WATCH: Blowtorch applied as Dutton plays mother of all mind games
An election campaign isn’t just about the seat-by-seat results, it’s also about playing the mother of all mind games, writes Joe Hildebrand. SEE THE VIDEO
Analysis
‘Retaliation’: Trump’s horror Aussie move
Australians will head to the polls in just a few weeks – and one man on the other side of the planet could change everything.
Payback time as Albo, Dutton set out to annihilate the Greens
It is the great Green dream — Labor and the Liberals want to annihilate the Greens in three seats they hold. It’s payback time, argues Joe Hildebrand. See the video.
Labor’s headache: Fiery Vic battlegrounds to decide election
For the first time since 1990, Australia will be focused on Victoria where at least 16 seats will help determine whether Anthony Albanese or Peter Dutton for government, writes James Campbell.
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Australia, this is why we’re really lucky
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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
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‘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
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Why Malcolm Turnbull’s leadership is in jeopardy
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