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Dutton pitches suburban battler roots, calls for ‘education not indoctrination’
The opposition leader released a policy document on his plans to “Get Australia Back On Track” as he spruiks his alternative vision for the country.
- by Paul Sakkal
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Dutton says ‘strong’ leader needed to heal anxious, divided nation
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says Australia has one last chance at the coming election to return to prosperity.
- by Mike Foley and Paul Sakkal
Five battles that will define Australia’s climate war election
Climate action will play a major role in the federal campaign. The political clash has kicked off over nuclear energy, but it will end in the family home.
- by Mike Foley
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Political leadership
Economy on the up, Albanese declares in pitch for another term
Returning from a week-long tour of Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia, the prime minister has asked voters not to risk a “divisive” Coalition under Dutton.
- by Paul Sakkal
Trudeau, Biden and Ardern are done. What’s eating the global left?
Australia may be an island, but it is not immune to the systemic forces sweeping across global politics.
- by Matthew Knott
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Political leadership
Dutton has been quiet this summer. Here’s what the Liberals are focused on
The opposition leader will have to choose between the ambitions of four of his most senior MPs, who all want to be foreign affairs minister in a Liberal government.
- by Paul Sakkal
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The latest work by the acclaimed Sydney Morning Herald editorial cartoonist.
‘Modern-day talkback radio’: the Liberals’ video deluge is part of a plan
From day-in-the-life videos to cocktail-making clips, the Liberal Party has a strategy to capitalise on social media’s dominant format.
- by Olivia Ireland
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