"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.
It's been a cold climate for Canberra's bureaucrats in the Morrison years and public servants are starting to gossip about what an Albanese administration would mean for them, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Anthony Albanese would have a strong win if the latest poll were reproduced at the election, reports political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
"It's a paradox. The Morrison government has produced a budget that’s shamelessly designed to try to buy votes but Labor has found itself having to embrace the budget’s central measures," writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Having this budget register positively with voters is vitally important for Morrison, but there are problems cutting through, says political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
If money talks, the government has the megaphone out, says MICHELLE GRATTAN.
There's cheaper petrol and cash handouts in Scott Morrison government’s vote-buying Budget, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
"With a cost of living package, cut in petrol excise and cash handouts, lower and middle income earners and pensioners are tipped to be main sweeteners," writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN previewing today's federal Budget.
"Morrison got his way when the Liberal federal executive agreed to candidates for several key NSW seats being picked by a three-person committee rather than the rank and file having their say," writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
