LGBTQ+ community deserves respect, not ridicule
For too long gay, lesbian and gender diverse people have been political fodder for conservatives, like Katherine Deves, who want to impress the religious right.
Analysis
Was Albo’s risky Bluesfest move genius or major fail?
Labor leader Anthony Albanese took a major risk going on stage at Bluesfest only to be booed by a crowd who didn’t want to hear from politicians. Was it the right move? Vote in the poll.
Two rules Albanese broke this week
With the first week of the election campaign going abysmally for the Labor Party, it’s time for Albo to show the Australian public why he should be their next PM.
Why Albo’s election campaign could be dead in days
Anthony Albanese has already used up eight of his nine lives in one week — so will he again fall flat at Wednesday’s debate?
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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.
It’s the ‘come to daddy effect’
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Abbott cuddly towards PM – but for how long?
WILL former Prime Minister Tony Abbott cause the kind of destructive mayhem for Malcolm Turnbull’s election campaign as Kevin Rudd did for Julia Gillard in 2010?
Polls point to battle
EDITORIAL: POLLS are instructive of voter intentions. They rarely tell the full story. But the numbers which came out over the weekend are illuminating.
Campaign spin thwarting democracy
GREG BARNS is sick of political parties calling the tune for cardboard-cutout candidates.
Show strength in numbers
CHARLES WOOLEY: We should all vote for a Tasmanian Senate Group, or at least for independents who genuinely want to advance the cause of our state.
Shorten fails education lesson
HERE is a slam dunk example of a political leader who either deliberately misled voters or simply didn’t know the ramifications of his own policy, indeed the central policy he is campaigning on.
To dive in, or come up for air?
WITH 51 days spread before us, it’s time to take our first breather from this election campaign – sit down with a double espresso and wonder if we should take the weekend off.
Please Barnaby, give us some herpes
OPINION: It is day two of the campaign and already it is boring and predictable. We desperately need some excitement courtesy of Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce – and his war on the carp.
It’s all in the future on super
IT’S going to be a long eight weeks of ever-escalating and ever-expanding spin and counter-spin, so let’s get the facts right on what the two sides are promising to do to superannuation, writes Terry McCrann.
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