Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton are proving unwilling to pursue reforms that would move the country away from temporary sugar hits and government-subsidised lifelines becoming permanent features of the economy.
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton will splash $20bn on housing and cost-of-living policies
Is the youth crime crisis that David Crisafulli rode into power paused for the federal election?
The Coalition’s efficiency and Indigenous Australians spokeswoman took centrestage on the campaign in Perth today but said use of the US president’s slogan was accidental; bemused Labor strategists use video for campaign.
With Labor and the Coalition risk-averse and reform-shy, no wonder voters are looking to minor parties and independents.
The Liberals have held the West Australian seat of Forrest for more than 50 years. This year it could fall to a teal independent.
Australia is now caught in a retail politics contest while the world is being transformed.
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton are set to announce major election housing policies at their campaign launches, as new building forecasts predict NSW could blow up the PM’s 1.2m new homes by mid-2029 target.
The Coalition has put voluntary redundancies on the table to cut the public service by 41,000 jobs, with the party continuing to face scrutiny from Labor and the union movement over its policy.
Peter Dutton says he holds ‘huge concern’ about the AUKUS pact under Labor, claiming former US president Joe Biden had initially been hesitant to enter the trilateral security agreement.
The arrest has shocked those that knew the teenager, who is described as ‘never causing any trouble at school and coming from a good family’.
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price says she will kick off a feminist movement of Indigenous women in a Coalition government.
The Albanese government is facing pressure to deny Greens preferences with open tickets throughout the country.
The MP who killed off ALP star Kristina Keneally’s political career has declared western Sydney is sick of Labor cabinet ministers who neighbour her, with the independent predicting big swings against Albanese lieutenants.
Outspoken Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather should be as safe as houses in his Brisbane seat of Griffith. He’s not.
The Victorian Liberal Party is exploding in acrimony over the Cormack Foundation’s handling of its huge wealth as former state leader John Pesutto risks being sent bankrupt.
Gas policy should transform the game and rid the nation of the absurdity that Australians are paying a premium for LNG while the mining companies extracting and refining it are paying next to nothing.
It’s a clash almost worthy of a stadium crowd: a renowned economist and a beleaguered leader trade accusations under parliamentary privilege.
Peter Dutton will ramp up his cost-of-living pitch for families by vowing to repeal penalties for car companies under Labor’s vehicle emissions standards.
The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has urged Labor to preference the ‘most dangerous’ Greens last on their how-to-vote cards.
Peter Dutton’s campaign has focused heavily on the outer suburbs of most of the state capitals.
The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne has refused to respond to a Family Court judge’s criticism of its care standards for children presenting with gender concerns.
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton are promising big business they will rebuff any push for nations to take a tougher economic approach to Beijing.
Labor has long held hopes of prising the seat of Leichhardt from Coalition hands. This election may be the party’s best chance yet.
It’s a rollercoaster ride with Donald Trump at the best of times. But while he’s President, and after he’s left office, we want our relationship with the US to remain intact.
David Janetzki has denied covering up an explosion at a government-owned power plant after failing to declare the blast during a major energy policy speech.
According to AEC rules, employees must ‘consider their engagement in activities, either publicly or privately, that could impact their actual or perceived political and issue neutrality’.
The Victorian Labor government has been accused of worsening the state’s housing crisis through its ‘punitive property taxation environment’.
Steve Bracks has issued a rare public intervention into Labor leadership tension, as it emerges Anthony Albanese is unlikely to appear with Jacinta Allan over the remaining weeks of the federal campaign.
With 35 per cent of the aluminium and steel needed for the submarines coming from Canada and the EU, Australia is warned the US could face difficulties bringing them in on time and on budget.
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