Peter Dutton’s Campaign Bus Gets Bogged In Sydney CBD In Yet Another Election Omen The bus blocked traffic for around 40 minutes as Dutton kicked off his pre-election media blitz. Pedestrian.tv · Apr 28, 2025
Peter Dutton & Anthony Albanese Clash Over Welcome To Country During Final Leaders Debate “From my perspective, it is a matter of respect. We have a great privilege of sharing this continent with the oldest continuous culture on Earth," Albo said. Pedestrian.tv · Apr 28, 2025
Dutton on the attack after election blitz hits a bump After a bike lane barrier stalled Peter Dutton's campaign bus, the opposition leader lashed Labor for preferencing the "Jew-hating" Greens. AAP · Apr 27, 2025
Coalition rejects treasurer’s nuclear power plant claim – as it happened This blog is now closed The Guardian - AU · Apr 27, 2025
Morning Mail: Dutton switches to culture wars in last debate; Canada ‘heartbroken’ after car ramming; Liverpool win league Election campaign enters final week; ramming motives investigated in Canada; warnings of severe starvation in Gaza The Guardian - AU · Apr 27, 2025
Independents may build on Australia’s history of hung parliaments, if they can survive the campaign blues Major parties used to easily dismiss the rare politician who stood alone in parliament. These MPs could be written off as isolated idealists, and the press could condescend to them as noble, naïve and unlikely to succeed. The Conversation · Apr 27, 2025
Peter Dutton: a Liberal leader seeking to surf on the wave of outer suburbia In searching for the “real” Peter Dutton, it is possible to end up frustrated because you have looked too hard. The Conversation · Apr 27, 2025
Albanese has been a ‘proficient and lucky general’. But if he wins a second term, we are right to demand more Barring a rogue result, this Saturday Anthony Albanese will achieve what no major party leader has done since John Howard’s prime-ministerial era – win consecutive elections. Admittedly, in those two decades he is only the second of the six prime ministers (the other is Scott Morrison), who has been permitted… The Conversation · Apr 27, 2025
Dutton tries to unscramble campaign after egg cost slip The opposition leader has dodged questions on whether he's across voters' cost-of-living pressures as the election campaign enters its final days. AAP · Apr 27, 2025
Peter Dutton declares Welcome to Country ceremonies are ‘overdone’ in heated final leaders’ debate Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton have had their fourth and final leaders’ debate of the campaign. The skirmish, hosted by 7News in Sydney, was moderated by 7’s Political Editor Mark Riley. The Conversation · Apr 27, 2025
Election Diary: a cost-of-living election where neither leader can tell you the price of eggs The fourth election debate was the most idiosyncratic of the four head-to-head contests between Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton. The Conversation · Apr 27, 2025
Albanese handed win in final leaders’ debate – as it happened This blog is now closed The Guardian - AU · Apr 27, 2025
Who won the final leaders’ debate? Seven takeaways from Albanese v Dutton Anthony Albanese was convincingly voted the winner by the 7News panel after Peter Dutton pressed culture war issues and came up well short on the price of eggs The Guardian - AU · Apr 27, 2025
Newspoll shows Labor’s lead steady at 52–48 While last week’s Morgan and YouGov polls had Labor continuing its surge, Newspoll is steady for the fourth successive week at 52–48 to Labor. A Redbridge poll of the marginal seats was again very strong for Labor, while YouGov and KJC seat polls were respectively good and bad for Labor. The Conversation · Apr 27, 2025
AAP · Apr 27, 2025 PM wins over undecided voters in final campaign debate Less than a week from polling day, Anthony Albanese might have had the last laugh as undecided voters declare him winner of the campaign's final debate.
The Guardian - AU · Apr 27, 2025 Peter Dutton criticised as ‘illiberal’ for calling ABC and the Guardian ‘hate media’ Critics compare Coalition leader to Donald Trump while Labor communications minister suggests Dutton is ‘afraid of scrutiny’
The Guardian - AU · Apr 27, 2025 Coalition targets electric vehicle drivers stating ‘everyone who drives on the road’ should pay Transport spokesperson Bridget McKenzie refuses to say whether Dutton government would introduce road user charges despite repeated questions
AAP · Apr 27, 2025 Don't listen to 'hate media' on election result: Dutton Peter Dutton has urged party backers to ignore certain media outlets - which he branded "hate media" - in the final push to election day.
Pedestrian.tv · Apr 27, 2025 Albanese Says That ANZAC Day Hecklers Should Face ‘Full Force Of The Law’ Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has publicly condemned a group of hecklers during ANZAC Day Welcome to Country ceremonies.
The Guardian - AU · Apr 27, 2025 Coalition rules out cuts to another visa class despite vowing to slash immigration by 100,000 Peter Dutton plans to slash overall intake if elected on Saturday but which streams will be targeted remains unclear
The Guardian - AU · Apr 26, 2025 Dutton pledges not to ‘lie my way to the Lodge’ – as it happened This blog is now closed
AAP · 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.
The Guardian - AU · 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
AAP · 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 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.