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PM to kick off Federal election campaign in Queensland

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Albo boasts Labor ‘well on the way to building Australia’s future’ in new ad

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The tough-love pitch I wish Albo and Dutton had made

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Leaders on charm offensive but punters aren’t buying it

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Aaron Patrick: Albo’s speech heralds start of scare campaign

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called the election for May 3.

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    ‘Sledgeathon’: Dutton hits back as PM starts attack campaign

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    The 20 seats to watch that will determine our next PM

  4. Federal election 2025CommentsPeter Dutton, Angus Taylor pledge to repeal Labor’s tax cuts

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  1. FEDERAL ELECTION 2025PremiumKey WA seats to watch as the Federal election looms

  2. Federal election 2025Comments‘We will do better’: Dutton drops first election ad

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    ‘Sledgeathon’: Dutton hits back as PM starts attack campaign

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    The 20 seats to watch that will determine our next PM

  5. Federal election 2025CommentsWhat happens when Anthony Albanese calls an election?

Many Labor hard-heads agreed, and the Albanese Government’s plan was shelved.

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Budget shows Albo to take back Cook’s nature positive gift

A sinister announcement was buried deep in an otherwise business-as-usual Federal Budget: the Government is reviving its anti-WA nature positive plan.

Saxon Davidson

Woodside received a 50-year extension for its North West Shelf offshore gas project in December.

federal politicsCommentsPremiumDeadline for NW Shelf still in doubt on election eve

Labor was accused on Wednesday of ‘betraying’ WA after a ruling on the $30 billion Woodside project was pushed back until after the Federal election.

Jessica Page

Premier Roger Cook.

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CHOPPING BLOCK: Cook planning major government restructure

The Premier is considering merging Tourism with the current Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries Department.

Dylan Caporn and Jessica Page

AFP Commissioner Reece Kershaw and ASIO Director-General Mike Burgess.

Federal election 2025CommentsPremium‘Sobering’: Pollies on notice ahead of election campaign

AFP commissioner Reece Kershaw warned politicians to think carefully about their plans during the campaign as he shared ‘sobering information’ about what they collectively had been facing.

Katina Curtis and Ellen Ransley

It will be an election largely fought on the cost of living, and both Labor and the Coalition will be hoping voters buy into their plans.

FEDERAL POLITICSCommentsPremiumBuoyed by budget, PM expected to call election ‘imminently’

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is expected to use post-budget momentum to call an election as soon as today for a May 3 poll, in what is expected to be a cost-of-living-focused campaign.

Caitlyn Rintoul and Katina Curtis

Peter Dutton has outlined his big pitch to middle Australia.

Federal PoliticsComments‘Opportunities’: Dutton’s pledge to make Australia greater

With Prime Minister Anthony Albanese poised to call an election as soon as Friday, Mr Dutton said repeatedly the choice ahead of Australians could not be clearer.

Katina Curtis

Voters inside the Cottesloe Civic Centre polling place during WA State Election 2025.

federal electionsPremiumAEC: We’ve learned from WA’s March ballot paper debacle

The Australian Electoral Commission has examined what went wrong in the WA State election when some booths ran out of ballot papers and others had extremely long queues, and promises it will do better.

Katina Curtis

MARK RILEY: Peter Dutton has resurrected a go-to sweetener for Liberal leaders in electoral trouble. It has been used many times and worked once. That was 24 years ago. Will it do the job this time? It might.

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Fuel tax cut pledge a gamble that might just work

MARK RILEY: Peter Dutton has resurrected a go-to sweetener for Liberal leaders in electoral trouble. It has been used many times and worked once. That was 24 years ago. Will it do the job this time?

Mark Riley

Anthony Albanese is now expected to call the election on Friday.

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Albo finally set to call date of Federal election

Speculation is reaching fever pitch that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will visit the Governor-General tomorrow morning to call the election.

Katina Curtis

Federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and shadow treasurer Angus Taylor have pledged to repeal Labor’s tax cuts in favour of their own fuel excise.

Federal election 2025CommentsPeter Dutton, Angus Taylor pledge to repeal Labor’s tax cuts

The Coalition has pledged it will repeal Labor’s $5-a-week tax cuts, saying it needs the money to fund its alternative offering of halving the fuel excise for a year.

Katina Curtis

Minerals Council boss Tania Constable

Federal election 2025CommentsPremiumWA mining forgotten in Jim Chalmers’ Federal Budget: MCA

The Albanese Government has taken a “particular bent” against the mining industry and his Budget cemented that by “forgetting” the sector, the head of the peak industry body has warned.

Dylan Caporn

The Opposition Leader has vowed to make relief at the bowser one of his first priorities if he is successful at the May poll.

Federal PoliticsCommentsDutton drives into cost-of-living battle with petrol tax cut

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton will halve the petrol excise for a year in his answer to Labor’s $5 a week tax cuts that the Coalition has voted against in the wake of the Budget.

Katina Curtis

Treasurer Jim Chalmers.

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONSLabor’s non-compete clause ban ‘could harm business’

Industry groups say Labor’s ban on non-compete clauses unveiled in the Federal Budget on Tuesday could harm small businesses and is a ‘heavy handed’ measure.

Caitlyn Rintoul

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