Warning on early voting for May 3 election
The election has been called, politicians have made their opening pitches and the campaign trail has begun. But what happens now?
Anthony Albanese
Dutton the target: PM launches scare campaign
Anthony Albanese linked Peter Dutton to Trump as he prepares for attacks on Labor’s struggle with cost-of-living, energy prices and productivity.
The 33 battleground electorates to watch
These are the seats that will decide the result; Labor can afford a net loss of just two to hold on to majority government; the Coalition needs a net gain of 22.
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Anthony Albanese needs more than a Rabbitohs win to become the first PM since John Howard to be re-elected in more than two decades.
Albo reveals day Aussies will hit the polls
Australians will head to the polls in just a few weeks to vote in the next parliament of Australia. Here’s what you need to know.
A guide to the PM and his team
Anthony Albanese’s quest to become the first Labor leader to be re-elected this century will see him battle to reverse his falling personal popularity.
ASX 200 eyes flat close as election focus sharpens
ASX ekes out small gain. Election Day is May 3. Bad weather delays Incitec Pivot fertilizer sales. Big east coast gas users back Dutton plan as producers pan it. Virgin clears last barrier on Qatar flights. Star’s Sydney casino licence suspension continues.
Battleground seats to decide Albo’s fate
With an election now just weeks away, these are the electorates that could decide the fate of Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton.
Climate activists crash $3000-a-head Liberal fundraiser
Anti-nuclear climate activists have crashed another key Liberal party event, infiltrating the Opposition’s $3000-a-head fundraiser following Peter Dutton’s budget reply on Thursday night.
Power price poll: Dutton vows to reserve gas for domestic use
Peter Dutton used his budget reply to attack Labor and Anthony Albanese on the economy, defence and energy.
Both camps muzzle their MPs
Labor and Coalition MPs have been banned from speaking to the media during the election campaign unless they receive approval and talking points from party officials.
This is now a win at any cost, bare-knuckled brawl
Peter Dutton is attempting to force Anthony Albanese to fight on his terms and on his turf – the outer metropolitan suburbs.
Time for one last salvo of cheers, jeers, insults and cliches
It wasn’t until the very last words of Anthony Albanese at the very end of parliamentary question time that it became absolutely clear that Thursday’s sitting was the last of the first term of the Labor government.
Has Peter Dutton delivered the ‘speech of his life’ without actually delivering it?
Anthony Albanese’s declaration the election will be called ‘soon’ – and the expectation that soon will be Friday for May 3 – risks looking like a vote of no confidence in Jim Chalmers’ budget and panic at Peter Dutton’s reply.
Dutton unveils gas plan to slash energy prices
Peter Dutton will impose an east coast gas reservation regime to secure up to 20 per cent of demand and drive-down energy prices, amid election-eve warnings that Australia’s biggest states will face gas shortfalls by July.
Albo’s invite to Trump despite tariff threat
The offer comes amid fears Australia could be further caught up in Donald Trump’s increasingly aggressive tariff war, with an announcement due next week.
Plibersek plunges in polls, as DiCaprio enters salmon debate
Tanya Plibersek is paying a personal political price for Anthony Albanese’s pro-salmon farming law, polling suggests, as a Hollywood superstar weighs in.
PM’s ‘dinner mate’ forced to close college
Rupinder Brar drives a Rolls-Royce and dines with Anthony Albanese – but a watchdog has shut his ‘non-compliant’ foreign college.
Influencers to join campaign trail
After Labor invited about a dozen influencers to the budget lockup for the first time, the personalities will soon follow Anthony Albanese on the hustings.
Seven strategies for Dutton to secure election victory
Here are seven strategies Peter Dutton should adapt to win the upcoming federal election, and readers can score his upcoming budget reply and later statements against these benchmarks.
‘Delulu’: Albo’s Gen-Z reply to tax cut fury
The Prime Minister has branded the opposition “delulu with no solulu” after scathing criticism of his government’s proposed income tax cuts.
‘Shameful’: Treasurer blames Senate for missing budget relief for small business
As Labor’s tax cuts pass their first hurdle in the lower house, Jim Chalmers says Senate ‘shenanigans’ are holding up an extension of the instant asset write-off, which wasn’t in the budget.
Albo to woo Aussies with $1.5bn war chest
With a federal election expected to be called any day now, Labor has left itself $1.5bn in yet-to-be announced policies.
Workplaces foster productivity
Anthony Albanese, who wants working from home to be an election issue, is playing to his base.
Federal Budget 2025: Coalition to oppose Labor’s tax cuts
The federal opposition has declared Labor’s $17bn of tax cuts are ‘for the next five weeks, not the next five years’, signalling it will oppose them.
ALP’S fiscal reckoning with debt to GDP on rise amid splurge
Jim Chalmers’ debt outlook has worsened amid a pre-election spending spree of more than $67bn in three months, as Anthony Albanese sprays pre-election funding in marginal seats across the country.
Chalmers draws a long bow evoking Chifley
Ben Chifley won a reputation as a sound economic manager. While he presided over four budgets in one term, that’s where the comparisons end with Jim Chalmers and Anthony Albanese.
Albo defends Bunnies mascot over incident
The man behind Reggie the Rabbit has broken his silence, as the PM described the longtime Rabbitohs mascot as a “lovely fellow” following allegations he pushed a child.
‘Should not have happened’: Teal couple apologises for Lib sign removal
Kooyong MP Monique Ryan and her husband Peter Jordan have ‘unreservedly’ apologised after Jordan was filmed in a heated row after removing an election sign for Liberal candidate Amelia Hamer | VIDEO
Newspoll: Women losing faith in both Albanese and Dutton
Primary vote support for Labor among women dropped below 30 per cent, with both Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton facing a crisis of confidence among female voters as they shift support to the Greens.
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