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ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA - AUGUST 03: Former U.S. President Donald Trump holds an umbrella as he arrives at Reagan National Airport following an arraignment in a Washington, D.C. court on August 3, 2023 in Arlington, Virginia. Former U.S. President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to four felony criminal charges during his arraignment this afternoon after being indicted for his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election.   Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by TASOS KATOPODIS / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
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The law is catching up with Trump

After entering a plea to election interference charges, there was none of the showmanship that has defined Donald Trump’s political career. He looked upset, angry and every bit his age.

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Australian Leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten at a press conference at Port Botany in Sydney and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at a press conference at Hurstville in Sydney's south, Wednesday, June 29, 2016. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas, Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

Labor wins daily race but may fall at the line

WHILE many agree Bill Shorten might have won the daily horse race — and launched the better scare campaign — Malcolm Turnbull’s approach to the election campaign may very well see him come through in the end. Here’s why.

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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 30: Opposition Leader, Australian Labor Party Bill Shorten visits with staff at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital on June 30, 2016 in Brisbane, Australia. Bill Shorten is campaigning heavily on Medicare, promising to make sure it isn't privatised if the Labor Party wins the Federal Election on July 2. (Photo by Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images)

Campaign hits fever pitch

OPINION: With less than 48 hours until the polls open, it’s full steam ahead for politicians in their final pitches to voters. In the case of the two major parties, they couldn’t be more different.

Federal Election
27/06/16 - Senator Nick Xenophon visits Matilda Bookshop in Stirling to pleaded support for the Australian book industry. Photo Tom Huntley

Nick Xenophon — substance or spin?

SENATOR Nick Xenophon is SA’s most popular politician — and his band of NXT candidates are the wildcard in Saturday’s federal election. But does Mr X deliver results or spin? The Advertiser analyses his record.

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Federal Treasurer Ralph Willis at Parliament House press conference 28/02/96 during 1996 Federal Election campaign admitting letters earlier released purporting to outline cover-up between Victorian /Prem Kennett & staff member of Liberal /MP Costello a forgery. P/

Titanic campaign, but leaders not safe yet

COMMENT: There has been no car crash, no train derailment, no political roof collapse, despite an eight-week campaign that ­delivered an abundant time frame for magnificent catastrophes to befall parties on both sides.

Opinion
Dairy Plains dairy farmers Mark and Nikki Atkins, cattle

The battlers cruelly left behind

TALK of farmers being the engine room of the economy seems to have been forgotten as they deal with politicians’ indifference and falling prices, writes Ed Gannon.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 28: Leader of the Opposition, Australian Labor Party Bill Shorten addresses the National Press Club on June 28, 2016 in Canberra, Australia. Bill Shorten used the opportunity to announce that the first bill he will put to Parliament if voted in on July 2 will be for marraige equality. (Photo by Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images)

Shorten’s cheap attack backfires

OPINION: Badly served by his staff or peak political sneakiness? Either way, Bill Shorten has come off second best in an attempt to attack Malcolm Turnbull on the issue of election promises.

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Tuesday 28 June, 2016 Election, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull with wife Lucy in electorate of Brisbane, QLD today with Luke Howarth MP, Trevor Evans MP and David Kingston MP at Watkins Steel in Banyo for small business owners and construction industry forum. Picture: Jason Edwards

Opinion poll has Labor losing ground

LABOR faces the horror prospect of failing to pick up any extra seats in Queensland and may even go backwards as nervous voters return to the Government after the Brexit economic shock.

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Shadow Finance Minister and Manager of Opposition Business Tony Burke (left) and Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen address the media during a press conference in Sydney on Monday, June 27, 2016. Labor released it's full election budget costings yesterday, ahead of the federal election on Saturday. (AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts) NO ARCHIVING

Not the time for unforced errors

OPINION: Logic and politics sometimes just can’t get together. That’s hardly a surprise to many political observers, but one party, just one week out from the election, has provided a staggering example.

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