Victoria will swing, WA is a stronghold, NSW is up for grabs and fierce battles unfold in Teal and Green seats. As we get to the pointy end of this campaign, these are the seats to watch, writes Tom Connell.
You will see Labor and the Coalition and the Greens put big reassuring price tags on their policies with assurances they are fully costed. But are they? Joe Hildebrand isn’t convinced.
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton need to do more to solve our housing crisis — and experts say there’s a key number they need to hit.
If the polls are right, this election isn’t going to be close – it’s going to be a chainsaw massacre. When asking why, it’s hard to go past nuclear, writes James Campbell.
Proof that the Greens have lost the plot was the dreadful idea to host a rave dance party fundraiser on Anzac Day. The event has been swiftly rescheduled after the party was shamed into it, writes Kylie Lang.
As the campaign approaches and the strategists take over, any hope of grand reform goes out the window as the party attempts to present as small a target as possible, writes James Morrow
The CFMEU has managed to turn a handful of public holidays into three weeks off the job, writes Mike O’Connor.
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.
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.
It may soon become cheaper and quicker for Aussies to buy their first home – but economists fear it could do the exact opposite.
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.
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.
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