The Albo-Tanya air kiss – Plibersek missed by a metre, which is admittedly better than my recent pickleball service game – may have also been part of a longstanding Labor pattern, writes Tim Blair.
The CFMEU has managed to turn a handful of public holidays into three weeks off the job, writes Mike O’Connor.
It may soon become cheaper and quicker for Aussies to buy their first home – but economists fear it could do the exact opposite.
Anthony Albanese’s snub of Tanya Plibersek on Sunday would not have surprised those inside the Labor machinery. Their dislike for each other has been years in the making.
Who didn’t kiss whom? It’s difficult to determine, but regardless of the truth, for Anthony Albanese it would have felt like a betrayal, writes Joe Hildebrand.
With polls roughly 50-50, and betting markets favouring Labor, Peter Dutton is once more the campaign underdog and that should give him the licence to go for broke, writes Peta Credlin.
Australians once again find themselves watching a political contest in which the contenders are racing to outspend each other on literally buying vote, writes the editor.
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton broke out the national credit card today and went on a spending spree. The only question is, will it work, asks Joe Hildebrand.
Anthony Albanese may refuse to say his name, but there’s no doubt the Labor campaign machine is working overtime to link Peter Dutton with Donald Trump, writes James O’Doherty.
In an election campaign drowning in utter bulltish, be sure to spare some contempt for sanctimonious Teal politicians caught in a cash-for-comment scandal.
Peter Dutton and the Coalition went into this campaign with all the momentum and money and popular opinion on their side, but now it feels like the Voice campaign all over again, writes Joe Hildebrand.
Peter Dutton’s $1200 “cost of living tax offset” is about as blatant as you can get about buying support from struggling middle Australians, writes Angira Bharadwaj.
The 2025 federal election campaign has been dominated by talk of policies and deals … and then there is the lighter side of things. CAST YOUR VOTE
Like a shopping trolley to a storm drain, Australian politicians can’t resist the magnetic pull of cringe-worthy sporting stunts, writes Tom Bowden.
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