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Originally Published 4 months ago — by politico.eu
The Labor Party is on track to win the upcoming Norway election, amidst various international political developments including the EU Commission's stance on Israel's Gaza conflict and global autocrats' discussions on longevity. The article provides an overview of the political landscape and international relations.
Originally Published 1 year ago — by Daily Mail
Radio host Ray Hadley speculates that Anthony Albanese's proposal to Jodie Haydon may be a tactic to divert attention from the drama within the Labor Party, but his colleague Ben Fordham dismisses the theory. Meanwhile, calls for Immigration Minister Andrew Giles to resign have grown following revelations about crimes committed by dangerous detainees released by a High Court ruling. Albanese, who recently split from his ex-wife, met Haydon in early 2020 and proposed to her on Valentine's Day, making him the first Australian leader to get engaged while in office.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by Newsday
Norway's conservative opposition party, Hoeyre, led by former Prime Minister Erna Solberg, has won the local elections, surpassing the governing Labor Party locally for the first time since 1924. Hoeyre received 25.9% of the votes, while Labor Party secured 21.7%. The right-wing Progress Party came in third with 11.4% of the votes. The blue center-right bloc, consisting of Hoeyre, the Progress Party, the Christian Democrats, and the Liberals, advanced 10 percentage points overall, while the center-left red side lost 11.6 percentage points. This marks a significant shift in Norwegian politics and sets the stage for a potential change in government in the future.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by The Times of Israel
Labor Party chairwoman Merav Michaeli criticized Channel 14, a right-wing news network affiliated with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government, for implying impropriety on the part of two Israeli soldiers who were killed on duty. The network's military correspondent, Hallel Bitton Rosen, had commented that putting a male and female soldier alone on guard duty for 12 hours at night was problematic. Michaeli also criticized ultra-Orthodox media for censoring one of the soldiers' faces in its coverage of the attack for religious reasons.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by Reuters
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's Labor party won a by-election for the lower house federal seat of Aston in Melbourne's eastern suburbs, a 100-year first, with a swing of more than 6%, in a blow to the conservative Liberal-National opposition coalition in one of its traditional strongholds in Victoria state. Despite calling the election result "a historic win", Albanese said his government would remain grounded and not "get carried away".