Labor will have a bigger frontbench reshuffle than earlier anticipated, with Kristina Keneally failing to win her Sydney seat and Terri Butler defeated in her Brisbane seat, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Scott Morrison was routed by a combination of quiet Australians and noisy ones, says MICHELLE GRATTAN.
The Morrison government has been resoundingly defeated, with Labor headed for office, although whether in a minority or majority was unclear late Saturday night, says political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
"There are some policies on view but what has been missing are big ideas for the nation’s future. There’s little to grab the attention of the disengaged or, indeed, even of the engaged," writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
In one of two articles looking at the men who are vying to be the next Australian Prime Minister, political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN examines the political character of Scott Morrison.
It might have been all hands to the wheel, but Sunday's Liberal launch failed to project the image of a party on the verge of defying the odds to score a triumph, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
The prime minister confesses to being a ‘bulldozer’ and suggests he’ll change ‘gears’, reports MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Despite Albanese’s campaign hiccups, at the end of this penultimate week, based on the objective evidence, the election appears his to lose, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Both party leaders landed themselves onto the sticky paper with areas of their respective vulnerabilities on Tuesday – economic numbers in Albanese’s case and social views in Morrison’s, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
The opposition has increased its winning margins in both Newspoll and the Australian Financial Review’s Ipsos poll, as Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese clashed in a shouty, fractious debate on Sunday night.
Many people will be critical of the “gotcha” questioning that found Anthony Albanese on Thursday unable to recite the six points of his policy on the National Disability Insurance Scheme, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
The Reserve Bank has thrown its wild card into the election campaign, but neither government nor opposition can be sure which side will be more damaged, or advantaged, by it, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
