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Liberal member for Wannon Dan Tehan (left) and independent candidate Alex Dyson.

From $5525 to $540,000: Ex-radio host’s whopping campaign war chest in third tilt against Liberals

Independent candidate Alex Dyson has amassed almost 100 times more in donations than the amount he spent during his first attempt at unseating Liberal Dan Tehan.

  • James Massola

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Anthony Albanese, Abbie Chatfield, Peter Dutton and Sam Fricker.

Soft questions, angry comments: Albanese and Dutton hit the podcast campaign

Albanese and Dutton have embraced a strategy that helped return Trump to the White House: courting influencers who lob soft questions for audiences who don’t follow mainstream news.

  • Nick Bonyhady, Calum Jaspan, Olivia Ireland and Paul Sakkal
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

Dutton revives controversial safety grants as he campaigns on crime

Emails obtained by this masthead reveal that Coalition MPs are urging supporters to come forward with projects they want funded from the Commonwealth cash.

  • David Crowe and Shane Wright
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

Union vows to fight Dutton’s five-days-in-office edict at the tribunal

Commonwealth federal servants have the right to work from home and three out of five do, at least some of the time. Dutton says this is unacceptable.

  • Olivia Ireland and Josefine Ganko
Churchlands candidate Basil Zempilas greets Libby Mettam at the Scarborough Beach Road polling booth.

‘We’re not promising the world’: The unflappable Libby Mettam on getting things done rather than fancy stuff

Unionists and irate early voters are nothing for the Liberal leader who has developed diamond skin through one of the toughest periods of her party’s entire history.

  • Hamish Hastie
Criminal defence lawyer Michael Kuzilny on The Morning Show.

TV lawyer faces legal action over alleged workplace sexual advances

Criminal defence lawyer-slash-TV legal eagle Michael Kuzilny may need to start following his own advice that “tough times never last, tough people do”.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Tom Cowie
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The disinterest of our political class in the only thing that actually matters is reflected in their language.

Albanese, Dutton name terms for campaign debate broadcasts

With an election likely to be called imminently for an April 12 election, both leaders are keen to be seen as up for the fight.

  • Paul Sakkal and Calum Jaspan
Roger Cook (left); and Libby Mettam on the campaign trail on Sunday.

Rotto revival, cost-of-living reform among major parties’ latest pitches

Labor has promised a transformation of Victoria Quay’s B Shed – including a new Rottnest Island ferry terminal and tourism hub – while the Liberals unveiled a cost-of-living package focused on families.

  • Alex Condon
Peter Dutton and his property portfolio.

How Dutton and his dad laid the foundations for prosperity

Peter Dutton likes to say he grew up “working class”, with a bricklayer father and a secretary mother. His father, Bruce, is a huge part of the success he now enjoys.

  • James Massola
About 390 new dwellings are under construction at Eden Street and Princes Highway in Arncliffe.

Coalition claims housing fund has built zero homes. Labor says they are delivering

Hundreds of homes have been completed with work under way on thousands more across the country.

  • Shane Wright and Millie Muroi

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