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James CampbellNational weekend political editor

James Campbell is national weekend political editor for Saturday and Sunday News Corporation newspapers and websites across Australia, including the Saturday and Sunday Herald Sun, the Saturday and Sunday Telegraph and the Saturday Courier Mail and Sunday Mail. He has previously been investigations editor, state politics editor and opinion editor of the Herald Sun and Sunday Herald Sun. Since starting on the Sunday Herald Sun in 2008 Campbell has twice been awarded the Grant Hattam Quill Award for investigative journalism by the Melbourne Press Club and in 2013 won the Walkley Award for Scoop of the Year.

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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - MARCH 13, 2025: The Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton speaks during a media event at the HQ of Disaster Relief Australia in Hendra, QLD.Picture: NewsWire / Glenn Campbell

Campbell: The question Liberal candidates must dread and what Dutton can do to fix it

Peter Dutton needs to hurry up and make his pitch to Middle Australia if he plans to convince them he’s going to make their lives better than Albo could.

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Fire Fighters Rally on the steps of Parliament House, Melbourne.United Firefighters Union secretary Peter Marshall speaks to the firefighters. Picture: Tim Carrafa

Vic fireys union referred to cops over mystery $480,000 payment

Police are set to get involved after the United Firefighters Union refused to hand over key documents at a Fair Work Commission hearing.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MARCH 13, 2025: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during his speech at the 2025 Western Sydney Airport City Summit. Picture: NewsWire / Nikki Short

Campbell: Albo faces moral test as Labor support collapses

Latest poll results make grim reading for the Prime Minister, while the Greens appear to be in real trouble.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos June 28, 2022: Queensland Greens Max Chandler-Mather MP for Griffith, Elizabeth Watson-Brown MP for Ryan and Stephen Bates MP for Brisbane at Parliament house, Canberra. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Greens facing a federal election wipeout

The heat is on ALP preference deals as a new poll shows the Greens are likely to lose at least two seats at the federal election.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - 15 FEBRUARY, 2025: Victorian Opposition Leader Brad Battin speaks to the media at Jensen Reserve in Footscray. Picture: NewsWire / Diego Fedele

Campbell: Coalition cuts through bail law silence with machete policy red herring

The Coalition’s sudden need to exhibit a timeline of Liberal machete based policies illuminates how little they’ve had to do with Jacinta Allan’s decision to change Victoria’s bail laws.

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US President Donald Trump speaks at the Business Roundtable quarterly meeting in Washington, DC, on March 11, 2025. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)

Campbell: The real reason Trump’s tariffs should be cause for alarm

US President Donald Trump’s steel and aluminium tariffs will hurt Australia but — for once — the old parents’ line “this is going to hurt me more than it hurts you” is actually true.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 16: (L-R) Teal MPs Kylea Tink, Zali Steggall, Kate Chaney & Monique Ryan at the Referendum Working Group meeting at Parliament house in Canberra. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Campbell: The two big reasons Teals face an election wipe-out

New polling shows four of the six Teal MPs are in danger of losing their seats. There are two big reasons for this — and the downfall of the bogan from the Shire is key.

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Teals on the edge of oblivion

Disappointed voters are turning on the rockstar independent MPs – see where the support is going in our exclusive new poll.

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STRATHPINE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MARCH 3, 2025: Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton at the Youth Development Foundation.The Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton in Strathpine.Picture: NewsWire / John Gass

Campbell: Libs’ work-from-home ban could backfire

You have to wonder how many women juggling work and child care are from homes in the same mortgage-belt seats the Liberals are trying to appeal to and win for the first time.

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Voters want PM who can manage Australia’s relationship with Trump

A new poll has revealed who is better equipped to navigate Australia’s relationship with US President Donald Trump – Peter Dutton or Anthony Albanese.

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