Leaders’ massive ‘multimillion-dollar profits’
Peter Dutton and Anthony Albanese have made a fortune in huge property deals while the rest of us struggle to scrounge together a deposit.
Analysis
Penbo: Peter Dutton just got a big Donald Trump problem
The US president has triggered a seismic shift for the right – and not just in Australia, writes David Penberthy.
‘Lunacy’: Aussies slam power price hikes
Our readers have weighed in on rising energy prices, as the political blame game heats up, and a large majority say it will influence how they vote at the federal election.
Campbell: The two big reasons Teals face an election wipe-out
New polling shows four of the six Teal MPs are in danger of losing their seats. There are two big reasons for this — and the downfall of the bogan from the Shire is key.
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The past is no longer a foreign country
Federal election candidates have come under scrutiny for things they said some time ago and which, in more innocent times, would have been utterly lost in time and in space.
Clive’s scorched SA campaign heats up Senate contest
Blowing into town and telling voters they live in “backwater” isn’t a classic campaign, but drama is the game plan for United Australia’s Clive Palmer as he eyes an SA Senate spot.
Clive Palmer is on a roll … but should SA voters trust him?
Poll results from the SA seat of Sturt position Clive Palmer as a political kingmaker. Our experts analyse the results and examine his colourful career. Watch the video.
Is GetUp! a threat to our democracy?
The most important test in this election is whether the new phenomenons of minor parties and campaign groups like GetUp! will threaten the core of democratic structure in Australia, writes Dean Jaensch.
Big decision could lose ex-PM’s seat
The election may well be a new kind of Independents Day after the downfall of Malcolm Turnbull’s seat. There is just one catch.
Taxing impact of $4b childcare scheme
Labor is proposing to use $550 million of taxpayers’ money to pay for its childcare package. But it will cost much more than that, writes Renee Viellaris.
Why growing pre-poll queues spoil the fun
Pre-poll voting is on the rise — a fact with major implications for the rollout of election inducements by the parties, says Mark Kenny.
Left-leaning campaigners target hard Right wreckers
Left-leaning group GetUp! infuriates the “hard Right” Liberals it ruthlessly seeks to depose and delights the Labor, Green and independent progressives whose shared causes it zealously promotes.
Clive Palmer ‘buying’ political power
He’s spent $30 million on the election and is happy to throw tens of millions more at it. Now a new poll shows Clive Palmer’s tactics are working.
End this farce: Ban election posters and how-to-vote cards
It’s time to get rid of election posters and how-to-vote cards, writes Rex Jory. In the internet era, both are obsolete and absurd.
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