Infighting re-erupts in Australian government

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The factional warfare is a symptom of a deeper political crisis, which has seen governments, both Liberal-National and Labor, fall in rapid succession since 2007.

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The Sydney University think-tank launched a new project amid intense pressure by Washington on Canberra not to turn away from the US alliance.

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A disqualification of Assistant Health Minister David Gillespie, a National Party MP, could reduce the government to minority status.

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The turmoil is an expression of the explosive social tensions produced by Prime Minister Peter O’Neill’s government during the past two years.

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Malcolm Turnbull’s July 10 address was an obvious bid to rebuke his predecessor Tony Abbott, underscoring the rifts tearing apart the Liberal Party.

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The electoral watchdog’s resignation is further evidence that Prime Minister O’Neill’s government is trying to cling to power through fraud.

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The sudden departure of the two deputy leaders of the Greens underscores the deepening crisis of the party and the entire parliamentary set-up.

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A witch hunt has been launched to identify every member of parliament who was born overseas or might have dual citizenship.

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