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Both Labor and the Coalition say their energy policies are the best way to bring household power costs down – but which side is right?
It’s clear the second Trump administration is radically different from the first. This has rattled the right of Australian politics and worked to Labor’s advantage.
The good news keeps coming for the prime minister, while the opposition leader shows questionable judgement.
With polling day just around the corner, six experts analyse the political movements across the country, and what it might mean electorally.
With Canada’s social progressive Liberals re-elected, Albanese will be hoping that Australia will soon follow-suit.
Labor is putting pressure on Peter Dutton to reveal the opposition’s costings after showing savings of more than $6.4 billion in its costing compared to PEFO.
There is nothing in the work of these media outlets that would qualify them as “hate media” – which means the opposition leader simply resents the scrutiny.
Gen Z and Millennial women are more likely than men to be undecided voters. They’re also more likely to vote based on cost-of-living concerns.
Even when parties release their costings, voters may not get the full picture. Parties may omit particular items that might attract criticism.
With long experience in parliament behind him, the former Queensland policeman is looking to take the top job. But he has his work cut out.
Three experts give their take on Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton’s fourth and final debate before election day.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is set to launch a 1800MEDICARE advice line from January next year.
And while Anzac Day brought a temporary truce in campaigning, the political leaders united to condemn neo-Nazi disruption at a dawn service in Melbourne.
Whatever the result on May 3, even Liberal insiders think they have run a very poor national campaign. Not just poor, but odd.
The Coalition’s long-awaited defence plan is a ‘steady-as-she-goes’ approach in a world of increasing volatility.
In the third of a planned four leaders’ debates, the leaders played to their strengths, and took some shots at their opponent.
The third election debate saw again no real knock-outs, but as we draw closer to the election Dutton seems to be running out of time to land a serious blow.
Domestic and family violence hasn’t been a major election issue. While the major parties are starting to talk about it, it’s not enough.
A Dutton government would introduce new laws to disrupt organised crime and spend $355 million on a strike team to fight the illicit drug trade.
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