Follow the leaders to see how the west is won
The 2022 election result fell into place in Western Australia and, if the leaders’ travels are anything to go by, the major parties reckon it could well happen again.
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Exodus of women from Liberals risks key seat
The crash in female support since the start of the election campaign has the potential to hurt the Coalition’s chances most acutely in one of the seats it is most desperate to win back: Kooyong.
Trio of Liberal seats targeted to offset Labor losses
Anthony Albanese hopes to snatch Sturt, Deakin and Leichhardt from the Liberals while Peter Dutton is pouring energy into a swag of Labor seats headlined by McEwen and McMahon.
Leader keeping to the outer when it comes to inner cities
Peter Dutton’s campaign has focused heavily on the outer suburbs of most of the state capitals.
Labor ‘must work with Greens to govern’: Bandt
Adam Bandt says he would be ‘astounded’ if Anthony Albanese refused to do a deal or work co-operatively with the Greens in minority government.
Busting myths: the Newspoll analysis the PM won’t want to see
The notion that the Labor campaign machine is a superior outfit to that of the Liberals and Nationals is false, with Newspoll trends showing Labor going backwards in every campaign in the last seven elections.
The 33 battleground electorates to watch
These are the seats that will decide the result; Labor can afford a net loss of just two to hold on to majority government; the Coalition needs a net gain of 22.
Path to government: huge task Coalition faces to win
Peter Dutton’s challenge to become PM in the 48th parliament is monumental, requiring a net gain of 22 seats.
The federal budget graph you need to see
Despite a resources rush, Labor has presided over the biggest deterioration in the budget outside an economic crisis or a pandemic.
Even at $1.2bn, Alfred has nothing on Cyclone Jim
Jim Chalmers is citing Cyclone Alfred’s $1.2bn cost to the economy as a ‘big new pressure’ on his budget next Tuesday, but what about the federal Treasurer’s big-spending policies?
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