Moment that proved Albo can win
The start of Anthony Albanese’s election campaign was marred by awkward blunders. But a key moment this week proves you can’t underestimate him.
Analysis
Morrison right to feel blessed for healthy children
Shaming parents, like Scott Morrison, for wanting and feeling blessed to have healthy children does nothing to improve the life of disabled Australians.
Albo’s luck runs out: How it’ll affect his campaign
Anthony Albanese has mingled so much since the election campaign began it was only a matter of time before his luck ran out, writes Clare Armstrong.
Foothold on our doorstep: Gravest concern facing next government
An increasingly aggressive China could have troops on the ground just 2000km from Australia within weeks, writes Matthew Killoran.
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Pauline Hanson is pretty much the Hulk
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How on earth could they get it so wrong?
SOUTH Australian Liberals again have managed to self-sabotage themselves at the federal election, potentially losing half their seats. Daniel Wills explains how it went so wrong.
How urban sprawl torpedoed the Liberals in Mayo
THE Liberals’ shock loss of the Adelaide Hills electorate of Mayo to the NXT party wasn’t just about the popularity of Nick Xenophon. It was about thousands of new homes, too.
Shorten shows value of persistence
BILL Shorten looked gone when Malcolm Turnbull toppled Tony Abbott but his ability to engage with ordinary voters has proved to be a big strength, writes Shaun Carney.
‘More threats than Napoleon at Waterloo’
OPINION: Malcolm Turnbull has more to fear than the glacial speed of the vote count.
What went wrong for the Coalition
VOTERS rejected the Coalition in seats across the country, for a range of reasons. Here’s how Team Turnbull lost its grip on government.
Why Malcolm Turnbull’s leadership is in jeopardy
MALCOLM Turnbull has put his leadership in jeopardy by spectacularly failing the tests he set when tearing down Tony Abbott little more than nine months ago. Here’s why he could be gone.
Somehow, people are questioning Shorten’s leadership
IT’S an indictment of where politics has headed that people are questioning Bill Shorten’s leadership of the Opposition. This is the guy who has just done what people thought couldn’t be done.
The state of a new political dawn
ANALYSIS: LABOR picked up a swing in almost every South Australian seat last night, while the entry of the Nick Xenophon Team has created a three-party state.
Labor’s scare campaign didn’t wash with all
JUST hours before the polls closed, I received a phone call from a dear friend who was a lifelong Labor voter — to say she was on her way to vote Liberal — to support Malcolm Turnbull — for the first time in her life.
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