Today
Housing tax break ‘would blow Coalition’s budget’
Economists say the Coalition’s tax deductions for mortgage interest could cost the federal budget billions of dollars more than the $1.25 billion it has claimed.
Angus Taylor vows Coalition costings will beat Labor’s
The Coalition will go to the May 3 election promising voters a substantially stronger budget bottom line.
House prices to rise up to 15pc under either side’s policies
Economists widely criticised the lack of policies to boost housing supply by both parties, even as they laid out plans to increase demand.
Labor picks city to host climate summit, making it an election issue
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the COP31 summit will provide an economic boost to Adelaide that would be denied under a Coalition government.
‘We’re saving like mad’: Dutton’s son rises for star campaign turn
The opposition leader’s 20-year-old son Harry delighted Coalition strategists on Monday, offering himself up as proof of Labor’s failings on housing affordability.
Magic pudding economics is about to make all of us poor
Australia is now ruled by short-term ethical dilemmas instead of concern for long-term consequences.
What Albanese and Dutton did and didn’t say in their launch speeches
Financial Review journalists break down the claims and criticisms from the prime minister and opposition leader’s campaign pitches.
Yesterday
What mining giants and family photos say about the campaign launches
“If a pollie is fundamentally unlikeable, it’s time to wheel out their partner,” says former Liberal Party advertising strategist Toby Ralph.
Tax cuts, housing help: parties spend big to grab attention and votes
A federal budget far less healthy than previous ones hasn’t reined in Labor’s willingness to spend and spend more, and the Coalition is ready to counter in kind.
Dutton is pursuing a housing subsidy so bad, even Trump killed it
The policy is highly regressive, and will simply boost house prices and blow a huge hole in the personal income tax base that will never be recovered.
Labor confident of holding the four WA Liberal seats it snatched in 2022
Eighteen months following the Voice referendum loss, this appeared highly unlikely. But there’s a new belief within the party.
Dutton promises tax-deductible mortgages for first home buyers
First home buyers who buy newly built homes will be able to deduct their interest payments for five years, as both parties up the ante on housing.
This Month
Dutton pledges tax cut of up to $1200 for 10 million workers
The Coalition’s rebate will apply for one year at a cost of $10 billion in a play by the party to win the cost-of-living vote on May 3.
Albanese offers first home buyers 5pc deposits, fuelling demand
The new policy is a dramatic expansion of the government’s first home guarantee scheme as Labor seeks to grab voters’ attention on the issue of housing.
Senator utters the four words threatening to upset the Coalition
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price showed the Coalition is still trying to find the secret sauce that unites the conservative base with the moderate middle.
Ferries and celebrities as pollies dash to win the west
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton were ensuring WA is in the campaign spotlight as they tried to woo Perth voters with ferry rides and celebrity appearances.
Inside the well-heeled battle for Kooyong
There are wealthy backers on both sides of this blue-ribbon Melbourne seat, which was long the jewel in the Liberal crown.
Central Coast could send Albo to the Lodge – or early retirement
Cost of living is king in the lead-up to the election but Trump is also causing trouble for the Liberals as they try to snatch the seats of Dobell and Robertson.
Voters deserve better than empty slugfests dressed up as debates
The closer we get to May 3, substance is being swiftly usurped by banal talking points and shrill attack lines whenever politicians step up to a microphone.
Trump is now the third candidate. That’s good news for the PM
Incumbency, not so long ago deemed a curse in global politics, is suddenly an advantage.