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Karen Middleton

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Journalist|writer|broadcaster|author. Books: An Unwinnable War; Albanese-Telling it Straight. Guardian Australia Political editor. Views mine.
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By Karen Middleton Verified
| The Monthly Verified
There’s polling doing the rounds in the Liberal Party that is making people panic. Commissioned and published by the Capital Brief political news site recently, it’s a sobering reinforcement of One Nation’s ongoing rise. But it’s the figures in one particular seat that are most shocking some Liberals. Taken in June, the poll shows their party being obliterated in the previously safe New South Wales semirural seat of Hume. The incumbent there is Angus Taylor.
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Funds in high places

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By Karen Middleton Verified
| The Monthly Verified
Money’s not the only determinant of success, as proven by billionaire Clive Palmer’s astronomical campaign spending for no electoral gain, but it’s very hard to run an effective modern campaign without it. For those in the hunt for financial support, there’s always the risk that how they get it, and from whom, starts to matter less. But then “mattering less” is what makes the mess.
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The bark before the bite?

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By Karen Middleton Verified
| The Monthly Verified
In poker, it’s called the “tell”. Mannerisms, shifts in demeanour, and changes in tone or language can all betray what a player is trying to hide. In a game that rewards deception, reading opponents’ involuntary behaviours can be the difference between cleaning up and being cleaned out. The tell is instructive in politics too. It emerges in live exchanges, exposing what someone really thinks, what makes them uncomfortable or what drops their guard. A tic, a gesture, a look, an outburst.
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