Could going too negative on ‘teals’ do the Liberals more harm than good, wonders political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
The Prime Minister has failed a significant character test by not dumping Warringah candidate Katherine Deves despite a string of offensive social media posts, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Labor's worst fears have been realised with Anthony Albanese testing positive for covid, reports MICHELLE GRATTAN.
The vote among the 100 undecided voters at Wednesday’s Sky News/Courier Mail people’s forum was a modest 40 per cent victory for Anthony Albanese, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
As treasurer and deputy Liberal leader, Frydenberg is in sight of the prime ministership. But, while he may sooner or later clinch the prize, politics being politics means it could equally turn into a mirage, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Labor has clung to its 53-47 per cent two-party lead in the latest Newspoll, but Anthony Albanese’s ratings have taken a knock after his error-prone first week of the campaign, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
After blowing the first week of the election campaign, Labor and Albanese are praying for an Easter resurrection, says political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
George Christensen caused the government a heap of trouble while he was in the Nationals, and is set to be a pest now he’s jumped ship to One Nation, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
"This was a really bad lapse. The unemployment rate has been endlessly repeated around budget time and when Albanese had a guess, he was all over the place," writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
"When delivering their opening campaign pitches, the core messages of Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese were clear. One emphasised the risk of change, the other sold change as an opportunity," writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Australians to vote on May 21, with Scott Morrison starting behind in the polls, reports MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN says this will be a federal election fought on the political low ground.
