Chris Bowen
The ex-Labor councillor trying to stop the party’s 55-year reign in this Sydney seat
In previous elections Carmen Lazar was a Labor volunteer handing out voting cards to a queue of voters. This year she’s handing out Liberal cards with her face on them.
- Frances Howe
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‘Voldemort policy’: Labor, Coalition deny hiding energy plans in nuclear election
An earthquake shook a region slated for one of Peter Dutton’s nuclear plants and the PM visited another in a campaign in which the energy debate has been quietly shifted off stage.
- Mike Foley
Hostile and deeply divided: In south-west Sydney, it’s an election campaign like never before
Harnessing anger over Gaza, independents are posing an unprecedented threat to Labor in heartland seats.
- Eryk Bagshaw and Kayla Olaya
‘Copied from America’: Dutton launches election fight over EVs
The opposition leader has been accused of copying Donald Trump’s policies as the government responds to his pledge to scrap fuel-efficiency fines.
- Mike Foley
Will we always have Paris? Coalition forced to clarify climate commitment
Asked if the Coalition would leave the Paris Agreement, climate spokesman Ted O’Brien said: “I can commit that we will always act in the national interest.”
- James Massola and Nick O'Malley
Everything you need to know about Labor’s home battery promise
One in three households have solar panels but only one in 40 have a home battery. That could be about to change.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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- Renewables
Residents opposed this solar farm. Then the government changed the rules
A massive solar farm near Geelong will be fast-tracked after opponents, including Catriona Rowntree, waged a campaign against it
- Bianca Hall
- Exclusive
- Australia votes
Activists are spending big on pro-nuclear ads, but it’s Dutton’s silence that has Labor’s attention
An analysis of Meta’s advertising library shows the Liberals last funded a push of its nuclear power policy back in November.
- Paul Sakkal and Mike Foley
Bowen fired up for election clash as Labor delivers gas supply boost
Energy Minister Chris Bowen is lashing out at the former Coalition government’s “bin fire” gas policy as he clashes with Peter Dutton on energy.
- Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
Power bills set to rise by up to $200 in election headache for Albanese
The spectre of power prices jumping in July will loom over the federal election campaign widely expected to begin within weeks.
- Nick Toscano and Mike Foley
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