Political leadership
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The key issues that will define the election – and where the major parties stand
New tax and housing policies are latecomers to the campaign agenda that will dominate debate. Medicare and a nuclear energy fight are also in the conversation.
- Natassia Chrysanthos
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Federal election 2025 LIVE: Albanese, Dutton signature policies revealed; economists warn of house price surge
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton continue campaigning ahead of the federal election on May 3. Follow live.
- Daniel Lo Surdo
- Opinion
- Australia votes
This election is one of the worst I’ve seen. Here’s the one thing we can do to fix Australian politics
I think both sides of politics are treating us like mugs. Maybe like the mugs many of us have allowed ourselves to become.
- Ross Gittins
- Analysis
- Australia votes
A campaign of sound and fury pauses for a moment of constructive policy competition
It’s taken too long for parties to take the housing shortage seriously. Sunday’s campaign launches offer some hope that might be about to change.
- Peter Hartcher
Federal election 2025 as it happened: Albanese, Dutton launch campaigns; Jacinta Price wants to ‘make Australia great again’
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton are launching the Labor and Liberal election campaigns. Follow live.
- Christopher Harris and Roy Ward
Why Albanese and Dutton’s path to government heads west this election
Welcome to battleground Western Australia, where Labor’s path to majority or minority government rests on how much it can defend of its COVID-era swing.
- Hamish Hastie
- Opinion
- Working from home
Why the worst day of the week is the best day to work from home
Amid the furore over the future of flexible work arrangements, people are missing the most crucial question: what is the best day to work from home?
- Thomas Mitchell
- Analysis
- Australia votes
Dutton had a decision to make. On Saturday, he chose Jacinta Price
The opposition leader could have reined in Price after she vowed to “make Australia great again”. Instead, Peter Dutton gave her carte blanche.
- Natassia Chrysanthos
As it happened: Jacinta Price vows to ‘make Australia great again’; PM slams Dutton’s ‘dangerous nonsense’ on defence
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton are into week three of the federal election campaign. Follow live.
- Millie Muroi
‘We don’t need more vanilla’: Liberals are asking whether Peter Dutton can still win
The opposition leader has endured a torrid first two weeks of the 2025 campaign. What are his chances of victory?
- James Massola, Natassia Chrysanthos and Paul Sakkal
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