When the everyday punter sees or hears opinion polls, many might believe that their fellow punters are indeed evenly split on their voting intentions.
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NSW’s no-debt budget comes with a declining share of GST, an issue that must be wrangled with the federal government.
Pyne talked more about changing taxes and incentives to stimulate growth and industry, whereas Carr had clear plans for government investment.
The mantra of propping up manufacturing to save jobs is no substitute for a property industry policy focused on growth.
Shorten has decided to risk all, to hopefully create enough doubt in key seats, to shift enough votes, to get across the line.
The ‘party discipline’ that has its roots in the Labor Party’s precursor of the 1890s has stifled real political debate, making even the smartest politicians sound like hacks and act like sheep.
Malcolm Turnbull says while the plebiscite on same-sex marriage was not his idea, Australians like it.
The economic reasoning is the same behind Labor and the Coalition’s job plans for young people.
The huge growth in student numbers is restricting the government’s capacity to increase levels of public funding per student and for research.
Following the Turnbull government’s recent changes, Australia has new rules for electing senators. How will they work in practise?
Neither major party seems to understand the structural causes of unemployment, or how to adapt welfare policy to meet those needs.
With the polls remaining close and confusing but a general feeling that Malcolm Turnbull has the edge in this election, Bill Shorten has made a spirited appeal to Labor’s faithful to put their shoulders…
Bill Shorten has pledged Labor would reverse the government’s cuts to pathology and give a modest tax break to small businesses to get people back into the workforce.
The main failure of university expansion is the unwillingness to fund it. Costs are certainly escalating, but priorities are always political as well as financial.
Sure, western Sydney hosts a slew of marginal seats, but it is also a powerful metaphor for the concerns of middle Australia.
As election day edges closer, the Labor Party finds itself without much of a tailwind. At Labor’s official campaign launch on Sunday, Bill Shorten will need to bring together the party’s story.
While on the face of it a 1.5% increase in the number of disadvantaged students going to university might seem minimal, in real terms this is genuinely significant.
Territorians will go to the polls for the next Northern Territory election only eight weeks after the July 2 election – blurring the lines between local controversies and how people vote federally.
One in 20 Australians voted for the Palmer United Party in 2013. Their votes will be crucial again – especially in Queensland, where ex-PUP senator Glenn Lazarus could be replaced by Pauline Hanson.
As election day nears – well, only a fortnight away – speculation within each side is already turning to what happens after July 2.
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