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.
Analysis
Smoke and mirrors budget will gloss over ALP’s ballooning debt
Jim Chalmers, no matter what he says Tuesday, is setting Australia up for a bleak future of fiscal dissolution and generational hardship, writes Piers Akerman.
Credlin: Make no mistake, it’ll be budget full of bribes
The Prime Minister will use the budget to try to bribe his way back to office but stop and consider everything that’s going wrong and how the government is making it worse, writes Peta Credlin.
Bowen’s green smokescreen while you cop his reality cheque
Brace yourself Australia, your power bills are going up again and not for the reason the man in charge wants you to believe, writes Caleb Bond.
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Head-to-head contest goes country
BARNABY Joyce says he has one thing over his New England rival Tony Windsor – loyalty.
Should we be hung up on minority rule?
AUSTRALIA appears to be heading for another hung parliament after July 2. If that’s the case, should another election be called?
Campaigns, electorate have changed
POLITICAL parties now have to balance old-style campaigning with modern methods to keep pace with a changing, and often indifferent, electorate, writes Shaun Carney.
Turnbull isn’t inspiring — but is the safer option
LABOR’S campaign tactics and Bill Shorten’s communication skills have been razor sharp all year — but the Coalition will still retain power on July 2.
Shallow Budget plan damages Shorten
Bill Shorten showed some guts this week but his good work was undone by a silly misjudgment where he couldn’t afford it: on the economy, writes Laurie Oakes.
Dollar Bill’s risk in latest backflip
LABOR has taken an enormous political risk in announcing a range of spending cuts, including a hit on family payments, just three weeks out from the election.
Choice of PM hangs by a thread
BILL Shorten looks rumpled, wearing a suit purchased before he started his 8km-a-day runs. But at least there is little in his image that appears cultivated.
Turnbull’s agenda still a mystery
DENNIS ATKINS: Malcolm Turnbull looks too much like the smooth-talking, snake oil salesman at the moment. That’s not a winning hand to play.
Shorten starting to look like Cassius
LABOR is saturating our airwaves with ads saying Malcolm Turnbull is out of touch while Bill Shorten is the hungry guy running eight kilometres a day.
Wedged … and in a very unfortunate way
OPINION: By rights, it’s an issue that should be seen as nothing more than a state dispute. But Malcolm Turnbull has jumped on it with glee, and Bill Shorten is about to feel the pain.
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