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David Tanner is the night editor of The Australian and a data journalist, writing across elections, the economy, weather and other data-related topics. David has worked at The Australian for more than 30 years.

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Election 2025Nation

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos APRIL 22: 2025 Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during the third leaders' debate, The Great Debate hosted by Nine, during the 2025 federal election campaign at the Nine studio in Sydney, NSW, on Tuesday 22 April. Picture: Alex Ellinghausen / POOL/ via NewsWire

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.

David Tanner

KooyongPolitics

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos April 22, 2022: Monique Ryan campaigning outside early voting centre, St GeorgeÃs Hall in Malvern. Picture: The Australian / Nadir Kinani

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.

David Tanner

EXCLUSIVEPolitics

NCA 2025 FEDERAL ELECTION LIBERAL BUS. 18/04/2025, Pictured is Opposition Leader Peter Dutton at Good Friday Mass held at St Charbels in Punchbowl in the electorate of Watson in Sydney NSW., Picture: Richard Dobson / NewsWire

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.

David Tanner

Campaign trailPolitics

NCA 2025 Federal Election Liberal Bus 10/04/2025 Melbourne Australia Leader of the Australian Liberal party Peter Dutton attends a steel manufacturer croydon Melbourne to discuss cost of materials on the campaign trail for the 2025 federal election.Picture Thomas Lisson / NewsWire

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.

David Tanner, Rhiannon Down and Sarah Ison

DealsPolitics

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - April 9, 2025: Adam Bandt MP, Australian Greens Leader, addresses the National Press Club of Australia in Canberra for the

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.

Sarah Ison, Jack Quail and David Tanner

THE NUMBERSPolitics

5 December 2024; A collage of Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers with an retro theme. Sources: supplied. Artwork by Frank Ling. Ratio 4:3 FOR DIGITAL.

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.

Simon Benson and David Tanner

YOUR ELECTION GUIDENation

28 March 2025; Albo and key seats map, Anthony Albanese. Sources: Supplied. Artwork by Frank Ling (and assets by Emilia Tortorella). Ratio 4:3 and 16:9. For DIGITAL.

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.

David Tanner and Sarah Elks

analysisNation

DAILY TELEGRAPH 26TH FEBRUARY 2025 Pictured at Pendle Hill Meat Market in western Sydney is Federal Member for Lindsay, Melissa McIntosh , The Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton and Liberal Candidate for Parramatta Katie Mullens. Picture: Richard Dobson

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.

David Tanner

devil in the dataPolitics

Jim Chalmers delivered his fourth federal budget on Tuesday.

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.

David Tanner and Sean Callinan

FEDERAL BUDGETNation

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - MARCH 17, 2025:Treasurer Jim Chalmers speaks at a press conference as he explains the economic impacts of Cyclone Alfred and the upcomming Budget. Picture: NewsWire / Glenn Campbell

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?

Sarah Elks and David Tanner

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