Plibersek and the PM share a long history of conflicting leadership ambitions and fortunes. Her now celebrated blow away kiss at Labor’s campaign launch betrays deeper feelings and risks political damage.
Peter Dutton and the circus both came to western Sydney for a show and there was no doubt the Stardust Circus had a bigger venue, was more entertaining and certainly had a bigger crowd.
The message this election is that the era of aged power is over, the boomers are busted and the new voting power is with the young. There’s just one problem with this narrative: it’s wrong.
Chris Bowen could lose his seat of McMahon to independent Matt Camenzuli, according to new polling, with the Energy Minister receiving just 19 per cent support.
The first debate of the 2025 campaign has set the tone for the next four weeks. Importantly, neither leader made any mistake and there was no stumble.
The big question for the Prime Minister is whether he can afford to stay on a personal path when he’s standing opposite Peter Dutton on national television.
The policy looked like a Trump-esque attack on public servants, with a Musk flavour of bureaucracy-cleansing. It added up to an attack on working mothers.
Anthony Albanese’s ABC radio interview on Friday was meant to be a cunning political ploy, showing that Labor had thought of the idea of pushing China from the Port of Darwin first. It turned into a word salad of uncertainty, dressed in contradictions and confusion.
Peter Dutton did his best tradie impersonation in a high-vis hit-out, while Anthony Albanese took the fall but held onto a precious arrival during a week marked by a liberating announcement.
On every count the Opposition Leader is better off talking about petrol prices in Parramatta rather than tariffs in Timbuktu.
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