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Albanese slips up but Dutton picks the wrong fight

The difference between the two leaders is that some mistakes are quickly forgotten while others shape the campaign.

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David Crowe

Elon Musk bet it all on a judicial election in Wisconsin. He just lost

Trump’s billionaire sidekick said the poll would “determine the fate of western civilisation”. It might also alter his image as a rainmaker for...

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Michael Koziol

This is one of America’s most shocking economic defeats in 40 years

A photo taken on the weekend shows just how much the world is uniting to fight back against Donald Trump’s damaging trade war.

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Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

You had me at October. Breaking down Eddie McGuire’s AFL grand final plan

Eddie McGuire flagged high-level discussions of an AFL fixture revamp, with State of Origin revived, and the grand final moved to October. There’s...

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Michael Gleeson

Elon Musk just had his own Liberation Day

The merger of social media platform X with Musk’s artificial intelligence start-up xAI will allow him, his co-investors and X’s banks to exit the...

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Stephen Bartholomeusz

More fossil fuels? Inside Peter Dutton’s shock new gas proposal

The opposition leader’s Robin Hood-like plan may sound like a dream in theory, but lowering household energy bills is a bit more complex in reality.

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Bronte Gossling

Victim or criminal? Le Pen appeal could deliver Trump-style shock to France

By disqualifying Le Pen from the presidential race, the court has handed her an immense gift. Much like Donald Trump, she can position herself as a...

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Rob Harris

ABC funding is hardly at the centre of voters’ priorities this election

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has again shown his propensity for being roped into arguing over niche issues.

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It’s time to open up the outdated State of Origin eligibility rules

More and more NRL stars were raised in NSW or Queensland but have ties to nations other than Australia. Why can’t they represent their state as...

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Michael Chammas

I was an absent father until WFH changed everything

For generations, fatherhood was a side hustle crammed into weekends and hurried bedtimes. But over the past few years, we’ve seen something radical:...

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David Halliday

The leader most likely to lose their job after the federal election? Jacinta Allan

There will be no move against Allan while the campaign is on but if Labor does as badly in Victoria as the polls suggest, senior party figures have...

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Chip Le Grand

If NSW swings to Dutton, it’s curtains for the state Liberal leader

But if Dutton fails to seize critical seats in the state, it may be a boon for Mark Speakman.

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Alexandra Smith

The Liberals have a Malcolm problem. It’s not their first

The Liberals have a Malcolm problem. It’s not their first

When I was a staffer with the Howard government – many moons, hair follicles and pants sizes ago – the government had a bit of a “Malcolm”...

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Brad Emery

Dutton wants to know if you’re better off now. It’s a trick question

Dutton wants to know if you’re better off now. It’s a trick question

For most people, the simple answer to Peter Dutton’s repeated question – are you better off today than you were three years ago? – is “no,...

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Ross Gittins

The next Wallabies coach is a mystery, and the current one is on a vow of silence

The next Wallabies coach is a mystery, and the current one is on a vow of silence

With Rugby Australia still searching for a new Wallabies coach as the calendar turned to April 1, the chance for the marketing pigeon to post a...

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Iain Payten

Before they leave home, teach your kids these nine things about money

Before they leave home, teach your kids these nine things about money

Parents can have a profound impact on their child’s relationship with money throughout their lifetime. In fact, teaching your kids to be...

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Nina Hendy

Once I start getting my super, can I never work again?

Once I start getting my super, can I never work again?

I’m 62 and retired from full-time work at age 60. Last year, I did a four-week temporary role at another company. To convert my super to an...

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Noel Whittaker

Was Li Ka-shing pushed to sell Panama ports, or did he jump?

Was Li Ka-shing pushed to sell Panama ports, or did he jump?

When CK Hutchison and a consortium led by BlackRock announced a $US22.8 billion ($36.5 billion) deal involving most of Hutchison’s sprawling ports...

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Stephen Bartholomeusz

Think investing is like gambling? You’re dead wrong. Here’s why.

Think investing is like gambling? You’re dead wrong. Here’s why.

This weekend, it happened again. I try to avoid it, but once in a while, some poor unsuspecting person gets caught in one of my passionate...

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Paridhi Jain

Dutton’s ‘me too’ election strategy is great … unless you’re a woman

Dutton’s ‘me too’ election strategy is great … unless you’re a woman

In his budget reply speech on Thursday evening, Peter Dutton declared that “every election is important, but this election does matter more than...

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Katy Hall

Detaining school parents is a bit much, but banning them makes sense

Detaining school parents is a bit much, but banning them makes sense

I spent years trying to stop my daughter from becoming a teacher. Sure, teaching is a noble profession. Sure, our schools need to be properly...

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Jenna Price

Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ is a trillion-dollar promise that can’t all be true

Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ is a trillion-dollar promise that can’t all be true

Washington: In a day or two, US President Donald Trump and his cabinet secretaries will unveil their plans for a new wave of tariffs on America’s...

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Michael Koziol

Murdoch’s $30b property jewel faces rebel rich-lister with a cause

Murdoch’s $30b property jewel faces rebel rich-lister with a cause

Donald Trump is keeping faith with Rupert Murdoch’s money machine Fox News, but our home-grown media mogul surely would be noticing the barbarian...

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Colin Kruger

$15 per food delivery? These new aged care prices are outrageous

$15 per food delivery? These new aged care prices are outrageous

Last week the government released a report showing the indicative prices of Support at Home – aged care offered in your own home – services from...

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Rachel Lane

The scientists working to keep the ‘lights’ on at the Great Barrier Reef

The scientists working to keep the ‘lights’ on at the Great Barrier Reef

Examine, a free weekly newsletter covering science with a sceptical, evidence-based eye, is sent every Tuesday. You’re reading an excerpt – sign...

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Angus Dalton

A distant conflict and the separation of religion and politics

A distant conflict and the separation of religion and politics

The fading divide between religion and politics in Australia’s outer suburbs is a new, confusing and corrosive development in Australian politics....

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I grieve for the childhood my abuser took from me

I grieve for the childhood my abuser took from me

Two truths and a lie. My go-to; “I put a man in jail” is sure to win me the game but when this game is played as an icebreaker, “I put a man in...

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Harriet Snaith

Australians are clear on our biggest threats. But our leaders don’t want to discuss it

Australians are clear on our biggest threats. But our leaders don’t want to discuss it

As the pincers of Australia’s geopolitical position continue to close in on the Complacent Country, our leadership would rather not talk about it....

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Peter Hartcher

More Broadway than Brookvale: How Seibold ended up in hot seat at Manly

More Broadway than Brookvale: How Seibold ended up in hot seat at Manly

Anthony Seibold sat to Daly Cherry-Evans’ right during one of rugby league’s most extraordinary press conferences on Sunday night. But now in his...

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Dan Walsh

Thirty years on, the Super League war still impacts the game

Thirty years on, the Super League war still impacts the game

April Fool’s Day lived up to its name 30 years ago when the News Limited-backed Super League officially declared war on the establishment ARL,...

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Roy Masters

The ‘Oracle’ and ‘Superman’ are holding on to their billions. It could be a bad sign for all of us

The ‘Oracle’ and ‘Superman’ are holding on to their billions. It could be a bad sign for all of us

One is known as the “Oracle of Omaha”, the other as “Superman”. Warren Buffett and Li Ka-shing are the two most revered investors in the West...

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Shuli Ren

From yum cha to a mosque: Dutton sells himself as a multicultural champion

From yum cha to a mosque: Dutton sells himself as a multicultural champion

Follow our live coverage of the 2025 federal election here. It’s a sight few would have had on their bingo card for the second full day of the...

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Matthew Knott

The Trump fire is burning on Wall Street

The Trump fire is burning on Wall Street

American consumer sentiment is plunging, consumers expect inflation to surge, and the US sharemarket is tanking. All this is occurring before this...

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Stephen Bartholomeusz

Phantom issues and hiding details is no way to campaign

Phantom issues and hiding details is no way to campaign

The two biggest policies thrown at voters by Labor and the Coalition over recent days are thin and pathetic attempts to grab headlines and paper...

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PM Dutton would dodge The Lodge for Kirribilli. Can’t blame him. But is this WFH or WTF?

PM Dutton would dodge The Lodge for Kirribilli. Can’t blame him. But is this WFH or WTF?

Sheesh, spare a thought for the good burghers of Kallangur (QLD, 4503). Barely one morning into the first working day of a federal election...

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Michelle Cazzulino

Hip-drop tackles are a blight on the game and rugby bosses need to stamp them out

Hip-drop tackles are a blight on the game and rugby bosses need to stamp them out

If Max Jorgensen misses the British and Irish Lions series with the ankle injury he sustained against the Hurricanes on Saturday, Rugby Australia...

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Paul Cully

Cripps, Bont and Petracca better watch out; the kids are coming for them

Cripps, Bont and Petracca better watch out; the kids are coming for them

We are witnessing a generational takeover. Nick Daicos’ rapid ascension into the conversation as the AFL’s best player, alongside relative veterans...

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Marc Mcgowan

Why Football Australia made the right call in keeping Sam Kerr as captain

Why Football Australia made the right call in keeping Sam Kerr as captain

Sam Kerr’s Matildas return has come earlier than anyone expected. She secretly flew into Sydney late on Sunday night – just hours before Football...

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Vince Rugari

Quake disaster has exposed a Trump-sized void on the world stage. China is stepping in

Quake disaster has exposed a Trump-sized void on the world stage. China is stepping in

If you follow money to find true sources of power, you discover China and Russia behind the brutal regime that has for four years presided over...

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Michael Ruffles

Labor has finally found a more convincing message. The mystery is why it took so long

Labor has finally found a more convincing message. The mystery is why it took so long

Opinions have flipped in just a few short weeks when Australians are asked whether Anthony Albanese or Peter Dutton will triumph at the federal...

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David Crowe

After months in the doldrums, the government has its mojo back, right when it was really needed

After months in the doldrums, the government has its mojo back, right when it was really needed

At a surface level, the latest findings of the Herald’s Resolve Political Monitor contain lots of good news for Labor and Prime Minister Anthony...

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What the major parties avoid could be as important as what gets their focus

What the major parties avoid could be as important as what gets their focus

And so a grand political experiment enters its testing phase. A series of them, in fact. This is the true significance of this campaign. In the...

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Sean Kelly

Debt and deficit: Labor’s budget naysayers ignore the cold hard facts

Debt and deficit: Labor’s budget naysayers ignore the cold hard facts

The independent economist and former Treasury officer Chris Richardson, the leader of Treasury-in-Exile and thus chief apostle of fiscal rectitude,...

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Ross Gittins

Ramadan is a time to find peace and solace. For Naureen it has been so much more this year

Ramadan is a time to find peace and solace. For Naureen it has been so much more this year

I lost my father to age-related health issues three weeks before Ramadan, so this year I experienced Ramadan in a whole new way. There was much...

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Naureen Choudhry

Australia tuned in to watch Gout Gout. Lachlan Kennedy crashed the party

Australia tuned in to watch Gout Gout. Lachlan Kennedy crashed the party

More than a million people tuned in to watch Gout Gout – sorry, the Maurie Plant Meet – on TV on Saturday night. They left knowing another name:...

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Michael Gleeson

Latrell and the Roosters - rugby league theatre at its finest

Latrell and the Roosters - rugby league theatre at its finest

It’s proof the rugby league gods have a sense of theatre. Of the 16 rival clubs Latrell Mitchell could be playing his first game in nine months...

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Dan Walsh

Whoever wins the election, stop the rot in Defence. We’re in peril as never before

Whoever wins the election, stop the rot in Defence. We’re in peril as never before

Defence, while elevated by recent Chinese live-fire exercises near Australia, will take a back seat to the cost of groceries and power in this...

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Mick Ryan

Why a bikini wax and a block of chocolate suddenly have a lot in common

Why a bikini wax and a block of chocolate suddenly have a lot in common

On the surface, a bar of chocolate and a bikini wax may not have that much in common, but over the past week, my experience with both has driven...

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Melissa Singer

Hillary Clinton on Trump’s ‘dumb power’: it’s feeble, friendless, stupid and lethal

Hillary Clinton on Trump’s ‘dumb power’: it’s feeble, friendless, stupid and lethal

It’s not the hypocrisy that bothers me; it’s the stupidity. We’re all shocked – shocked! – that President Trump and his team don’t...

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Hillary Clinton

In the game of the season so far, Hawks showed they are the team to beat in 2025

In the game of the season so far, Hawks showed they are the team to beat in 2025

If this was billed as the match of the season to date, then it makes sense to declare Hawthorn the team to beat in the premiership chase after...

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Jon Pierik