Yesterday
How the Liberals got it so wrong
A disconnect between the campaign headquarters and Peter Dutton’s travelling staff goes to the heart of the party’s most catastrophic loss at a federal election.
Radical shake-up looms for Australia’s wealth and funds sectors
Things could look vastly different by the year-end, as consolidation forces sweep the industry once again.
The companies that are winners and losers from Labor’s landslide victory
Winners include healthcare diagnostics, vehicle financiers, and developers. Mortgage insurers, fuel suppliers, and automotive firms may face challenges.
Hamish Douglass revs up his portfolio with MotorCycle Holdings
Don’t expect to see the Magellan Financial Group co-founder cruising on a chopper any time soon, but he is convinced that this two-wheel business has plenty of value.
Australian defence start-ups target Europe as it rearms
Military technology firms are profiting from geopolitical instability, with Canberra-based Penten among those hoping to win contracts in the European market.
Avalanche of demands as six more years of Labor looms
Labor and the Greens are poised to control the Senate, meaning plans to increase taxes on superannuation should pass.
Wipeout: Victorian Liberal brand damage ‘turning off candidates’
Greg Mirabella has warned Liberal faithful the party must rethink its ‘heavily factionalised’ preselection process.
How the election was won and lost (and the key voters that mattered)
Labor gained seats with a higher share of mortgagors, renters, young people and ethnic communities. The Coalition’s base is looking whiter, older and poorer.
This is why some pollsters missed the Labor landslide
Some pollsters say they overcorrected for past errors, while others underestimated the extent to which Labor supporters who voted no for the Voice would stick with Albanese.
The remarkable delays of a top Federal Court judge
Justice Bernard Murphy continues to drag out judgments, with one potential landmark case stretching for more than 850 days.
Dutton’s political legacy will be a cautionary tale of what not to do
It was a difficult task to define and sell the former opposition leader. But ultimately, Peter Dutton has only himself to blame for failing to grow into the role of a national leader.
David Rowe cartoons for May 2025
David Rowe is a multiple Walkley award-winning cartoonist. He draws a daily political cartoon and one for the Chanticleer column.
Bandt clings to hope as diminished Greens hold Senate seats
The Greens are likely to go backwards in the lower house despite increasing their national vote.
‘I just can’t vote for Dutton’: How Peter Dutton lost heartland seats
Labor went into the federal election with just five of the 30 seats in Queensland with little genuine hopes of gains. But Anthony Albanese has reclaimed prized inner-Brisbane electorates and the Coalition’s heartland outer suburbs.
Daniel in doubt as teals warn Labor’s surge should not make it cocky
Independents, who could make further gains, warn the government could face a backlash if it lets this victory go to its head.
Small business says Labor’s card surcharge ban will be inflationary
Hotel and cafe lobby groups will meet the RBA’s head of payments to raise concerns about plans for the surcharge ban this week.
Blackstone real estate operative jumps to Wentworth
Real estate debt strategies managing director Issa Chehab has left the US private capital giant after a decade.
Stunning victory is no vindication of Labor’s economic plans
Now the PM has joined the pantheon of Labor heroes, it may be naive to hope he will change policy direction. The worst outcome would be the ‘Victorianisation of Australia’.
Three reasons we missed Labor’s landslide
The polls overestimated Labor “defectors” to the Coalition and a late swing among undecided voters in the final days was hard for pollsters to pick up.
Singapore voters embrace stability as Trump roils global trade
Lawrence Wong and his team warned inviting more opposition into government could create instability at the wrong time for trade-dependent island state.