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The propensity to chase revenue rather than rein in spending, or at least aim for a mixture of both, is beginning to loom large over the August...
The opposition leader, as her colleagues are starting to discover, can handle herself.
There’s a growing sense of urgency within government about the need to secure a meeting with the US president.
Given the fallout from the G7 snub, a second in as many weeks would be disastrous.
Anthony Albanese is not to blame for Donald Trump’s early departure, but he’ll return home with nothing to report.
Anthony Albanese’s approach with US President Donald Trump is to neither beg nor be bullied.
Business groups accept wholesale tax reform is too much to expect from the August productivity conference.
After being burnt by the Jobs and Skills Summit in 2022, business will want more from Anthony Albanese’s August productivity jamboree.
Convincing Trump that Australia can guarantee a reliable supply of critical minerals remains Albanese’s best option of securing a tariff exemption.
In isolation, Labor’s proposed new Division 296 tax on superannuation balances above $3 million is not the end of the world. But it’s not an...
Sussan Ley speaks like someone reading a children’s book. Behind the scenes, she’s as ruthless as Thatcher.
Sussan Ley had yet to bury her dead mother when the Nationals decided to become the Prince Harry of politics.
The stack of new Labor MPs is reminiscent of the “class of 96”, which acted as John Howard’s praetorian guard for many years.
Sussan Ley’s challenge is so onerous that just making it to the next election will be achievement enough.
Greater influence for the Nationals and a city rout don’t augur well for anyone trying to move what is left of the Liberal Party back to the centre.
For 20 years, the establishment has wondered who would be the next John Howard. It might have been looking at the wrong party.
This win is so emphatic, Labor is virtually guaranteed a third term. There is nothing anywhere for the Liberal Party to hold on to as encouraging.
Peter Dutton has effectively conceded his campaign was a shocker.
If Labor finishes with a seat count a handful shy of the absolute minimum of 75 seats, as polls indicate is a distinct possibility, there will be no...
A late surge by the Coalition may be enough to deny Anthony Albanese majority government.
Dutton’s decision to launch his campaign the same day as Labor was strange. Every day he and Albanese neutralise each other, Albanese wins, write...
Incumbency, not so long ago deemed a curse in global politics, is suddenly an advantage.
“Cuts” is a dirty word during an election campaign. But its increasing resonance underscores a scant regard for the need to address debt and deficit.
Peter Dutton’s best hope is that voters give him points for admitting he overreached.
Peter Dutton needs people around him to start getting their hands dirty as the government makes it all about him.
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton are both fighting precedent this election, but the hurdles the opposition leader faces are more formidable.
Labor went to the last election talking big on the environment, but political reality has got in the way.
It’s a lot harder to run a campaign promising to repeal an already legislated tax cut than oppose the other side’s idea.
With Anthony Albanese to call the election as early as Friday, this is a grim set of numbers that have been tarted up with a tax cut and some upbeat...
Affordability used to matter once but not so much in the post-COVID era, and the nation seems to have lost its fear of debt and deficit.
In the Coalition’s favour is the collapsing weight of expectation that was more a hindrance than a help.
The government is confident Peter Dutton has started to unravel as it prepares to hand down a budget it initially judged was not in its best interest.
Politicians of all stripes have cashed in on the extreme weather in the northern state, but the treasurer was the standout.
The state election result shows the Labor brand is still in good shape in the west. Anthony Albanese will be hoping some of the gloss shines his way.
Cyclone Alfred threatens to inject more uncertainty into a contest, the outcome of which is already impossible to predict.
The prime minister claims he’s not thinking about the election as the tropical cyclone threatens his best-laid plans.
Raising the share allegations is not to resolve them one way or another, but to throw mud on the cusp of an election in the hope people believe the...
In the current environment, no such proclamation would be complete without the counterfactual, otherwise known as Peter Dutton.
The new spending, alongside $600 million to boost the supply of nurses and general practice doctors, will be added to the nation’s burgeoning debt...
Those vowing to dismantle the laws in the event of a hung parliament should be careful what they wish for because the billionaire might just change...
Anthony Albanese may seek to capitalise on Tuesday’s rate cut with a March 29 election, but he could also decide that it is not enough to sway voters.
Forget the hung parliament, a Coalition government’s biggest obstacle will be the in the upper house.
There’s a reason Albanese won’t comment on every outburst of Donald Trump. He needs to keep his powder dry.
If the Werribee swing was replicated uniformly in Victoria at the federal election, Labor would lose about 11 seats.
The sentiment that the Coalition is a shoo-in to form the next government is in need of a reality check.
The opposition leader’s role in delivering marriage equality should be a reminder that he is not an arch-conservative, as a growing narrative by his...
A February rate cut could mean an April election. Otherwise, it’s the Hail Mary option of another budget and a May poll.
The PM tacitly conceded the Indigenous voice to parliament referendum had been a major blunder.
As campaigning starts earlier each election, politics becomes overtly tactical, the public service enters zombie mode and business watches on...
Peter Dutton has observed seven prime ministers in his 23-years in politics, but John Howard is clearly the greatest influence.