Political news and analysis from the ACT and Federal Parliaments
In one of two articles looking at the men who are vying to be the next Australian Prime Minister, professor of politics PAUL STRANGIO examines whether Anthony Albanese has the stuff to be a substantial leader.
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.
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.
"In the nearly five decades that I've been a member of the ALP, the policy that cuts me most deeply and which I will never support, is our heartless treatment of asylum seekers," writes columnist JON STANHOPE.
Silver linings in rate rises aren't always easy to find, says cartoonist PAUL DORIN.
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.
As Australia gears up for its triennial feast of ballot-marking and sausage-eating, MARK KENNY says it is timely to ask who on each side has risen through the campaign period so far, and who hasn’t.
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.
"In Canberra, the threat of independents David Pocock and Kim Rubenstein has finally put the complacent Zed Seselja on his toes," writes political columnist MICHAEL MOORE.
Labor’s election winning leads are holding up, although both government and opposition as well as commentators still regard the contest as volatile, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Labor has managed the absence of its leader as well as it could, but Anthony Albanese's return to the campaign trail will now be minutely scrutinised, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
"Climate wars" in the Coalition have erupted again close to the election and they threaten to burn both Scott Morrison and Barnaby Joyce, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
In the three elections since WWII that have been directly affected by security worries, incumbent governments have prevailed. Will the same be true for 2022? TONY WALKER takes a look.
"Will Labor be more successful than the Liberals in dealing with an expansionist China? It's hard to imagine any government doing much worse than the Liberals on this issue," write political columnist MICHAEL MOORE.
Labor has maintained unchanged its solid two-party leads in both Newspoll and the Australian Financial Review’s Ipsos poll, reports MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Could going too negative on ‘teals’ do the Liberals more harm than good, wonders political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
