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Simon Benson

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False facts and pure fiction colour campaign tactics and perceptions

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Dutton now trapped in a Labor double-dare

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Negative numbers don’t spell defeat

monday 8

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­Coalition risks snatching defeat from jaws of victory

monday 10

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This is now a win at any cost, bare-knuckled brawl

28.03.2025 10

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Hip-pocket politics: return of that 1970s show

27.03.2025 9

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Election gamble reveals the death of ambition

26.03.2025 9

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Cowards and hypocrites on both sides of the ledger

25.03.2025 5

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Both the major parties have a ‘women problem’

23.03.2025 10

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Treasurer eager to take cover behind the ‘chaos’ of Trump

18.03.2025 10

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Bowen has form on dishing out ‘free’ energy advice

13.03.2025 4

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Trump is a risk for both sides in election campaign

12.03.2025 4

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Decline in living standards undermines ‘plucky rhetoric’ of economic recovery

11.03.2025 9

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Handout mentality will only encourage more spending

11.03.2025 10

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We’re drifting to an electoral disaster

09.03.2025 9

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PM left with no option on poll timing as Alfred bears down

08.03.2025 8

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Act of God, or at least Alfred, may decide the election date

05.03.2025 8

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‘Drover’s dog’ Dutton needs to bark up the right tree

03.03.2025 7

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Pre-election spending is already reaching ‘disgusting’ levels

25.02.2025 10

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Sleepwalking towards minority government

22.02.2025 10

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Lights are flashing red across the board for Burgess

20.02.2025 10

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PM won’t get much credit for this rate cut from homeowning voters

18.02.2025 6

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Labor MPs deaf or defiant on RBA

17.02.2025 3

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Muddle of minority government looms large

16.02.2025 8

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Fear, despair and resentment split on generational lines

15.02.2025 10

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Leadership standard: Albanese called out

11.02.2025 9

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Voters drive Allan to the brink – and Albanese is next

10.02.2025 10

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West voters lodge disapproval: one term enough for PM

07.02.2025 10

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Having nothing to say on idea doesn’t cut the mustard, PM

06.02.2025 10

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Index finger points to day of reckoning for ALP

05.02.2025 10

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Albanese’s reasons to be cheerful may fall on deaf ears

04.02.2025 20

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Cost-of-­living reality cruels Labor reset

27.01.2025 10

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Speech makes an early election much less likely

25.01.2025 10

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PM must define the aims of a second term

24.01.2025 8

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Anti-Semitism is now an election issue for Albanese

23.01.2025 10

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PM dropped hose on dousing flames of anti-Semitism

22.01.2025 8

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The political wedge is mandatory in opposition’s stance

21.01.2025 10

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Lack of bipartisan courage condemns us to be unproductive

06.01.2025 10

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Chalmers will want to exit this horrid 2024 as soon as he can

30.12.2024 3

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New year holds no joy for Labor as rot sets in

26.12.2024 8

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Climate wars now are economic; this political contest is one without precedent

13.12.2024 5

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Alarm for Albanese: weak, out of touch

09.12.2024 5

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Albanese is facing the consequences of his failure to protect Jews

07.12.2024 10

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Chalmers can’t walk both sides of sorry street

05.12.2024 5

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Hidden pain in Jim’s numbers grows

04.12.2024 10

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Has Albanese killed his own brand?

30.11.2024 4

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Third World style shortfall and Bowen blames it all on coal

28.11.2024 10

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Dr Jim can’t hide behind selective numbers

26.11.2024 5

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Seismic shifts could signal a new rush to an early poll

17.11.2024 5

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Labor’s deception on Middle East is its only constant

15.11.2024 5

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