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Peter Dutton took some leads from the Donald Trump playbook, but it appears to have backfired.

Trump-lite dynamite: Did copying the president’s playbook blow up Dutton’s campaign?

The opposition leader clearly thought he was on a good thing when he looked to the approach of Donald Trump and Elon Musk.

  • Tony Wright

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Petro Georgiou

Petro Georgiou, the ‘conscience of the Liberal Party’, dies at 77

“He combined the skills of an effective political strategist with deep policy insights and an unwavering commitment to liberal values,” said Josh Frydenberg.

  • Tony Wright

The Liberals have a Malcolm problem. It’s not their first

What is it about prime ministers called Malcolm? A history of the most querulous leaders.

  • Brad Emery
Election campaign. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison visits the Davenport Strikers Soccer Club in the seat of Braddon. The Federal election will be held on Saturday 21st May 2022. Photographed Wednesday 18th May 2022. Photograph by James Brickwood. SMH NEWS 220518 ausvotes22. With MP Gavin Pearce - Liberal MP for Braddon. Photo shows the PM tripping into one of the kids on the field whilst playing soccer with them.

Watch your step: Campaign disasters Albanese and Dutton must not repeat

The number one rule for political leaders on the campaign trail is simple: never take a backward step. You never know what you’ll step into.

  • Tony Wright
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

Petrol tax changes have been irresistible for politicians for half a century

A tax on petrol in Australia was introduced way back in 1978 … and politicians on both sides haven’t been able to leave it alone ever since.

  • Tony Wright
Scott Yung, then the Liberal candidate for the state seat of Kogarah, sitting next to John Howard during a fundraiser at the Blue Angel restaurant.

The Liberal candidate, the mysterious $60,000 and the deleted podcast

Bennelong candidate Scott Yung claimed he received $60,000 in donations at an intimate fundraising dinner ahead of the 2019 state election. There’s no trace of this donation being disclosed.

  • Max Maddison
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John Howard’s first term as PM was his worst. Anthony Albanese is battling hard to win his second term.

John Howard an inspiration to plagued-by-polls Albanese

Anthony Albanese has invoked John Howard’s hat-trick of come-from-behind victories in the 1998, 2001 and 2004 elections.

  • James Massola
Scott Morrison and Space Centre Australia chief executive officer James Palmer.

Scott Morrison still headed for outer space

The former prime minister, in high demand since Trump’s election win, is headlining a space conference in Sydney in May.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
The mansion is on the desirable north side of St George’s Road, Toorak.

Quick turnaround! A year after sale, Smorgon family Toorak mansion back on the market

Stephen Arvanitis, son of aged care mogul Peter Arvanitis, is selling up the mansion he recently bought from the Smorgon family for about $30 million.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman

Albanese once called John Howard the worst PM ever. Now he’s trying to emulate him

If Anthony Albanese’s really lucky, historians will come to see his first term as his worst.

  • Sean Kelly

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