Secret tactic helped ScoMo smash Labor
A simple tactic to win over voters may have given Scott Morrison a crucial advantage he needed to defeat Labor leader Bill Shorten.
Analysis
Labor lost its base with extreme reforms
We were told this was the climate-change election. The Australian people rejected the sweeping climate-change polices Labor was selling in favour of more pragmatic, economically sound change, writes Caleb Bond.
Leaders need to learn to unite factions
The Shorten approach was essentially confrontational, invoking a style of class warfare. A new Labor leadership needs to use the approach of Bob Hawke – seeking consensus, writes Dean Jaensch.
Birmo an unsung hero in Liberal triumph
Many thought the role of the Coalition campaign spokesman would be a poisoned chalice. But now, Senator Simon Birmingham will be remembered as one of the heroes of the campaign.
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The election campaign unfolds via twits and Twitter
YOU might think elections are won on te campaign trail as pollies interact with voters. Wrong. It’s all happening on Twitter, writes Joe Hildebrand.
It’s 5.30am, know where your docs are?
OPINION: Federal police pulled an all-nighter in their search for leaked NBN documents. But is there any reason to believe it was politically motivated?
Police raids not a good look for Turnbull
DENNIS ATKINS: The political import of the AFP raids on the homes and offices of senior ALP politicians is that it looks like a government is using the police to chase its enemies.
Dog whistle on migrants a new low
JOHN MARTINKUS: Australia’s Immigration Minister has shown he does not really like immigrants.
The moral equation of Dutton’s outburst
DENNIS ATKINS: MANY senior Coalition people were uncomfortable when Immigration Minister Peter Dutton decided to attack refugees – but they also know it works for them politically.
Health takes centre stage
EDITORIAL: HEALTH is shaping as one of the key policy battlefields in this long and arduous Federal Election campaign.
Voters only need a week to decide
WHEN Henry Tudor ran against Richard III, the campaign only took a few hours and a winner was announced before sundown after Richard was killed with an axe.
Itch that won’t go away for Shorten
DENNIS ATKINS: IT’S the issue that won’t go away for Bill Shorten and Labor, and every time this story gets attention, it’s bad news for the Opposition.
Taxing questions must not be evaded
OPINION: Offshore tax evasion — and avoidance — should be a frontline issue at this federal election. Ask your local candidate what he or she thinks.
Turn back the boats … and the hairlines
OPINION: It has gained little attention until now. But this particular part of our political landscape is telling. It clearly signals some forme of secret society — the hirsute equivalent of the Masonic handshake.
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