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Hamer joins in on a marking competition at Glenferrie Oval.

From a barbecue shelter to 10-court stadium, sport clubs in marginal seats are hustling for election cash

Politics is the last thing most local sports clubs worry about – except at election time, when much-needed funding for facilities is up for grabs.

  • Roy Ward and Rachael Dexter

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Why our former PMs should speak up, not shut up

Julia Gillard has been praised for maintaining a dignified silence since leaving politics. But wouldn’t we like to hear more from her?

  • Matthew Knott
In seeking to defeat Peter Dutton, Anthony Albanese is looking to a tactic deployed by Scott Morrison.

How Anthony Albanese is taking a leaf from Scott Morrison’s playbook

The prime minister is looking to an unlikely source to take on Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

  • David Crowe
Matt Kean in Berowra Valley National Park in northern Sydney: “We’ve got a chance to have some of the cheapest energy bills anywhere in the world.”

Death threats, 3am texts: Former Liberal MP Matt Kean on becoming a climate champion

His stance on global warming has earned him powerful enemies – but the Climate Change Authority chair believes the stakes are too high to beat about the bush.

  • Anne Hyland
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A great work of power elite-rapture

While the personal ads get course.

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.

  • The Herald's View
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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s team is wary of a small uptick in popularity for the government and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Morrison’s media man warns Dutton that PM is gaining momentum

Some of Peter Dutton’s MPs have become jittery about one of Labor’s first small uplifts in political support in 18 months.

  • Paul Sakkal
Bob Hawke greets the crowd at the national tally room in Canberra on election night, March 5, 1983.

The tally room, like the sure thing that was Bob Hawke, is no more

As the latest federal election approaches, the sort of political certainty that once hoisted Bob Hawke to a long prime ministership is in short supply.

  • Tony Wright
Barbara Rugendyke and daughter Sarah.

Barbara lost everything. The road to recovery has taken some unexpected turns

When the media left town and COVID hit, victims of the Black Summer bushfires were left to pick up the pieces. Five years on, here’s what happened to some of them.

  • Penry Buckley and James Brickwood
Some mishaps on the election trail: Kevin Rudd busts in on a choir; Tony Abbott inexplicably eats an onion; Scott Morrison’s rugby tackle trouble; and, Paul Keating’s cake plan falls flat.

‘You ignorant bastards!’ Perils of the election campaign trail

Very rarely, everything goes smoothly on the election campaign trail. Often, things go very, very wrong.

  • Tony Wright

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