Albo reveals Plibersek’s future
After Anthony Albanese’s awkward hug snub of Tanya Plibersek, their dislike for each other was laid bare. But the PM still has a place for her in a future government.
Analysis
Albanese leads Labor’s heroic fight against ‘girl germs’
The Albo-Tanya air kiss – Plibersek missed by a metre, which is admittedly better than my recent pickleball service game – may have also been part of a longstanding Labor pattern, writes Tim Blair.
‘No doubt about it’: Grim house price warning
It may soon become cheaper and quicker for Aussies to buy their first home – but economists fear it could do the exact opposite.
Perception matters. Albanese was betrayed by a non-kiss
Who didn’t kiss whom? It’s difficult to determine, but regardless of the truth, for Anthony Albanese it would have felt like a betrayal, writes Joe Hildebrand.
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Issues spell trouble for Turnbull
MATT SMITH: Bill Shorten could be Australia’s next prime minister. These are words I would never have contemplated writing three or four months ago.
Shorten’s ‘solution’ is too taxing
PETA CREDLIN: If Labor doesn’t change the conversation, they cannot win the election. They are mired in a debate about border protection and immigration that they simply cannot win.
AFP raids cause chaos but hurt Turnbull
THE Australian Federal Police may have raided a Labor shadow minister’s office and a Labor staffer’s home, but Laurie Oakes says it’s Malcolm Turnbull that they hurt.
Pollies are learning our lingo
MARTIN GRIMMER and DENNIS GRUBE: The selective use of words by political candidates can sway how we vote.
NBN raids bad news for both parties
IT is unprecedented, and deeply discomforting, for police to raid a political office in the middle of an election campaign, writes Ellen Whinnett.
The election campaign unfolds via twits and Twitter
YOU might think elections are won on te campaign trail as pollies interact with voters. Wrong. It’s all happening on Twitter, writes Joe Hildebrand.
Police raids not a good look for Turnbull
DENNIS ATKINS: The political import of the AFP raids on the homes and offices of senior ALP politicians is that it looks like a government is using the police to chase its enemies.
Dog whistle on migrants a new low
JOHN MARTINKUS: Australia’s Immigration Minister has shown he does not really like immigrants.
Health takes centre stage
EDITORIAL: HEALTH is shaping as one of the key policy battlefields in this long and arduous Federal Election campaign.
Itch that won’t go away for Shorten
DENNIS ATKINS: IT’S the issue that won’t go away for Bill Shorten and Labor, and every time this story gets attention, it’s bad news for the Opposition.
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