Today
‘Debt $40b lower under us,’ Liberals claim
The Coalition is promising to reduce the budget deficit by more than $10 billion over the next four years, and to lower debt by $40 billion.
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.
What this Liberal candidate is telling voters about Peter Dutton
In the heavily Asian populated seat of Bennelong, Scott Yung has told voters who may not like Peter Dutton that he won’t be the opposition leader forever.
Why your super is the government’s next cash cow
The tax-by-stealth raid needs to be exposed for what it is: a morally dubious cash grab to paper over the government’s own fiscal mismanagement.
Albanese denies he’ll revive the Voice
The prime minister has ruled out revisiting the Voice after Penny Wong described it as unfinished business.
The numbers headache for Canberra and Washington
Jim Chalmers and US counterpart Scott Bessent have a few things in common – the threat of tariffs, the risk of recession and a budget that doesn’t add up.
Voters are still fed up with major parties
Readers’ letters on the teal independents, Peter Dutton’s fears of bias at the ABC and Guardian Australia, defence policy and taxation on superannuation.
‘Weaponised’: Woman who filmed Mandarin-speaking Ryan volunteers speaks out
The woman who filmed a video of Monique Ryan volunteers says the media has weaponised it; Labor fails to crash Peter Dutton’s yum cha lunch. See how the day unfolded here.
Inflation steady; $100b fund’s Trump plan; Ex-model running for One Nation
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Yesterday
Coalition counts on One Nation preferences to narrow gap
Almost nine in 10 preferences from One Nation and other right-wing minor parties are flowing towards the Coalition in some heartland Labor seats it is targeting.
Albanese shows his woeful grasp of public sector salaries
Peter Dutton may not have checked egg prices since 2019, but it seems Albo hasn’t looked at pay rates for department executives since 2006.
Meet the former Italian model running for One Nation
Bianca Colecchia, 32, says the first question she usually gets at pre-poll booths is: ‘How can you run for One Nation when you are a migrant yourself?’
Welcome to Country: In defence of culture wars
Culture wars break out amid debates such as the frequency of welcome to country ceremonies because elites fail to listen to ordinary people’s legitimate social concerns.
Menu shows Albanese’s Pancakes on the Rocks claim doesn’t stack up
The restaurant where the prime minister worked in his student days has imposed public holiday surcharge since at least 1979 – making his claims otherwise seem like waffle.
Antisemitism claims break out in dying days of race for Goldstein
Jewish leaders say teal MP Zoe Daniel has a strong record standing up to antisemitism after the circulation of a letter claiming her campaign is antisemitic.
Australia is ‘more volatile electorally’ than it’s ever been
Phillip Coorey and the panel on the seats that will decide the election, whether the AAA credit rating is really under threat and what Labor and the Coalition aren’t telling us.
Peter Dutton is done playing nice with the media
In the final days of the campaign, the opposition leader’s media strategy says more than any press conference could: he is playing defence, not offence.
Trump is boosting left-wing victories. That’s bad news for Dutton
America’s president is harming, not helping, other conservative leaders. But what is the reaction within the US?
Dutton’s Climate 200-backed rival volunteered for Greens
The Coalition has seized on revelations Peter Dutton’s Climate 200-backed rival in his electorate volunteered for the Greens; Dutton says Australians need to do better at disagreeing after his office was vandalised. See how the day unfolded here.
‘Stop’: Home battery sales crater as buyers wait on rebate
Installers say home battery sales have tanked since Labor unveiled its subsidy package, creating short-term cash flow and planning difficulties for firms.