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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison (R) shakes ahnds with leader of the opposition, Anthony Albanese, during the first leaders' debate of the 2022 federal election campaign at the Gabba in Brisbane on April 20, 2022. (Photo by Toby Zerna / various sources / AFP)
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The Albo and ScoMo that I know

Social media makes it look like Albanese and Morrison are the two biggest frauds in Australia – but that’s not the blokes I know, writes David Penberthy.

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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.

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It’s the ‘come to daddy effect’

OPINION: A sombre feature of modern election campaigns is the presence of national security. Here it inevitably involves the Coalition standing tall next to its established “trustworthiness” on handling terror matters.

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Thinkstock generic image of woman voting in ballot box.

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.

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The Senate voted Tasmanian Senator Stephen Parry as its new president. The former undertaker was escorted to his new chair by...

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.

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Staff dinkus. Peter Van Onselen.

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.

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To dive in, or come up for air?

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.

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Australian Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce speaks at the despatch box during Question Time in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Monday, May 2, 2016. (AAP Image/Sam Mooy) NO ARCHIVING

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.

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