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Housing sweeteners spruiked ahead of state election

Housing is shaping up as a key election issue for younger voters struggling to break into the property market, as a state government announces two new policies.

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One Nation might not only be a Coalition problem – there are warning signs for Labor too

This week’s Essential poll found 58% of respondents were open to voting for Pauline Hanson’s One Nation at the next federal election

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Liberal leaders hit with gender blow as tax fight looms

Angus Taylor is promising the new-look Liberal leadership will focus on cutting taxes and weeding out those who "reject our way of life".

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'Right the ship': polluters tax could be vote spinner

An ex-Labor strategist turned pollster says there are votes in taxing Australia's biggest polluters through reframing the debate and evolving demographics.

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Liberal leadership challenge looms after key meeting

Would-be Liberal leader Angus Taylor is being urged to make his ambitions public before a likely challenge.

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No rush to kiss and make up as leaders stick at talks

Nationals MP say they owe it to their voters to make sure any resumption of the coalition isn't beset by the threat of further divorces.

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One Nation believes ‘tide is turning’ in its favour as Jacinta Allan faces backlash over Victoria’s bushfires

Minor party seeking to convert regional rage to electoral success as Labor faces relentless criticism

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'Lower the temperature': PM's plea after kidnap threat

A man has been charged with threatening the prime minister, prompting a call for a cooling of the fractious political debate.

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Grattan on Friday: Anthony Albanese is forced into policy catch up after Bondi atrocity

In an extraordinary personal censure, Australia’s Jewish community effectively denied Anthony Albanese the role of being the nation’s chief public mourner in this week of national tragedy.

The Conversation

Who is Jess Wilson and should the Victorian Labor government be worried?

The Victorian Liberals’ first female leader will focus on the budget, health and housing, relegating crime to a second priority

The Guardian - AU

Who are ‘Mary and Joe’? The archetypal undecided voters Victorian Labor is desperate to win over

Exclusive: Guardian Australia reveals carefully crafted profiles of swing voters the government believes will determine next state election

The Guardian - AU

Why history might hold the answer for stricken Liberals

As the Liberal Party looks for answers after a resounding election loss, it must learn the lessons from another crushing defeat.

AAP

Political influence and powerful allies: how relative unknown Sam Rae catapulted himself into Labor’s ministry

The 38-year-old’s rapid rise through the Victorian right faction has raised some eyebrows – but former colleagues say the new aged care minister is no political hack

The Guardian - AU

‘Far worse than Morrison’: where did the Coalition lose the election?

while middle-aged Australians targeted with a fuel cut and tax offset also abandoned the opposition

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Labor far outspends Coalition and Clive Palmer on Google and Meta ads amid calls for change to blackout laws

Analysis of online ad data shows parties and affiliated groups spent more than $39m for political ads across Facebook, YouTube and Google search since 28 March

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PM backs call to ban Trumpet of Patriots spam texts

The prime minister has signalled support for calls to ban unsolicited campaign text messages such as those from Clive Palmer's Trumpet of Patriots party.

The Conversation

Politics with Michelle Grattan: pollster Kos Samaras on how voters are leaving the major parties behind

As we enter the final days of campaigning, Labor leads with its nose in front on most polls, but the devil is in the detail of particular seats.

The Guardian - AU

The trend is in, but Australian voters’ views are soft and fragmented – how should we read the polls?

After the 2019 election result confounded the polling, research companies went back to the drawing board. But a changing electorate poses ever knottier challenges

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'I'm a fighter': premier to box on after 'grim' polling

Jacinta Allan is wearing the unwanted crown of Australia's most unpopular leader, with polling suggesting she could be a drag on Labor's federal election hopes.

The Conversation

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Kos Samaras on polls and the people who’ll decide this election

The demography that makes up the Australian electorate is changing and as voters desert the major parties polls are becoming harder to read.

The Guardian - AU

Victorian Labor’s tough-on-crime turn could mark the beginning of the end for Jacinta Allan

The government has faced a ‘crime crisis’ before – but no matter how tough the premier talks on law and order, the Coalition is always willing to go tougher

The Conversation

Grattan on Friday: Will voters fear PM Peter Dutton would be a surprise packet?

Australian politicians on both sides of the house say protectionist policies are bad, right? That Australia, as a country, believes in and benefits from trade being as free as possible.

The Guardian - AU

Three key takeaways from the WA election which hint at Labor’s fortunes (and challenges) in federal vote

ALP MPs acknowledge the fight in Perth’s outer suburbs will be tougher this federal election

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Climate simmers in background of hip pocket election

Campaigning on climate action is unlikely to dominate the 2025 federal election but may prove a winning formula in regions vulnerable to extreme weather.

The Guardian - AU

How two byelections could shape Labor and the Greens in Victoria

Despite their differences, voters in the Werribee and Prahran byelections could hold the key for Jacinta Allan’s Labor government

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