He thinks he can, but Albanese’s little engine is tanking
Anthony Albanese’s election train has left the station and Labor MPs believe there is no turning back, amid fears that waiting until May could deliver Peter Dutton the keys to The Lodge.
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Liberals attack Climate 200 data as ‘push polling’
Liberal candidate for Wentworth Ro Knox has attacked Climate 200 polling suggesting Allegra Spender will comfortably retain the Sydney electorate as ‘lacking credibility’ because their pollster has links to Labor and was previously co-owned by the CFMEU and ACTU.
PM’s pledge to make parliament great again has come up short
Anthony Albanese has delivered less legislation, presided over fewer parliamentary sitting days and slashed opposition questions.
Mayors, Coalition blast ‘vote buying’ in citizenship ceremonies
Tony Burke has been accused of concocting a citizenship backlog by western Sydney mayors and the Coalition, who claim Labor has engineered an industrial-scale ‘vote-buying citizenship tactic’.
Quotas on steel in Albanese’s mix for energy
Anthony Albanese will impose local content requirements and pump $500m into green manufacturing to prop-up his clean energy and wind turbine agenda, as Peter Dutton attacked green hydrogen as a ‘hoax’.
Burke plays roulette politics in brazen ‘citizenship for votes’ blitz
Tony Burke has executed one of the more unsubtle pre-election acts, moving to protect Labor mates in western Sydney seats by fast-tracking thousands of new citizens and voters in key electorates.
Apartment drought hits Labor housing goal
Slow growth in new apartments and Sydney’s weak home building market have fuelled warnings that Labor’s 1.2 million new homes by mid-2029 target will fall short by about 20 per cent.
ASIO reveals state-sponsored murder plots
ASIO chief Mike Burgess has issued a pre-election warning, revealing foreign states have plotted to kill Australian-based critics and steal defence secrets and anti-Semitic attacks will continue.
Why my money’s on an April election
Anthony Albanese is preparing to hit the button on his re-election bid, and Labor MPs have been told to get their ducks in a row for a bruising campaign.
‘Put cap on interest’ to give first-time buyers headstart
Australia’s biggest builders and property owners are pushing Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton to cap rates for first-home buyers under a new scheme to solve the housing crisis.
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