With polls roughly 50-50, and betting markets favouring Labor, Peter Dutton is once more the campaign underdog and that should give him the licence to go for broke, writes Peta Credlin.
Australians once again find themselves watching a political contest in which the contenders are racing to outspend each other on literally buying vote, writes the editor.
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton broke out the national credit card today and went on a spending spree. The only question is, will it work, asks Joe Hildebrand.
Anthony Albanese may refuse to say his name, but there’s no doubt the Labor campaign machine is working overtime to link Peter Dutton with Donald Trump, writes James O’Doherty.
Generating jobs and higher economic growth are the key objectives of my government’s economic plan, says Malcolm Turnbull.
IN this campaign, Bill Shorten’s embrace of Leftist tax-and-spend economics has turned Labor into a party of deficits in perpetuity, says Mark Latham.
PARTY GAMES: Bill Shorten says the Greens are “dreaming” if they think they can form a coalition with Labor. Here’s why there can be only one true king of the castle.
WILL former Prime Minister Tony Abbott cause the kind of destructive mayhem for Malcolm Turnbull’s election campaign as Kevin Rudd did for Julia Gillard in 2010?
EDITORIAL: POLLS are instructive of voter intentions. They rarely tell the full story. But the numbers which came out over the weekend are illuminating.
GREG BARNS is sick of political parties calling the tune for cardboard-cutout candidates.
WE’VE seen this week that it isn’t just the senior Labor leaders who lack ticker on boats. At last count 16 MPs or candidates have openly defied Bill Shorten, writes Peta Credlin.
CHARLES WOOLEY: We should all vote for a Tasmanian Senate Group, or at least for independents who genuinely want to advance the cause of our state.
HERE is a slam dunk example of a political leader who either deliberately misled voters or simply didn’t know the ramifications of his own policy, indeed the central policy he is campaigning on.
OPINION: It’s still more than a month to the federal election, but Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and rival Bill Shorten may tonight just strike their biggest challenge.
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