Editor's note

Political observers rejoice: ‘Super Saturday’ has arrived. Voters are now heading to the polls in five federal byelections, the results of which could have implications for Bill Shorten’s Labor party leadership and the timing of the next federal election.

Votes for Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party could prove critical in the knife-edge contest for the Queensland seat of Longman, currently held by Labor.

Our latest FactCheck explores deputy opposition leader Tanya Plibersek’s claim that this year, Hanson has voted “effectively 100% of the time with the Turnbull Government”. As lead author Adrian Beaumont and blind reviewer Zareh Ghazarian report, the figure is between 83-86%.

Lucinda Beaman

FactCheck Editor

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One Nation leader Pauline Hanson and deputy opposition leader Tanya Plibersek. AAP/DARREN ENGLAND, AAP/GLENN HUNT

FactCheck: has Pauline Hanson voted 'effectively 100% of the time with the Turnbull government' in 2018?

Adrian Beaumont, University of Melbourne

Ahead of Saturday's crucial byelections, senior Labor Party figures have described a vote for Pauline Hanson's One Nation party as a vote for the Coalition. What do the records show?

Nine-Fairfax deal

After the Nine-Fairfax deal, who will shape Melbourne like The Age once did?

Jo Chandler, University of Melbourne

The Age Charter of Editorial Independence – the first document of its type in Australia – first emerged in 1988. It was defended time and again over the following three decades.

#NineFairfax deal end of an era for Australia's media titans

Bridget Griffen-Foley, Macquarie University

Two companies with very different histories and cultures will now be forced to work together in search of efficiencies and revenue in a brutal media landscape.

A modern tragedy: Nine-Fairfax merger a disaster for quality media

Denis Muller, University of Melbourne

The merger signals the death of Fairfax, and is the most consequential change in Australian media ownership in 31 years.

Paul Keating unleashes vitriolic attack on Nine's takeover of Fairfax

Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra

Keating said that for more than half a century, Nine had never done other than display "the opportunism and ethics of an alley cat."

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