Bloodbath? Why Liberals may face SA ruin at federal election
The Liberals were already humiliated at the SA election – but things could get much worse after the federal poll, writes Paul Starick.
The Liberals were already humiliated at the SA election – but things could get much worse after the federal poll, writes Paul Starick.
If nothing else, this opening salvo of the election campaign should show even its harshest critics that the Coalition is not to be written off and underestimating the Prime Minister is a mistake.
When the federal election is finally called, Australians need to strap themselves in for the most personal political campaign in recent history.
In modern politics the focus is on image, which leaves us with the unenviable task of working out what the person stands for, writes Mike O’Connor.
THE Courier-Mail/Galaxy poll contains more good news than bad for the Coalition but there is one flashing amber light they should take note of.
AN eight-week election campaign is a long time without an end in sight but one party is plodding along with perfectly paced events and a better handle on distractions.
HERE is a slam dunk example of a political leader who either deliberately misled voters or simply didn’t know the ramifications of his own policy, indeed the central policy he is campaigning on.
OPINION: It’s still more than a month to the federal election, but Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and rival Bill Shorten may tonight just strike their biggest challenge.
A UNION member has been dumped as a Labor candidate in the west – and Bill Shorten may yet regret it.
YOUNG people have so much to say on social media so why won’t they speak up when it really matters?
FOR Green Jim Casey, protest rejects the role of parliament in promoting positive changes that impact on real people, says Anthony Albanese.
OPINION: Some things never change in party politics. The example of just one federal election candidate shows that rank, unfair opportunism is one of them .
PUT “sex’’ in front of “party’’ and you have to concede more traditional prefixes such as Labor and Liberal can suddenly appear to lack imaginative appeal. But, as we see with the Pirate Party, names can be deceiving.
WITH 51 days spread before us, it’s time to take our first breather from this election campaign – sit down with a double espresso and wonder if we should take the weekend off.
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