Yesterday
The four moments that mattered in the first debate
Undecided voters in the Sydney audience for the election leaders’ debate have handed victory to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
Dutton claims credit for Labor’s two surpluses in robust debate
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton put in a solid performance in the robust debate, but the audience judged Anthony Albanese as the winner.
‘Are you the biggest spending government since Whitlam?’
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton will face off in the first leaders’ debate of the 2025 federal election. Follow live updates.
Lib gas plan promises modest savings for households
Modelling underpinning Peter Dutton’s gas plan says household bills would fall 7 per cent, but a big cut in manufacturing costs would flow through the economy.
Peter Dutton’s father hospitalised ahead of first debate
News of the unknown medical emergency broke just ahead of the first leaders debate of the federal election campaign.
Albanese plans time out for Sydney C-suite fundraiser
The “exclusive federal election networking event” hosted by Labor’s pay-for-access service called the Federal Labor Business Forum is scheduled for Thursday night.
NSW Liberals sued over council nomination debacle
A class action alleges NSW Liberals have been negligent and in breach of contract for failing to nominate more than 140 candidates for local elections.
Chalmers and Dutton clash over recession claims
Jim Chalmers has accused Peter Dutton of being prepared to trash the economy in a bid to salvage his campaign.
The Trump slump and Dutton’s ‘ham-fisted’ backflip
This week, Phillip Coorey, Lidija Ivanovski and Paul Karp on how Trump’s tariff plan has upended the campaign and why betting markets are finally catching up.
Recession talk is premature
The major parties are jostling to be perceived as the best placed to manage the international economic turmoil. Australia needs cool heads to prevail.
Japan warns on Dutton’s gas reservation policy
A Tokyo think tank says limiting sales into the regional spot market could “handicap” Australian producers and trim Japanese trading in South-East Asia.
ASX rebounds 1.2pc; China ‘tsunami coming’; How low can markets go?
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
How the Liberals picked a fight with another type of woman
Scott Morrison’s government lost inner-city professional women to the teals. Now, Peter Dutton’s opposition is risking those in the outer suburbs.
This Month
Dutton seizes on tariff chaos to recalibrate campaign
Donald Trump’s tariff chaos is causing both sides to recalibrate their campaign message.
Unis would lose 80,000 students, $3b under Dutton plan: analysis
Australia’s biggest and most research intensive universities would bear the brunt of Peter Dutton’s cuts to overseas students, according to analysis by Victoria University’s Mitchell Institute.
Marles won’t say if US pressure led to Port of Darwin U-turn
Defence Minister Richard Marles declined on four occasions to say what had occurred since late 2023 to change the policy on the port’s Chinese ownership.
Tariff maelstrom bears down on Dutton’s election hopes
Labor is as alarmed as any government as Donald Trump’s sharemarket carnage unfolds. But it also sees a political advantage.
‘You won’t see them again’: Vic opposition on PM-Allan presser
Victorian Opposition Leader Brad Battin claims Anthony Albanese and Jacinta Allan won’t appear again for the rest of the election campaign. How the day unfolded.
Meet the bowser boy-in-chief: Dutton flicks switch to showtime
Peter Dutton showed up in a big rig to spruik a promised fuel tax cut. But it was tradies’ utes on his mind when asked about his problem with women voters.
Dutton’s woman problem was serious long before his WFH policy
The failure to anticipate the backlash is one thing, but it was made even worse by the fact Dutton was already on the nose with women.