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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton, US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Federal election 2025 LIVE updates: ASX set to soar after Trump escalates trade war with China, pauses tariffs on other nations; Dutton, Albanese campaigns continue

Keep up to date on the 2025 federal election campaign with our rolling live blog coverage.

  • Josefine Ganko

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Is the Coalition ready to lead Australia? All evidence suggests not

Sure, tenderising your opponents with vigorous critiques is satisfying. But as Peter Dutton is finding out, it ultimately makes for empty calories.

  • Shaun Carney
US President Donald Trump speaks at the National Republican Congressional Committee.

Business leaders plead with Albanese, Dutton for bigger response to Trump tariffs

Labor and the Coalition are being urged to take stronger measures to shield Australia from the economic shock of a global trade war.

  • David Crowe
Candidates for Macnamara Josh Burns and Benson Saulo

Victoria’s hot seats LIVE updates: Labor MP heckled at community forum over Palestine, antisemitism; Greens take campaign north to ALP territory in Wills

Join us over the next four weeks for an in-depth look at the candidates, hot-button issues, and a breakdown of the policies and campaign promises in four key Victorian electorates.

  • Cara Waters, Rachael Dexter, Tom Cowie, Charlotte Grieve and Brittany Busch
Sydney MP Alex Greenwich has welcomed the NSW government’s about-face on plans to introduce a bill banning gay conversion therapy in the state.

Voters aren’t just flirting with independents. It’s deep and meaningful now

Australians have seen that power-sharing delivers outcomes in the NSW parliament, and could do the same at a federal level.

  • Alex Greenwich
Peter Dutton plans to cut new migrant numbers by 100,000 people each year.

Dutton to cut migrant numbers by 100,000 people each year

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton last year walked away from a commitment to cut new migrant numbers by 100,000 people each year. He says that target is now back.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
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Albanese won the debate according to a poll of the 100 undecided voters at the debate.

News Corp queries audience independence after Albanese declared debate winner

News Corp’s top political commentators immediately cast doubt on the political leanings of the debate audience.

  • Calum Jaspan
Saudi Arabian crown prince Mohammad bin Salman.

Saudi Arabia very safe for women, says Liberal candidate who does business there

Amnesty International continues to raise the alarm about Saudi Arabia’s male guardianship laws, which give men authority over women in most aspects of life in the kingdom.

  • Angus Delaney and Paul Sakkal
RBA archives exclusive: Bernie Fraser, Bob Hawke, Paul Keating and Sir Peter Abeles.

The inside story of the recession we didn’t have to have

As Australia deals with Donald Trump’s tariff turmoil, secret documents show the Reserve Bank board had its own plans to deal with economic disaster in the early 1990s.

  • Shane Wright
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton have faced off at a people’s forum.

Who won the debate and why? Our experts deliver their verdicts

Our analysts give their verdicts on the first head-to-head meeting of the leaders.

  • David Crowe, Jacqueline Maley and James Massola

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