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Peter Dutton took some leads from the Donald Trump playbook, but it appears to have backfired.

Trump-lite dynamite: Did copying the president’s playbook blow up Dutton’s campaign?

The opposition leader clearly thought he was on a good thing when he looked to the approach of Donald Trump and Elon Musk.

  • Tony Wright

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Petro Georgiou

Petro Georgiou, the ‘conscience of the Liberal Party’, dies at 77

“He combined the skills of an effective political strategist with deep policy insights and an unwavering commitment to liberal values,” said Josh Frydenberg.

  • Tony Wright

The Liberals have a Malcolm problem. It’s not their first

What is it about prime ministers called Malcolm? A history of the most querulous leaders.

  • Brad Emery
Election campaign. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison visits the Davenport Strikers Soccer Club in the seat of Braddon. The Federal election will be held on Saturday 21st May 2022. Photographed Wednesday 18th May 2022. Photograph by James Brickwood. SMH NEWS 220518 ausvotes22. With MP Gavin Pearce - Liberal MP for Braddon. Photo shows the PM tripping into one of the kids on the field whilst playing soccer with them.

Watch your step: Campaign disasters Albanese and Dutton must not repeat

The number one rule for political leaders on the campaign trail is simple: never take a backward step. You never know what you’ll step into.

  • Tony Wright
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

Petrol tax changes have been irresistible for politicians for half a century

A tax on petrol in Australia was introduced way back in 1978 … and politicians on both sides haven’t been able to leave it alone ever since.

  • Tony Wright
Anthony Albanese writes and signs a “No Change To WA GST” pledge on the arm of West Australian reporter Dylan Caporn in February 2024.

The streets of Western Australia are paved with GST gold

A wrong-headed GST deal to bail out Western Australia continues to skew the system.

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Scott Yung, then the Liberal candidate for the state seat of Kogarah, sitting next to John Howard during a fundraiser at the Blue Angel restaurant.

The Liberal candidate, the mysterious $60,000 and the deleted podcast

Bennelong candidate Scott Yung claimed he received $60,000 in donations at an intimate fundraising dinner ahead of the 2019 state election. There’s no trace of this donation being disclosed.

  • Max Maddison
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
Scott Morrison and Space Centre Australia chief executive officer James Palmer.

Scott Morrison still headed for outer space

The former prime minister, in high demand since Trump’s election win, is headlining a space conference in Sydney in May.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Peter Dutton has rejected comparisons of him to Donald Trump.

Opposition leader is more like Trump than he cares to admit

Until the Liberals find a leader worthy of representing Australia, we’re better off in Labor’s steady hands, writes Graham Lum.

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