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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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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA : NewsWire Photos - NOVEMBER 27 2024; People are seen before 8am enjoying the more manageable weather at Bondi Beach as the temperature is reported to climb to 40 degrees today as Sydney braces for another day of extreme heat. Picture: NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

Call this a blackout-inducing heatwave? Hardly

In comparison with heatwaves of the past – that haven’t troubled the energy network – this isn’t what you would call a red-flag weather crisis.

David Tanner

EXCLUSIVEPolitics

US president-elect Donald Trump and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton

Dutton plan to come up Trumps on election day

Peter Dutton will mirror the winning strategy of Donald Trump focused on inflation and working class voters, as the Coalition moves to tap Republican strategists to sharpen messaging and ads.

Geoff Chambers and David Tanner

By the numbersUS Politics

Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump takes the stage to address supporters at his rally, at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., November 6, 2024. REUTERS/Brian Snyder TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Coast to coast: How America turned to Trump

The US moved almost entirely as one in installing Donald Trump in the White House.

David Tanner

‘Responsible’Nation

CANBERRA, Australia - NewsWire Photos - October 28, 2024: Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers holds a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Chalmers warned on state-style handouts

Economists are warning Jim Chalmers could wreck the government’s chances of a pre-election interest rate cut if he replicates Queensland Labor’s populist cost-of-living spending promises.

Greg Brown, Rosie Lewis and David Tanner

FertilityNation

Maternity sunrise showing belly abdomen with baby birth due soon. Sunrise pregnancy waves ocean and sandy shorefront at dawn.

Baby drought ‘generated by cost of living’

Australia has hit its lowest fertility rate on record, with cost-of-living pressures and house prices being blamed.

Stephen Lunn and David Tanner

newspollPolitics

09/10/2004. Australian Prime Minister John Howard celebrates his historic fourth election victory with the party faithful in Sydney. AFP PHOTO/Torsten BLACKWOOD p8//////////09/10/2004. Australian Prime Minister John Howard celebrates his historic fourth election victory with the party faithful in Sydney. AFP PHOTO/Torsten BLACKWOOD

Behind but not out: just ‘focus’

Since 2001, when Newspoll began calculating two-party-preferred results for all polls, every government has fallen behind the opposition on that measure at some point during the parliamentary term.

Noah Yim and David Tanner

exclusivePolitics

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA, NewsWire Photos. SEPTEMBER 5, 2023: Leader of the Australian Greens Adam Bandt and Anthony Albanese during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Jewish leaders: put Greens last on ballot

Two of the nation’s leading Jewish groups have sought public commitments from Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton for the major parties to preference each other over the Greens at the next election.

Joe Kelly and David Tanner

Fire emergencyNation

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA. NewsWire Photos. September 21, 2024. Bushfire runs through bushland on Northern Beaches. Picture: NewsWire / Jeremy Piper

Bushfire caused by controlled burn gone wrong downgraded to ‘watch and act’

A bushfire on Sydney’s northern beaches has been downgraded as firefighters gained control of the large blaze with no property losses reported. But residents are on alert for possible flare-ups.

Liam Mendes, David Tanner and Aisling Brennan

PopulationNation

Large crowd of people on Bondi Beach in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney on 2 January 2023. The red and yellow coloured uniforms and surfboards of surf lifesavers are visible in the crowd. The red and yellow flags indicate the area where it is safe to swim. This image was taken at the northern end of the beach in the early afternoon.

Post-Covid arrivals higher than SA’s entire population

Almost two million international migrants have arrived in Australia since the end of Covid restrictions in late 2021.

Stephen Lunn and David Tanner

blow to coalitionPolitics

CANBERRA, Australia - NewsWire Photos - September 12, 2024: Kylea Tink holds a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Election 2025: battleground locked in

With the AEC’s announcement on Thursday that the NSW electorate of North Sydney will be abolished, as proposed, the geographic starting grid is set for the next election.

David Tanner

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