Politics
‘We don’t need more vanilla’: Liberals are asking whether Peter Dutton can still win
The opposition leader has endured a torrid first two weeks of the 2025 campaign. What are his chances of victory?
- by James Massola, Natassia Chrysanthos and Paul Sakkal
Updated
Australia votes
Coalition to pay public servants to leave in redundancy scheme
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
Dutton drives home his pitch to commuters by dumping guzzler tax
- by Millie Muroi and Paul Sakkal
Opinion & Perspectives
The politics of grievance was a winner for Trump. It’s not working for Dutton
Excited by dominance in meaningless midterm polls, misled by the false analogy of Trump’s political success, the Coalition allowed itself to think it could win without doing the work required.
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
Labor vowed to take on miners over Indigenous heritage. Now Albanese is their guest
The prime minister’s tour of northern Australia came with no moves to rekindle memories of the Indigenous Voice referendum.
Mike Foley
Climate and Energy Reporter
There’s an obvious successor for Albanese. The Libs face a tougher choice
Election results trigger, or subsequently lead to, leadership resets. Even in the turmoil of a campaign, players will also have their eyes on the future.
Michelle Grattan
Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Federal
‘We don’t need more vanilla’: Liberals are asking whether Peter Dutton can still win
The opposition leader has endured a torrid first two weeks of the 2025 campaign. What are his chances of victory?
- by James Massola, Natassia Chrysanthos and Paul Sakkal
Opinion
Australia votes
The politics of grievance was a winner for Trump. It’s not working for Dutton
Excited by dominance in meaningless midterm polls, misled by the false analogy of Trump’s political success, the Coalition allowed itself to think it could win without doing the work required.
- by Peter Hartcher
Exclusive
Australia votes
He’s careful, stable – even prosaic. But Albanese may just have nailed the mood
- by Chip Le Grand
Victoria’s hot seats LIVE updates: Air guitar-playing Greens promise tax breaks for live-music venues
- by Cara Waters, Rachael Dexter, Tom Cowie, Charlotte Grieve, Brittany Busch and Tony Wright
Queensland
New South Wales
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Development
Claims Meriton’s $100m Sydney mega development has $123m worth of defects
- by Carrie Fellner
Analysis
Shoddy Sydney
Why the government wants you to think there’s no home defects crisis
- by Max Maddison and Anthony Segaert
Victoria
Allan’s private meeting with Andrews ahead of crunch policy move
- by Liam Mannix, Kishor Napier-Raman and Kieran Rooney
Western Australia
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