Two rules Albanese broke this week
With the first week of the election campaign going abysmally for the Labor Party, it’s time for Albo to show the Australian public why he should be their next PM.
Analysis
Why Albo’s election campaign could be dead in days
Anthony Albanese has already used up eight of his nine lives in one week — so will he again fall flat at Wednesday’s debate?
How Albo’s gaffe could help him win
The Labor leader’s shocking rate gaffe was mad, bad and dangerous. But it could actually play to his advantage.
Big question after Albo’s week from hell
It’s been a week would-be PM Anthony Albanese would rather forget – and it has left Aussies with one major unanswered question.
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It’s the ‘come to daddy effect’
OPINION: A sombre feature of modern election campaigns is the presence of national security. Here it inevitably involves the Coalition standing tall next to its established “trustworthiness” on handling terror matters.
Polls point to battle
EDITORIAL: POLLS are instructive of voter intentions. They rarely tell the full story. But the numbers which came out over the weekend are illuminating.
Campaign spin thwarting democracy
GREG BARNS is sick of political parties calling the tune for cardboard-cutout candidates.
Show strength in numbers
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.
Shorten fails education lesson
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.
To dive in, or come up for air?
WITH 51 days spread before us, it’s time to take our first breather from this election campaign – sit down with a double espresso and wonder if we should take the weekend off.
The world won’t stop spinning
A FUNNY thing happened on the way to the election. Everything and nothing, writes Terry McCrann.
Please Barnaby, give us some herpes
OPINION: It is day two of the campaign and already it is boring and predictable. We desperately need some excitement courtesy of Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce – and his war on the carp.
It’s all in the future on super
IT’S going to be a long eight weeks of ever-escalating and ever-expanding spin and counter-spin, so let’s get the facts right on what the two sides are promising to do to superannuation, writes Terry McCrann.
Where the parties stand
WHAT policies do the two main parties have on each public issue? Political Reporter Peter Jean presents their respective stances.
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