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Albanese and Dutton ready to launch in campaign that lacks deep ideas
The plug-and-play debate performances, the formulaic photo ops, the tightly controlled press conferences all lend an air of shallowness to the election contest.
- The Age's View
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The politics of grievance was a winner for Trump. It’s not working for Dutton
Excited by dominance in meaningless midterm polls, misled by the false analogy of Trump’s political success, the Coalition allowed itself to think it could win without doing the work required.
- by Peter Hartcher
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He’s careful, stable – even prosaic. But Albanese may just have nailed the mood
The prime minister is on a personal mission to do what no Labor leader has done this century – convince voters his party can be trusted to govern long-term.
- by Chip Le Grand
Victoria’s hot seats LIVE updates: Air guitar-playing Greens promise tax breaks for live-music venues
What better place to launch a live-music policy than a pub beer garden?
- by Cara Waters, Rachael Dexter, Tom Cowie, Charlotte Grieve, Brittany Busch and Tony Wright
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Labor vowed to take on miners over Indigenous heritage. Now Albanese is their guest
The prime minister’s tour of northern Australia came with no moves to rekindle memories of the Indigenous Voice referendum.
- by Mike Foley
Federal election 2025 as it happened: Albanese reveals authorities launched legal proceedings to protect him after a “serious incident; Dutton reportedly targeted in teenage boy’s terror plot
Keep up to date on all the news from the campaign trail with our live blog.
- by Josefine Ganko and Alex Crowe
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Albanese reveals legal proceedings over ‘serious incident’
The prime minister said he contacted Peter Dutton to discuss an alleged terror plot targeting the opposition leader that was revealed on Thursday.
- by Matthew Knott
The Coalition's shifting stance on public service cuts
Senior Coalition politicians have offered different plans for the public service over the last year
Did Albanese ‘lie 97 times’, did Coalition ‘rip $30 billion’ out of schools? We reality check
We take a look at questionable claims made by those on the campaign trail while everyone’s been distracted by Donald Trump’s reign of chaos.
- by Bronte Gossling
Opinion
Political leadership
There’s an obvious successor for Albanese. The Libs face a tougher choice
Election results trigger, or subsequently lead to, leadership resets. Even in the turmoil of a campaign, players will also have their eyes on the future.
- by Michelle Grattan
‘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.
- by Mike Foley
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