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.
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.
Peter Dutton’s challenge to become PM in the 48th parliament is monumental, requiring a net gain of 22 seats.
Despite a resources rush, Labor has presided over the biggest deterioration in the budget outside an economic crisis or a pandemic.
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?
One did it with a push to mid-on, one with a cut shot to the boundary and the third a drive through covers. Here’s the tale of the first three Aussies to reach 10,000 runs.
While Anthony Albanese has avoided something that befell all his predecessors in the past three decades, he has suffered a seemingly inexorable decline in support.
The Prime Minister is opening the year by reviving his pre-2022 election pitch that he is a politician of conviction, as he puts a $873bn price tag on Peter Dutton’s nuclear policy.
Anthony Albanese is set to pull the starter’s gun on his on-the-ground campaigning ahead of an election due by May, spending the week in regional Queensland and WA.
Getting to the batting milestone of 10,000 career runs isn’t always easy – as Steve Smith found out at the SCG on Sunday.
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