Anti-Semitism is now an election issue for Albanese
Voters looking at how the federal government is responding to violence associated with anti-Semitism will be considering it in light of their willingness to deal with crime more broadly.
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PM dropped hose on dousing flames of anti-Semitism
It has taken the firebombing of a childcare centre to force a volte-face from the Prime Minister to hold a national cabinet meeting.
The political wedge is mandatory in opposition’s stance
Peter Dutton’s proposed laws on terrorism and flag flying are a political wedge that Labor should have seen coming a mile away.
Lack of bipartisan courage condemns us to be unproductive
There is a defining issue that will determine whether Australians’ standard of living rises or falls over the next decade, but it is one unlikely to feature during the election campaign.
Living costs pain lingers for longer
New analysis reveals Australia’s decade of lost living standards won’t be recovered until at least 2030, as one of the country’s leading economists warns: ‘We won’t get our living standards back until we get our courage back.’
Albanese v Dutton: ideological fight for the country’s future
There is an unbridled ideological conflict underlying this election that reaches beyond the economic debate and runs deep into the social fabric.
Election 2025: Albanese and Dutton steeling for ‘future war’
The PM has declared the next election a ‘future war’ between Labor and the Coalition, as the Opposition Leader vows a return to Howard and Costello-era economics while calling for a rejection of identity politics in classrooms.
Chalmers will want to exit this horrid 2024 as soon as he can
Jim Chalmers’ promise of better times ahead for Australians is arguable. In some ways 2025 will be a better year economically than 2024, but such predictions should be tempered with reality.
Jim’s pitch to voters: the worst is behind us
Jim Chalmers concedes most Australians will be ‘pleased to see the back of 2024’ and the inflation pain it inflicted on households, urging voters to be optimistic about the year ahead.
Kennett tips ‘tsunami’ to hit Labor
Former Victorian Liberal premier Jeff Kennett is convinced that the level of anger at Victoria’s Labor government could cost a considerable number of seats at the federal election.
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