Polling campaign of fast promises rolling on
This election campaign promises bread and circuses. Unfortunately, the price of bread is rising and the circuses are moving offshore to get a reliable supply of cheaper power.
Peter Dutton
Dutton forgot Opposition 101: never oppose a tax cut
The numbers are looking brighter for Labor … but a hung parliament is still a possibility.
How David Littleproud restored integrity and credibility to the Nationals leadership
If the Coalition returns to government on May 3, David Littleproud will become Australia’s deputy prime minister. ‘I’ve got someone that I trust in Peter Dutton,’ he says.
Dutton fires a late salvo and declares war on defence drift
The Opposition Leader’s plan to boost spending brings some welcome substance to the campaign at last.
Australia can’t afford this campaign’s sub-optimal policy choices
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton are smugly ignoring the prime economic challenges in Donald Trump’s new world disorder.
PM surges ahead of Dutton on cost-of-living response
Anthony Albanese has streaked ahead of Peter Dutton on who voters believe is better to manage cost-of-living pressures, despite 76 per cent of Australians supporting the Coalition’s pledge to halve fuel excise.
Clock ticking for Dutton after chaotic week
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has just a week left to convince Australian voters he is the best fit to become the country’s next Prime Minister.
Follow the leaders to see how the west is won
The 2022 election result fell into place in Western Australia and, if the leaders’ travels are anything to go by, the major parties reckon it could well happen again.
Desktop warrior Marles vs the real thing in Hastie
One of these men has put his life on the line for his country. Hint: it’s not the Defence Minister.
Why Anzac RSL crowd ‘booed’ Dutton
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton have suspended political campaigning for Anzac Day, which for the Opposition Leader included a turn at two-up.
Albo, Dutton pay tribute to Anzac spirit
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton have taken part in Anzac Day Dawn Services, which this year mark the 110th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings.
Dutton move that will kill Aussie EV industry
A Peter Dutton backflip could cost Aussie families up to $20,000 and torpedo a growing industry, experts have warned.
Coalition the only ones getting serious about defence
For its wilful neglect of defence and all aspects of national security, the ALP deserves to lose this election on this issue alone.
Dutton can’t be afraid to be ambitious with important policies
It has been clear in last three debates Peter Dutton and the Coalition need to present much more strongly and not be afraid of offending some groups.
Clean Energy Council’s radical departure after boardroom jostling
The CEC true believers might rather be seen dead than support any extension of ‘transitional gas’. But here we are. Could a quasi boardroom coup by some powerful players be the reason?
Dutton withholds backing for critical minerals reserve
Peter Dutton has refused back Anthony Albanese’s plan to create a strategic reserve for critical minerals and rare earths.
China bid to ally with us against US ‘bully’
China’s ambassador to Australia is demanding Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton stand with Beijing against the ‘bullying’ of the White House’s tariff war.
We’ve already won the votes on nuclear: Littleproud
Peter Dutton does not need to visit the site of a proposed nuclear power plant during the campaign because the policy is popular in those communities, Nationals leader David Littleproud has claimed.
APS cuts ‘only’ from Canberra: Dutton
There were 68,435 public servants in the ACT at the end of June 2024, Australian Public Service Commission figures show: 41,000 workers represents 60 per cent of that total figure.
Lift defence spending to 5pc of GDP: Gina Rinehart
Australia’s richest person has called on both major parties to dramatically increase their defence commitments, saying ‘we urgently need to do more to defend Australians’.
Bracket creep still part of plan
Business gets few answers on what’s in store for industrial relations.
Defence budget increase is real unavoidable spending
Coalition’s targets are crucial, but more policy detail is required.
Coalition claims DV initiatives have edge
Peter Dutton has vowed to deliver an extra $90m in funding to curb soaring rates of domestic violence across the country, while implementing a register to track perpetrators.
Too little, too late: no defence for this
It’s still too little, too late and shrouded in the most cack-handed amateurism in delivery, messaging and substance you could possibly imagine.
High voter churn in contest of character
The scale of the negative campaign against Peter Dutton is colossal. Yet the Coalition appears to have no strategy to counter this, unless it is one that is deeply hidden from the rest of us.
Higher taxes ‘will fund military might’
Peter Dutton has revealed he will pay for his $21bn defence funding boost by hitting households with higher income taxes, amid blowback over his failure to say what new military capabilities a Coalition government would buy.
Keeping activity test will ‘hurt parents’
Peter Dutton’s refusal to continue Labor’s policy of scrapping the activity test for three days of subsidised childcare a week has been met with alarm by advocates, who warn it will ‘hurt parents’.
Ex-campaign boss backs LNP defector
The Liberal heavyweight who orchestrated Peter Dutton’s 2019 and 2022 wins in his Brisbane electorate is telling voters to support Liberal National Party defector Gerard Rennick in the Senate.
Palmer says Trumpet may blow Dutton’s seat
Clive Palmer says his decision to put Peter Dutton’s MPs last on his Trumpet of Patriots how-to-vote cards could threaten about 20 marginal Coalition seats.
Dutton slams the brakes on EV tax break pledge
The Opposition Leader has committed another campaign blunder, wrongly declaring the Coalition would retain Labor’s tax breaks for electric vehicles.
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