continues to trail well…

Canadian Conservatives offered polarising choice

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CANADA

The race to succeed former leader Erin O’Toole, ousted in February following last year’s disappointing election performance, has already become a bitter contest between the…

Leadership race will be influenced by Ottawa protest

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CANADA

The contest to replace O’Toole is likely to be swift rather than protracted amid Conservative hopes that the protest in Ottawa against vaccine mandates, now in its twelfth day…

Political pressure may mount on Canada’s Trudeau

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CANADA

As Canada enters the second half of Trudeau’s government, with a federal election due in October 2019, the Liberal Party’s prospects of a second term in office are fair to good…

Canada’s Conservatives will struggle to oust Trudeau

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CANADA

NAFTA renegotiation is one of the main issues Conservative leader Andrew Scheer and his newly appointed shadow cabinet will tackle as the Official Opposition since his election as…