Dutton pledges not to ‘lie my way to the Lodge’ – as it happened This blog is now closed The Guardian - AU · Apr 26, 2025
Libs channel Labor's unfriendly ghost, Jim Scullin A first-term government has not been kicked out of office for almost a century but Peter Dutton is hoping comparisons with the 1931 election will resonate. AAP · Apr 26, 2025
The social, successful and the supernatural: what makes a politician charismatic? Is Anthony Albanese charismatic? Peter Dutton? Charisma has been linked to electoral victory (just ask Bob Hawke), but defining it can be difficult The Guardian - AU · Apr 26, 2025
Political heavyweights tip scales in Labor's favour Labor is ahead in two ultra-tight seats, including one at the centre of a heated salmon farming debate, polling shows a week out from the federal election. AAP · Apr 26, 2025
PM offers look to future, warns Dutton is a step back The prime minister has painted the opposition as a regression to the past while offering his party up as having the solutions for the future. AAP · Apr 26, 2025
Party faithful hear leaders' gospel in final poll push Better health care under Labor and an end to soaring living costs under the coalition are the key messages being pushed in the election campaign's dying days. AAP · Apr 26, 2025
Election Diary: Albanese promises around-the-clock health line, with leaders to hold rallies Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will launch another push on health on Sunday, announcing a re-elected Labor government would set up a free around-the-clock 1800MEDICARE advice line and afterhours GP telehealth service. The Conversation · Apr 26, 2025
Peter Dutton urges respect for welcome to country but reaffirms stance on ‘one flag’ only Opposition leader repeats condemnation of dawn service interruptions but says if he wins election he won’t display Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island flags at press conferences The Guardian - AU · Apr 26, 2025
Leaders ease off on messaging as Aussies tune out On a day light on for policy announcements, polling showed the major parties are struggling to convince voters they're capable of improving their lot. AAP · Apr 25, 2025
Hammer and tongs: PM urges supporters to 'go hard' Anthony Albanese has urged Labor loyalists to keep their foot on the gas as the campaign enters its final stretch. AAP · Apr 25, 2025
The great Australian election campaign quiz – week four Are you rounding the turn into the home straight, kicking with the wind in the final quarter or falling at the final hurdle? Test your attention span with a week to go before (final) polling day The Guardian - AU · Apr 25, 2025
Australian politicians lambast ‘neo-Nazi hecklers’ at Anzac Day memorial service Anzac Day commemorates anniversary of first major military action by Australian and New Zealand Army Corps during World War I The Independent UK · Apr 25, 2025
Hecklers and booers at Anzac Day welcome to country ‘must face the full force of the law’, PM says Anthony Albanese says disruption of ceremonies in Melbourne and Perth was ‘act of low cowardice on a day when we honour courage and sacrifice’ The Guardian - AU · Apr 25, 2025
Election Diary: Dutton tops list of most distrusted, amid deepening voter cynicism about political leaders In this election, voters are more distrustful than ever of politicians, and the political heroes of 2022 have fallen from grace, swept from favour by independent players. The Conversation · Apr 25, 2025
AAP · Apr 25, 2025 Experts unplug Peter Dutton's power bill rise figure Experts say Peter Dutton's often-repeated campaign claim that power bills have increased by $1300 is misleading and based on cherry-picked data.
The Conversation · Apr 25, 2025 Labor takes large leads in YouGov and Morgan polls as surge continues With just eight days until the May 3 federal election, and with in-person early voting well under way, Labor has taken a seven-point lead in a national YouGov poll and an 11-point lead in a Morgan poll. An exit poll of early voters is also encouraging for Labor.
The Guardian - AU · Apr 25, 2025 Watching the election from afar, I can’t help but wonder – is this really the best Australia can do? With neither leader offering any serious structural reform, Australia is on a path that leads ultimately to the malaise that has befallen the US
The Guardian - AU · Apr 24, 2025 Anzac Day 2025 live updates – as it happened This blog is now closed
AAP · Apr 24, 2025 'Messy' campaign has Dutton in peril amid poll plunge Peter Dutton's unpopularity is driving a continued fall in support for the coalition, polling suggests, amid questions over the opposition's electoral strategy.
AAP · Apr 24, 2025 Politics put aside as leaders pay respect on Anzac Day Australia's political leaders call an election campaign truce to attend dawn services and remember the sacrifice of servicemen and women.
The Conversation · Apr 24, 2025 Grattan on Friday: Coalition’s campaign lacks good planning and enough elbow grease Whatever the result on May 3, even people within the Liberals think they have run a very poor national campaign. Not just poor, but odd.
The Guardian - AU · Apr 24, 2025 Anatomy of a PM’s fall: did Albanese stumble off a stage - and why are we still talking about it? Caitlin Cassidy explains the differences between falling, stumbling and stepping off to Julia Hollingsworth
The Guardian - AU · Apr 24, 2025 Afternoon Update Election 2025: Dutton’s presser gets testy; anatomy of a PM’s fall; and DJ Bandt to party in Brisbane The opposition leader was on the defence on multiple fronts at a testy press conference in Tasmania
AAP · Apr 24, 2025 High steaks: Nats' food security plan protects farmers The coalition has pledged to prioritise developing a food security strategy to protect farmers and ensure wholesale savings flow through to shoppers.
Pedestrian.tv · Apr 24, 2025 Albo Addresses Labor Candidate’s Resurfaced Tweet Depicting Dutton As A Nazi "Ali France is an extraordinary Australian and I don’t know what your tweets are like more than a decade ago,” Albanese said at a press conference in Perth.