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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will visit Victoria on Wednesday.

Albanese’s cash splash for roads, airport rail as Victorians turn sour on Labor

The prime minister will on Wednesday announce fresh funding for Melbourne’s airport rail link and a suburban road blitz.

  • Paul Sakkal

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About 390 new dwellings are under construction at Eden Street and Princes Highway in Arncliffe.

Coalition claims Labor’s housing fund has built zero homes. Wrong. Here’s where they are

Hundreds of homes have been completed with work under way on thousands more across the country.

  • Shane Wright and Millie Muroi
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull appearing via videolink at the ‘Pumped Storage: Powering Australia’s Energy Future’ conference at the GHD offices in Brisbane yesterday afternoon.

Turnbull pushes pumped hydro, even if Australia goes nuclear

The former PM, now president of the International Hydropower Association, says the energy sector remains “sceptical” about Peter Dutton’s plan for nuclear power.

  • Cameron Atfield and Sean Parnell
Tu Le

The feud fuelling one of the tightest battles of the next election

Independent MP for Fowler Dai Le could hold the balance of power after the election. Her Labor opponent, Tu Le, is campaigning to win back the seat while heavily pregnant.

  • Matthew Knott
John Howard’s first term as PM was his worst. Anthony Albanese is battling hard to win his second term.

John Howard an inspiration to plagued-by-polls Albanese

Anthony Albanese has invoked John Howard’s hat-trick of come-from-behind victories in the 1998, 2001 and 2004 elections.

  • James Massola
Cutting waste from the public service is the only one of Donald Trump’s policies that a majority of respondents would like to see in Australia.

The Trump policies Australians hate – and the ones they want here

An exclusive survey shows there is one Trump policy most Australians want, and “drill, baby, drill” is also quite popular.

  • David Crowe
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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

Dutton says $24 billion from public service jobs will pay for bulk-billing boost

The Coalition has been coy about the precise number of jobs it will cut if elected, but Dutton on Monday confirmed that winding back 36,000 workers would be key.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos and Shane Wright
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at Labor’s ‘Strengthening Medicare’ announcement in Launceston.

Don’t hurry to the polls, prime minister, it looks grim

The latest Resolve Political Monitor is a shocker for Labor and shows that its policy assaults have not been enough to turn the tables on the opposition leader.

  • David Crowe
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton will match Albanese’s $8.5 billion pledge to increase free GP visits.

Dutton matches Labor’s $8.5b for free GPs to ward off ‘Mediscare’

The election has not yet been called and both parties have pledged $8.5 billion for GP visits despite pledging to rein in costs.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos

Albo’s bad timing is becoming its own punchline

Despite the seriousness of the times, Albanese’s prime ministership can only be described as slapstick.

  • Parnell Palme McGuinness

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