Yesterday
‘Not going to happen’: Dutton accuses Allan of SRL obsession
The opposition leader promised to stop funding Melbourne’s Suburban Rail Loop, making it a defining issue in the federal election in Victoria.
A Trump–proof Australia needs productive industrial relations
The lack of a real election contest over greater workplace flexibility will condemn Australia to lower productivity and leave the nation less protected.
Higher wages without productivity? That’s what Labor reckons
Murray Watt’s claim that living standards are rising is a bold call amid an election being fought over one of the developed world’s biggest cost-of-living squeezes.
Labor’s not so secret weapon to win SA comes with limitations
Anthony Albanese has picked up the playbook of popular South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas, hoping that health funding will secure victory over Peter Dutton.
March
Tax cut could leave 1.3m paying higher rate on super than income
The surprise tax cut in the budget will make the lowest income tax rate 14 per cent from 2027, but the concessional rate on super will stay at 15 per cent.
WA warning for Albanese over revised environment laws
After torpedoing a deal hashed out by Tanya Plibersek, the prime minister has blamed Labor’s Senate numbers for uncertainty on a new environment watchdog.
Dutton doesn’t like Canberra, PM doesn’t like the Greens
Peter Dutton has caused outrage in the national capital by saying he would live in Sydney if elected, while Anthony Albanese became tongue-tied about Greens support.
Disciplined and confident PM has Dutton needing a narrative with hope
Labor’s start to the federal election campaign is in stark contrast to Anthony Albanese’s performance in 2022, and he looks sharper and more determined.
Generous perks for political staffers in cost-of-living election
For political staffers-turned-campaigners, the election goodies have long been baked in.
Govern as fiscal conservatives to revive economic growth
Policy competition over budget repair to help sharpen the economy’s growth prospects and make everyone better off appears to be beyond Australia’s political duopoly.
Liberals run ex Labor councillor against Chris Bowen
Climate change and energy minister facing challenge from Carmen Lazar, who quit Fairfield Council and Labor after failing to win state preselection
‘Focus on real factors’: Coles hits back at ninth supermarket inquiry
The country’s second largest supermarket operator said politicians should focus on measures to bring down energy, fuel and labour costs to reduce the checkout prices.
Albanese ‘disappointing’, but Dutton ‘terrifying’: voters
The trend towards independent candidates could continue to grow, with voters on the streets of Melbourne and Sydney uninspired by both Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton.
Leaders court cost-of-living vote on day one of ‘sledge-a-thon’
Both Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton have dismissed the notion of minority government, saying they are shooting to govern in majority.
Why Albanese is confident of winning – partly thanks to Trump
The government quietly hopes the Trump effect will boost its chances, but the focus of the election campaign will be resolutely on domestic cost-of-living pressures.
‘A sledge-a-thon’: Dutton, Albanese trade blows on day one of campaign
The PM says voters would be worse off if Peter Dutton had been in power for the past three years. The latter says the election will be about economic management
The 25 seats that will decide the election
The poll will focus on two dozen contests in Sydney and regional NSW, suburban Melbourne, Perth and regional Tasmania.
How Labor dug itself out of its poll hole
As Australians prepare to vote on May 3, a survey of surveys shows the government has an edge at the start of the campaign.
The facts that burst Chalmers’ budget balloon
The treasurer has staked his claim of the “biggest ever” improvement in the budget bottom line on projections that proved to be wildly wrong.
Andrews resigned to a locked-down life
The once-omnipresent North Face jumper goes months without resurfacing in Victoria.