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- Peter Dutton
Despite forceful WFH agenda, Dutton makes pledge to women voters
The opposition leader has promised female voters there won’t be an American-style reversal of women’s rights if he becomes prime minister.
- Sylvia Jeffreys
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- Analysis
- Trump diplomacy
Trump has done us a favour by showing where we stand during peacetime
Donald Trump’s decision on tariffs is another reminder that he has cast aside old friends and embraced traditional US enemies, Russia most conspicuously.
- Peter Hartcher
- Exclusive
- Teals
Coalition makes formal complaint over pro-teal spin in ‘fake newspaper’
Gazette News, which pays to boost stories about teal MPs, said its local news outlets were not linked to any political movement.
- Paul Sakkal
Backlash over Clive Palmer’s Trumpet of Patriots gender advertisements
Transgender and equality advocacy groups are outraged over a series of political ads published in major newspapers.
- Calum Jaspan
- Opinion
- Political leadership
How Peter Dutton got it wrong on the caravan – and why voters need to know it
Dutton went harder than Anthony Albanese or Chris Minns on the caravan found filled with explosives on Sydney’s fringe, because he had a political objective.
- David Crowe
- Exclusive
- Capital gains tax
How Trump and Alfred will both wreak havoc on budget the PM did not want to have
Donald Trump’s tariff war has increased fears of a US recession. A recession, and the growing cost of a GST, are now hitting Jim Chalmers’ budget plans.
- Shane Wright
The subterranean wind farm fight bursts into ugly parliament stoush
A feud has erupted between Canberra MPs as they clash over a controversial industry that could help swing the federal election.
- Mike Foley
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- WA election
Liberals too focused on unsuccessful progressive inner-city seats: Hastie
Andrew Hastie said his party had been too focused on winning progressive inner-city seats while forgetting the opportunities that lay in the outer suburbs.
- Hamish Hastie
A random attack left a barrister’s arm broken. He still marched into court to defend a client
Rumours of the baseball-bat incident have been swirling for days. CBD managed to track down the lawyer in question.
- Broede Carmody and Kishor Napier-Raman
Old family links put a Fox among the Liberals in Kooyong
Lindsay Fox says he was a friend to Rupert Hamer until the day the former Victorian premier died. He is now backing Amelia Hamer in Kooyong.
- Chip Le Grand
Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal-election-2022