No matter who wins this election, there will likely be a change of leader in either Labor or the Coalition, or both. But who is waiting in the wings?
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The debate was a livelier exchange than the one between Albanese and Dutton, as both men were challenged on the personal as well as the economic.
Defence expert Hugh White says Australia should leave AUKUS and plan to “take responsibility for our own security”, without relying on the US coming to our aid.
The first debate saw both leaders hit their marks and avoid disaster, even if Albanese was declared the winner. Do debates actually matter in elections though?
Despite worrying signs from the markets after the Trump tariffs, Australian mortgage holders might find relief in rates falling faster.
The move to try to return public servants to the office full time has been a bugbear for the opposition from the start.
Anthony Albanese offers homeowners a discount on solar batteries in latest cost-of-living election promise.
The prime minister made the announcement after getting wind of the opposition’s planned announcement.
What impact the Trump tariffs might have on Australia generally and the election in particular is among the issues discussed in this week’s election special podcast.
Australia should be careful of going down the route of supplicant in the effort to remove the new Trump tariffs.
The US president has imposed a baseline 10% “reciprocal” tariff on all imports, with some countries facing a much higher rate.
As we prepare for Trump’s “Liberation Day”, both sides of the campaign are bracing to see how Trump will affect the campaign.
Labor will urge the Fair Work Commission to increase both award and minimum wages in a written submission to their Annual Wage Review.
Kos Samaras, a director of the political consultancy firm Redbridge and a former Labor Party official, joins to talk about the polls and the parties prospects.
Comparison with American politics has continued with Peter Dutton flagging intervention into school curriculum’s to combat ‘woke’ in a move Labor has called DOGE-Y.
Climate change has taken the back seat while both parties sell their energy policies as better to reduce prices. And why has Dutton already forgone the lodge?
As the campaign officially begins both leaders run into problems selling their policies.
The election campaign starts with the government and opposition neck and neck – and minority government considered a real possibility.
With the next parliament, like this one, expected to have a large crossbench, present polling is pointing towards a minority government as a likely outcome.
As the election campaign finally begins, both major parties are making their case to the electorate. But will a spending arms race land with voters?
The opposition leader has announced a range of spending cuts and new measures, with Australians expected to go to the polls on May 3.
Opposition leader Peter Dutton will promise in his Thursday budget reply that a Coalition government would immediately halve the fuel excise on petrol and diesel.
On this podcast we are joined by Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor to talk about the budget.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced surprise tax cuts while talking about “storm clouds” gathering in the global economy.
US President Donald Trump isn’t mentioned by name. But he is the colossus in the background of this budget.
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