Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 minutes ago)

Join us over the next five weeks for an in-depth look at the candidates, hot-button issues, and a breakdown of the policies and campaign promises in four key electorates.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (An hour ago)

Labor wants to enlist the consumer watchdog to stamp out a problem the commission says isn't happening, while the Coalition wants to give the consumer watchdog break-up powers the commission hasn't asked for.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (An hour ago)

Anthony Albanese answers a question about the Victorian premier not attending his campaign stops, before a terse exchange over "his press conference".

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (An hour ago)

The opposition leader's Robin Hood-like plan may sound like a dream in theory, but lowering household energy bills is a bit more complex in reality.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (An hour ago)

The opposition leader told ABC radio that taxpayers would not expect the government to support waste at the national broadcaster.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 hours ago)

"It's a sign that the government's in real trouble, and the wheels are falling off,” Dutton said on Wednesday morning as he campaigned in the state.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 hours ago)

Public service job cuts are among the topics dominating the leaders' agendas as the federal election campaign enters its sixth day.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 hours ago)

With the row over whether Tasmania can afford a new stadium a long way from ending, Labor may think it can be a spectator to the melee. But, if Labor votes for the project and it goes badly, it'll be tied to the failure as well.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 hours ago)

A hair salon in Sydney's upper north shore has banned independent candidate Nicolette Boele after she made a crude joke about her hair wash to a 19-year-old employee.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 hours ago)

Finance Minister Katy Gallagher discusses Labor's plan for an above-average inflation pay rise for the lowest-paid workers and US tariff threats.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 hours ago)

On the western outskirts of Melbourne, where the paddocks meet new homes, lies the centre of an alleged NDIS fraudster's network. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 hours ago)

As Labor makes a pitch to minimum-wage workers, the Coalition proposes a new government agency to attract private investment to Australia.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (7 hours ago)

The Liberal leader has offered few details about his plan to fight what he says is indoctrination in schools, seized on by Labor as copying Donald Trump.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (7 hours ago)

Peter Dutton is under pressure to publish modelling and details of his gas plan, which has faced a barrage of industry condemnation.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (7 hours ago)

As NSW prepares to ban no-grounds evictions, some renters believe they're being forced out as landlords try to get ahead of the change.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (7 hours ago)

At some point, the major political parties will have to confront the failures in Australia's early childhood education and care system head on.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (8 hours ago)

Just 7000 new public service jobs have been created in Canberra under Labor, forcing the Coalition to cut 34,000 jobs from the rest of Australia or gut the capital.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (14 hours ago)

Labor will urge the workplace regulator to order a real increase in pay for 2.6 million workers after the RBA chose to keep interest rates on hold.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (14 hours ago)

Government regulation and bureaucratic rules are in the Coalition's sights as part of its plans to boost the national economy.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (15 hours ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (16 hours ago)

The opposition leader arrived in Victoria with his game face on, and a determination not to veer off message, regardless of the questions he was asked.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (16 hours ago)

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has called out Peter Dutton for making threats to cut school funding.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (17 hours ago)

President Donald Trump is expected to impose tariffs on $7 billion worth of Australian farm produce which enters the United States each year.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (17 hours ago)

Every campaign is marked by surprise visits across the country and spending promises. Here's what Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton have been up to.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (17 hours ago)

Read all the headlines from day five of the 2025 federal election campaign on Tuesday, April 1.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (18 hours ago)

10% of Australia's population lives in Western Sydney, and as the community struggles with the rising cost of living, the Coalition is optimistic they can swing the traditional Labor voting electorate.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (19 hours ago)

Human rights groups fear the military is using logistical challenges as an excuse to withhold aid from rebel-held areas.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (19 hours ago)

Senator Andrew Bragg explains the Coalition's promise to relax rules around approving home loans that it says will let more young people buy their first home.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (19 hours ago)

Politicians courting the Muslim vote in Sydney and Melbourne have encountered rejection.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (19 hours ago)

Asked about the impact of incoming US tariffs, RBA governor Michele Bullock said inflation remained the bank's main focus as it held interest rates steady at 4.1 per cent.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (21 hours ago)

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton would align with the Prime Minister to protect Australian exports, like beef and pharmaceuticals, if Donald Trump imposes new tariffs.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (21 hours ago)

Nearly half of the Australian universities with Chinese government-linked Confucius Institutes on their campuses have cut ties with the controversial education centres.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (21 hours ago)

Senator Bridget McKenzie explains why a press conference about a train line to the airport in Melbourne is being held at a winery.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (21 hours ago)

Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull mimics US President Donald Trump during a speech at the National Press Club in Canberra.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (21 hours ago)

If you're employed in these sectors Dutton has earmarked as priorities, it's great news. But what's the plan for women? Signing up for the next season of Farmer Wants a Wife?

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (22 hours ago)

Allan Fels says the ACCC could utilise the supermarket fining system used in the EU to protect Australian consumers. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (22 hours ago)

Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull impersonates Donald Trump and calls for a leader who can stand up for Australia.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (22 hours ago)

The opposition leader has slammed the prime minister's response to a Chinese research ship south of Australia, saying he believes the vessel is gathering intelligence and mapping the route of Australia's undersea cables.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (23 hours ago)

This election is not just a battle between Labor and the Coalition for bellwether seats. Instead, the campaign will be fought on several fronts.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (23 hours ago)

Currently two major parties dominate the landscape of federal politics: Labor and the Liberals. But what do they stand for?

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

An updated list of grievances published by the United States trade office has set its sights on Australia's pharmaceutical sector, biosecurity protections and laws requiring the social media giants to pay for news.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese meets and jokes with midwives in Adelaide. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese discusses the latest US trade report and potential tariffs on Australian products. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

Anthony Albanese avoids answering questions on his past comment about Donald Trump and why he couldn't get a third phone call with the US President.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society and Gaza's civil defence agency staff disappeared last week, after the Israel Defense Forces opened fire on a convoy of ambulances and fire trucks.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

The financial regulator says household debt is already high and its "serviceability buffer" is appropriate. The Coalition says the high buffer is out of date and relaxing it would help more first home buyers into their own place. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

Shadow Health Minister Anne Ruston discusses the Coalition's health policies on bulk billing, mental health and support for Medicare. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

The ABC's 'Your Say' has revealed Australia's relationship with the US and the AUKUS agreement is a big concern for voters. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A day ago)

Nicolette Boele allegedly told the young female hairdresser that her hair wash "was so good and I didn't even have sex with you”.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

Australians struggling in work and on welfare have challenged campaigning politicians to do more to help. Labor and Liberal frontbenchers insisted their focus was on cost of living.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

Following WA Labor's emphatic election win, Premier Roger Cook is making changes that will impact a third of government departments, while adding a new one into the mix. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

A Liberal frontbencher has been heckled out of a mosque in Melbourne. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

Currently two major and two minor parties dominate the landscape of federal politics. But what do they actually stand for?

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

Australian officials continue to talk to their American counterparts, but Labor is reluctant to pay a substantial price to win an exemption from fresh US tariffs.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

What you need to know about Labor, Liberals, Nationals and the Greens

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A day ago)

Former ambassadors and Defence officials warned on Monday that Australia should shift to a stronger form of self-defence in case the US retreated from the ANZUS alliance.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A day ago)

Voters want to know what the contenders for the prime ministership will do to protect the national interest. Neither Albanese nor Dutton so far have any answers for them.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

The backlash came a day after Peter Dutton visited a Sydney mosque, as the Coalition courts voters in ethnically and religiously diverse communities.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Anthony Albanese has learnt a thing or two since his 2022 election campaign that began so disastrously and says he's more confident and battle-hardened this time around.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

The Liberals are trying to win your vote this election, but how much do you actually know about them?

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

The two leaders' campaigns took them to opposite sides of the country, where they exchanged criticisms over power prices ahead of April's interest rate decision.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

The major parties dominate Australian politics, but what do they actually stand for?

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

Labor want you to help vote them back into power for a second term, but what do they stand for and what are they promising?

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Stay across all the headlines from day four of the 2025 federal election campaign as Labor seeks to gain momentum from a boost in the polls.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

An activist group's attempt to ban politicians from attending Muslim events has drawn criticism from some community leaders, but others insist politicians haven't got the message.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

New polling commissioned by Q+A shows Australians are still struggling with bills and want leaders to focus on financial support during the election campaign.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

Education Minister Jason Clare says Australia should replace coal-fired power plants soon, with renewables being the cheapest and fastest option.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

Education Minister Jason Clare details the government's proposal to set up a taskforce to "outlaw" the practice.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

Anthony Albanese says the Australian government will slap price-gouging supermarket operators with heavy fines.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

The two hip-pocket policies that opened the election campaign are not much to write home about.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Peter Dutton wants to live in Kirribilli if he's elected PM. But it's not near his constituency or his workplace. Is he going to work from home? Surely not.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stated he would "prefer" the vessel not to be in Australian waters, but he says that it is operating within international rules after completing research with New Zealand.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

Reporter Tom Lowrey is on Anthony Albanese's campaign bus and says the PM is focusing his efforts today on Western Australia, a state vital to his win last election.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

Maritime tracking websites have recorded the Tan Suo Yi Hao — a high-tech Chinese research vessel — passing the Victorian coastline in recent days, after it completed joint surveys with New Zealand.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese accused the opposition leader of hubris and "measuring the curtains” before the election.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government crackdown on demonstrations has led to the arrests of around 1800 protesters.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

Australia's electoral commissioner has urged voters to "carefully consider" who they give their personal information to as the election campaign gets underway.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

Labor is distancing itself from original modelling that predicted a thwarted $275 cut to power prices, as the Coalition also keeps modelling on its gas plan at arm's length — refusing to put a dollar figure on its predicted price reduction.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

Gen Z and millennials will outnumber Baby Boomers on polling day. What do we know about their political beliefs?

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

For many Australians, May 3 will be the first time they head to the polls. Here's how you enrol to vote.  

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

The ABC's Jacob Greber says Coalition leader Peter Dutton has a mountain to climb, while Labor's majority is precarious.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton are on the move. Where they go tells us what — and who — they care about.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

Richard Marles acknowledges the government is 'coming from behind' in a close election.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

In his first weekend on the campaign trail Peter Dutton visited a mosque before a church, synagogue or a Hindu temple, inviting voters to take another look at him.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

The first full week of the campaign could be shaped by economic events including an RBA meeting and deadline day for Trump tariffs.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

The opposition leader says he will not support hosting a climate conference in tandem with Pacific nations.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

The details of a price gouging ban would only be decided after an election, but there are precedents to draw on.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

Both major parties know how to improve Australia's abysmal productivity performance but they have deemed it too hard.  

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

A Dutton government would no doubt be very different from the Albanese government, but the differences being debated are mostly minor.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Despite the good news in the latest Resolve Political Monitor, it is a strange world when Labor finds comfort in any poll that has its primary vote at just 29.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

A key election issue is high immigration levels, but new research says these will plunge. That's in addition to falling fertility and shorter lifespans.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Australians' opinions have flipped in just a few weeks on whether Anthony Albanese or Peter Dutton will be victorious in the federal election.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Households are set to gain federal help to cut their energy bills under a government plan to make it easier for them to buy home batteries.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

The US president has issued an unusually critical assessment of Vladimir Putin, saying he was angered when the Russian president criticised Volodymyr Zelenskyy's leadership.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

The opposition leader previously floated two additional referendums and said he wanted to change the Constitution to strip citizenship from criminals.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

The dramatic swing has tightened the race for power in the opening stage of the election campaign, putting Labor and the Coalition neck and neck in two-party terms.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

Read all the headlines from day three of the 2025 federal election campaign as both leaders will tighten security after gatecrashers disrupted their events yesterday.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

Australia confronts the greatest ever threats to its security, yet our bloated defence aristocracy is intellectually stunted. We need urgent action – and that includes a debate on the introduction of national service.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

Anthony Albanese says the government is prepared to exercise its power to direct gas companies to ensure supply to Australia 'if needed'.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

A hip-pocket bidding war. Competing plans for the power sector. A trip to the Governor-General's residence. Election 2025 is off and racing.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

Insiders host David Speers discusses the beginning of the 2025 election campaign with Laura Tingle, Phil Coorey and Samantha Maiden.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

In a 90-minute, election-length episode, host David Speers interviews Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Shadow Homes Affairs Minister James Paterson. Joining the panel are Laura Tingle, Phil Coorey and Samantha Maiden.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

Mike Bowers dissects the week in political cartoons and satire with Professor Andrew Meares from the Australian National University.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

David Speers interviews Shadow Home Affairs Minister James Paterson.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

David Speers interviews Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. The PM announces plans to make supermarket price gouging illegal. He also addresses energy prices, defence, housing affordability, and potential US tariffs.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

Politicians say hecklers who gatecrashed Anthony Albanese's and Peter Dutton's campaign events will make it harder for them to interact with ordinary Australians.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

In his first major interview of the campaign, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he would be willing to direct gas companies to secure more supplies for Australia if needed, but has downplayed the need for dedicated gas reservation laws as proposed by the Coalition.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

The accusation came as the prime minister and the opposition leader duelled over plans to bring down the price of gas and lower household power bills.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

Anthony Albanese says the government is prepared to exercise its power to direct gas companies to ensure supply to Australia 'if needed'.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

Young men across the world have been embracing right-wing politics, while young women have moved to the left. Will it happen in the Australian election too?

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

There's a mixed history of private investment in sporting infrastructure. One thing is sure, those investing in sporting assets want to see returns that compensate the risk involved, writes Liam Walsh.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

The migration "surge" is a major election issue, but official figures say numbers are already falling, with a big hit due in a couple of years.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 days ago)

The government vows to set up a taskforce to investigate how to best make it illegal for supermarkets to price-gouge customers, despite the ACCC's inquiry failing to confirm price gouging was happening.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

The powerful movement might hold the fate of the nation in its hands come election day.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

Peter Dutton convinced voters he was a credible alternative PM by making difficult choices, not easy ones.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

This deceptive proposal has all the Trumpian hallmarks: a quasi policy announcement intended to serve sectional interests – in this case fossil fuel giants.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 days ago)

Peter Dutton asks voters if they are better off under Anthony Albanese. From the cost of bananas to the value of your home, the answer is not easy.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

Labor would target supermarkets price gouging customers but has stopped short of Peter Dutton's populist plan to give regulators power to break up big chains.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

Well election 2025, is now well and truly underway. The Prime Minister has fired the starters gun. Australians will be off to the polls on May 3rd.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

Australians bought more than 15 million tonnes of food and non-alcoholic drinks last financial year – but the things we reached for have shifted.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

A climate protester almost fell down a flight of stairs after she was shepherded away from interrupting Peter Dutton's press conference on Saturday.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton both focused on Queensland for their first full day of campaigning, ahead of a federal election called for May 3. Take a look back at how the day unfolded.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

Federal MP Andrew Gee's Facebook account has been caught impersonating a disgruntled voter and praising the politician for his stand against "dirty tactics" by an opponent.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

Well election 2025, is now well and truly underway. The Prime Minister has fired the starters gun. Australians will be off to the polls on May 3rd.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

The Coalition leader has pledged that his gas reservation plan — which was revealed in his budget reply speech this week — would bring down energy prices by the end of the calendar year.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

The call is particularly controversial among Jewish Australians, many of whom live in electorates represented by teal MPs with Climate 200 backing.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

A protester disrupts Peter Dutton's event at a Chinese restaurant in Moreton, Queensland, on Saturday afternoon.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

Opposition leader Peter Dutton has asked reporters whether they think Labor can form a majority government. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

A record-breaking election and one month that changed it all: we recap the highs and lows of the 47th parliament.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

The budget papers suggest the end of deficits would be a decade away, but new analysis says even that timeframe is unrealistic.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

Mark Kenny, a professor at the ANU Australian Studies Institute discusses the strategies major parties will use to persuade voters. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

An anti-nuclear protester interrupts Peter Dutton's appearance at the XXXX brewery in Brisbane on Saturday morning.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

Labor does not stand a realistic chance of claiming Dutton's electorate, marking the prime minister's decision to campaign there as a mind games move.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

The number one rule for political leaders on the campaign trail is simple: never take a backward step. You never know what you'll step into.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

A man standing behind TV cameras began speaking loudly just as Treasurer Jim Chalmers started to speak alongside the prime minister.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

A leading gas expert and strident Labor critic has suggested the Coalition's policy could lead to less gas.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

Opposition leader Peter Dutton speaks to journalists as he kicks off his first full day of campaigning in Brisbane. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

US Vice President JD Vance has visited Greenland, accusing Denmark of "not doing a good job" and under-investing on the island. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

In what's expected to be a close race across the country, every vote in the Federal Election will count — and a handful of Western Australian seats could decide who forms the nation's next government.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and Greens leader Adam Bandt have hit the campaign trail, with all three of them starting the day in Brisbane.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

The election campaign begins with both sides already having given their campaign policy speeches.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 days ago)

The Queensland capital is home to a trio of three-cornered contests, putting the prospect of a hung parliament firmly in view.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

Election offerings so far, from both sides, are coherent, but insignificant. As one political observer quipped, it's like a "battle of the Band-Aids”.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

Whoever wins the May 3 federal election, this is their challenge: dare to end decades of intergenerational theft.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

There are constitutional conventions to cover every eventuality after the election, so don't believe the doomsayers.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 days ago)

A Sydney electorate contested for 120 years has been abolished, and another high-profile seat is now ultra-marginal following a sweeping redistribution.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

After months of speculation, Anthony Albanese has officially announced Australians are heading to the polls on May 3.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

Activists are flooding the immigration minister's western Sydney electorate with flyers and banners labelling him a "racist”.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

Read all the headlines from day one of the 2025 federal election campaign after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese dissolved parliament early on Friday, March 28, 2025.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

Standing in the prime minister's courtyard at 8am, Anthony Albanese implied Peter Dutton was taking a Trump-lite strategy on public service cuts.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

Robert Kennedy is on unplanned leave as vote counting continues in the state election — a poll marred by logistical issues — but his absence is not expected to affect the ongoing tally.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

The major parties are harvesting personal details in the guise of helping voters apply for postal ballots at the very start of a hotly contested election campaign.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

The federal election is being fought on domestic issues, but it comes at a crucial moment for our country and the world.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton are both up for the fight. And they'll use their past lives to show it.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

Our experts break down Anthony Albanese's opening remarks after calling the election – highlighting the strategy behind his message.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 days ago)

Tax is a latecomer to the campaign agenda, Medicare has taken centre stage, and a nuclear energy fight will keep climate change in the conversation.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

There's little Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton don't know about each other's political instincts. They now find themselves in a high-stakes battle where only one can prove victorious. 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 days ago)

Keep up with all the major commitments promised by Labor and the Coalition as they campaign for Australia's vote. 

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