Will the leaders survive the next term of parliament?
Will there be leadership changes on both sides of politics next parliamentary term, asks political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Politics
Political news and analysis from the ACT and Federal Parliaments
Election Diary: Jim Chalmers and Angus Taylor were quizzed on personal flaws during animated treasurers’ debate, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Election Diary: The election’s first debate was disaster-free but passion-free too, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Using the concept of 'mega projects', JON STANHOPE & KHALID AHMED wonder aloud why millions of taxpayers dollars are being promised to uncosted light rail and who, ultimately, stands to benefit.
Political commentary
Pocock fumes over being ‘misled’ by ANU figures
"For the usually calm, measured senator, this is a surprisingly emotional eruption. Was it an 'election outburst'? Not so! There are real justifications," writes political columnist MICHAEL MOORE.
Political commentary
Jim sees silver lining for Australian mortgage holders
Election Diary: MICHELLE GRATTAN says Treasurer Jim Chalmers is highlighting expectations of May interest rate cut – after the election.
Political commentary
Dutton raises white flag on working from home
Election Diary: Dutton backs down on working-from-home crackdown after outcry threatens to cost votes, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Trying too hard for a special tariff deal with Trump could be the wrong way to go, says political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Election diary: Dutton tries to shake off Trump dust and avoid being trapped on wages, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Cartoonist PAUL DORIN takes a cheeky look at one couple's response to election campaigning!
Dutton flags intervention in what he sees as ‘woke’ education, but how much could he actually do, asks political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
"How parties and candidates frame their messaging and identify with voters in the first stages of the federal election will have a significant bearing on the final result," writes political columnist ANDREW HUGHES.
" Norfolk Island has, to Australia’s enduring shame, joined Christmas Island and the Cocos Keeling Islands as non-self-governing territories, or in other words, as colonies," writes columnist JON STANHOPE.
Energy is in the foreground – but climate change is ‘in the shadows’, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
"It is critical for elected members to distinguish between a motion framed to be a strong opinion versus a much more serious issue such as misleading, incompetence, corruption or lack of integrity," writes political columnist MICHAEL MOORE.
Dutton has questions to answer on gas; Albanese has a supermarket answer still hunting for the problem, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Uncertainty and pessimism abound. Will fear be enough to push Dutton into office, asks FRANK BONGIORNO.
Amid the excitement of an election announcement, cartoonist PAUL DORIN is nonplussed.
Labor’s in with a fighting chance, but must work around an unpopular leader, writes CHRIS WALLACE.
