Credlin on PM’s ad: Morrison hits the mark
If nothing else, this opening salvo of the election campaign should show even its harshest critics that the Coalition is not to be written off and underestimating the Prime Minister is a mistake.
Analysis
Australia – get ready for a rough six weeks
When the federal election is finally called, Australians need to strap themselves in for the most personal political campaign in recent history.
ScoMo or Albo? Election will be a game of spot the difference
In modern politics the focus is on image, which leaves us with the unenviable task of working out what the person stands for, writes Mike O’Connor.
‘Desperado stuff’: Gov’s China tactic slammed
A prominent Labor Minister has come out swinging against the government’s approach to the national security debate.
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Location location … Labor’s big move
OPINION: Does the location of a federal campaign launch really matter? The Labor Party obviously thinks so, given a significant change in direction this time around.
A band made just for TV
THE Monkees was a 60s pop band manufactured for TV and criticised for not being “real”. Those are criticisms our elected leaders might take note of, writes Shaun Carney.
Shorten comment rattles Turnbull
BILL Shorten hit home with two sharp lines during Sunday’s debate, both important in the compare and contrast theme Labor’s got going.
The moment viewers switched on
OPINION: They avoided answering questions and skated over details … but there was one moment during last night’s leaders debate that would have had viewers snapping to attention.
One rule that’s easily fixed
POLITICIANS’ travel and negative gearing deal is a rort that should have eneded years ago, writes Terry McCrann. So end it now.
Time to get real with the big election issues
THIS election campaign is so dull even ABC news is often running it down the bulletin. This isn’t because politics is boring. It’s because no-one is talking about the big issues, writes Peta Credlin.
Don’t be a smart alec, Turnbull
THIS weekend’s leaders debate will be the most watched event of this election campaign. And Malcolm Turnbull may struggle, going in with a long list of “what to do” and “what not to do”.
The problem with Labor’s ‘fairness’ plan
OPINION: Labor’s federal election campaign rests on the idea of fairness. But there’s one huge problem … and it was exposed through a clumsy MP blunder this week.
Latham’s L-plates set for another run
OPINION: Mark Latham is now a regular feature of this federal election, with deliberately inflammatory commentary and gratuitous personal attacks. But his presence carries a message of much greater significance.
What he doesn’t want you to know
WHEN Charles Firth interviewed Malcolm Turnbull decades ago, he said something embarrassing that was never published.
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