There is a trap for the Labor critics and his political opponents who have judged Anthony Albanese to be a oncer and an easy beat ‘worse than Whitlam’. It’s the same trap Labor members fell for in the 1990s and 2000s when they convinced themselves that John Howard was unelectable.
In an exclusive interview, the Prime Minister was emphatic in serving a full three-year term if re-elected and confident about having a governing majority at the election.
The PM is prepared to go beyond the current level of 2.3 per cent of GDP on defence spending amid concerns from regional partners about a US strategic retreat and the expansionist advances of China and Russia.
As Governor-General Sam Mostyn gets set to join world leaders at the Vatican to farewell the first South American pope, the Prime Minister for the first time opens up about his journey back to one of his ‘three’ faiths.
The Prime Minister has dismissed suggestions Labor should have put the Greens’ last on how-to-vote cards because of the party’s involvement in anti-Israel and anti-Semitic protests.
The political reality of the Pope’s death is that another disruption to the campaign means it is more difficult for Peter Dutton to regain momentum.
Climate 200 teal independent MP Allegra Spender is trailing her Liberal challenger on the primary vote in the Sydney seat of Wentworth, with security a big issue, according to new polling.
Peter Dutton has attacked the International Criminal Court and says he would welcome Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Australia | Watch the video.
It’s not just the Greens and teal Climate 200 independents eating away at the Labor and Liberal vote – but also a threat from new players and a revival of some old ones.
The Coalition has accused Labor of failing ‘its own transparency test’, saying the government had failed to brief the Coalition on whether Russia had made a request to Indonesia to station military aircraft 1300km from Darwin.
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