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Why the environment is MIA in this election
Salmon farming is not something most voters consider when they go to the polls on election day. But for Tasmanian voters, it is a huge and often divi…
1 year, 1 month ago
How does polling work and will it be right this time?
This week we are doing a special podcast about our complicated relationship with political polls. As journalists, we like them because, maybe, they c…
1 year, 1 month ago
The battle of the teals in Kooyong and Bradfield
The threat teal independents pose in this election - to the dominance of the two-party system, to the stability of our parliament and to the Liberal …
1 year, 1 month ago
Is the campaign getting away from Peter Dutton?
This week on the campaign saw the release of competing housing policies, and the appearance of Peter Dutton’s son Harry.
But in many ways the campai…
1 year, 1 month ago
What we must learn from our 'worst' election campaign
This week our revered economics editor Ross Gittins wrote an essay for the Age and Sydney Morning Herald, in which he lamented the state of this elec…
1 year, 1 month ago
‘Gaslighting’ or gas-led recovery?
No one fell off a stage this week, but we did see the two party leaders face off for their first debate, plus the Coalition released modelling of its…
1 year, 2 months ago
Dutton's massive WFH backflip was the 'right decision'
US President Donald Trump has officially unleashed chaos on the world's financial markets. It's a strange time to be campaigning for election, but An…
1 year, 2 months ago
What actually happens on the campaign bus
Week one of the election campaign is done. Albanese has been hammering his Medicare message. Dutton has sought to broaden his image but is still play…
1 year, 2 months ago
The perils of the campaign trail
When Anthony Albanese couldn't name the cash rate, or the unemployment rate on day one of his last campaign, it was a moment that could have lost him…
1 year, 2 months ago
What to expect from the election campaign
Well, an election date has finally been called and we are staring down the barrel of a five week campaign before voting day on May 3.
Here - from th…
1 year, 2 months ago