Today
Where the election will be won and lost
Saturday’s election will be a fight with three acts: Labor versus Coalition, Labor versus Greens and Coalition versus teal.
Yesterday
No deals: Leaders pledge to go it alone
Peter Dutton has joined Anthony Albanese and ruled out cutting any deals on policy should he be in a position to form minority government
What the crossbench will demand from a minority government
The next government will face pressure for greater action on climate change and reform of negative gearing in the event of one of the major parties falling short of numbers.
This Month
Budget will get worse before it gets better under Coalition
A surprise new $3.6 billion tax on vaping and a massive $17 billion cut to the public service will not prevent a Coalition government posting bigger budget deficits.
Please exclaim: Hanson’s surging support set to pay off in Senate
One Nation could double its Senate numbers as the right-wing minor party pulls in disaffected voters.
April
Labor’s path to majority emerges as Albanese fights to stem losses
Labor and Liberal strategists believe a huge number of key seats remain on a knife edge just days out from polling day.
Mark Carney’s anti-Trump victory fuels Labor hopes
Anthony Albanese has promised to build ties with Canada, as Malcolm Turnbull said Canberra and Ottawa should work more closely together against Donald Trump.
Has welcome to country worn out its welcome?
Acknowledgement of Indigenous Australians is the latest target of Peter Dutton’s war on woke, but the prime minister’s response was perhaps more telling.
Albanese and Dutton pause campaigns for Anzac Day services
The prime minister attended the dawn service at the War Memorial in Canberra, while the opposition leader was at Pine Rivers RSL in his Brisbane electorate of Dickson.
Albanese right at home in the ‘mild’ west
Big business breakfast? It was more a Labor love-in when Anthony Albanese fronted Kerry Stokes’ shindig in Perth.
‘Not fit to fight’: The blind spots in Australia’s defence capability
The government is spending on big and expensive equipment such as submarines, but critics say vital conflict weapons such as drones and missiles need priority.
Dutton’s defence boost raises more questions than it answers
Peter Dutton has thrown down the gauntlet to Labor to increase defence spending.
Dutton to pay for $21b defence boost through income tax hike
The statement comes less than a week after the opposition leader said his “aspiration” was to index tax brackets to eliminate bracket creep and lower income tax.
Dutton’s $21b boost for defence
The Coalition will set targets to lift defence spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP by 2030, and 3 per cent within a decade.
Papal pause comes at worst time for Dutton
Anthony Albanese, who has re-embraced his Catholic faith in recent years, has been ahead of the opposition leader in responding to Pope Francis’ death.
Russia will try again for a South-East Asian airbase, say strategists
Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam could be pressured, according to military analysts, after Indonesia rebuffed a Moscow request for a military presence.
Dutton plans two-step defence boost as Russia concerns linger
The Coalition is set to unveil its promised defence spending boost this week before Anzac Day, amid questions over Moscow’s bid for an airbase in Indonesia.
13 days to go: Albanese’s running on adrenaline
Anthony Albanese’s Easter Sunday brought together the three faiths in life: the Catholic Church, South Sydney and the Labor Party.
Dutton’s ‘machismo’ hurting him with middle Australia: Albanese
In an interview with one of the world’s most popular political podcasts, Anthony Albanese predicts the Coalition will not win back teal seats it lost in 2022.
Dutton, McKenzie own up to foreign policy gaffes
The Coalition leader and opposition transport spokeswoman both apologised for blunders involving overseas leaders.