Election 2016

Election 2016: the photographers' campaign

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Photographers Alex Ellinghausen and Andrew Meares are travelling with Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten.These are some of their key images.

Angry Donald Trump hits out at 'sleaze' media

Latika Bourke   Your personally curated news with six things you need to know before you get going.

Let's dig deep for public schools

Toni Hassan   Six-year old Josie (not her real name) was enrolled in a prestigious private elementary school and progressing well, so well that her reading was well above average. Her parents asked the principal if she could be moved up a class or have her classes more personally tailored.

Canberra, you just don't count in this election

Paul Malone   Canberra residents don't count for much when compared to the attention that residents of bellwether seats garner.

Forget about searching for black holes, they're not there

Peter Martin   The tally of costings released at the end of a campaign almost always adds up and always puts the budget slightly ahead.

Time for the 'real Malcolm'

Mark Kenny   Malcolm Turnbull probably has more in common with Julia Gillard than he would like to acknowledge.

All quiet on the GST front

Paul Malone   So far in this election campaign the GST and the share each state receives have escaped debate.

Could 'double-dipping' David Feeney derail Labor's campaign?

Latika Bourke   Your personally curated news with six things you need to know before you get going today.

'Aussie John' is wrong. Here's why

Peter Martin   ''Aussie John'' has got it wrong. Labor isn't planning to hit negative gearing on all established housing overnight.

Backpacker tax to go as Credlin attacks Turnbull again

Latika Bourke   Your personally curated news with six things you need to know before you get going.

Explosive evidence tendered in ASIC's case against Westpac

Latika Bourke   Your personally curated news with six things you need to know before you get going.

Brazil's President suspended after marathon 20-hour Senate debate

Latika Bourke   Your personally curated news with six things you need to know before you get going.

Caretaker mode can test public servants

Paul Malone   The extra-long caretaker period increases the chance that there will be slip-ups by public servants before the federal election.

Albanese could be hostage to Lib preferences

Deborah Snow   If the Greens run second in Anthony Albanese's seat then his prospects become complicated.

Scott no heart, Scott no apology

Jenna Price   One of the world's most heartless immigration ministers – now the federal treasurer – refuses to apologise when he's wrong.

Shorten starts with one clear advantage

Michael Gordon   Malcolm Turnbull's pitch for election rests on the question he did not pose in his 2000-word pitch to the voters after calling the July 2 double dissolution election: who do you trust?

Shorten quicker than Turnbull in early running

Mark Kenny   Elections require difference, real or claimed, so that's where all the attention will be over the next eight weeks. That, and personality.

Abbott's subs blunder a disaster

Paul Malone   The decision on which country to award a submarine contract is not something to be sorted out between mates.

Turnbull is 'zombie Tony Abbott', but Shorten is no better

Jack Waterford   Don't die waiting for a serious debate during the campaign.

Senators face fight over long and short terms

Crispin Hull   Whenever Parliament looks at electoral matters, ideology and principle frequently trumped by self-interest.

Bill Shorten's budget reply banks big savings

Latika Bourke   Your personally curated news with six things you need to know before you get going.

Lights, camera, action. Behold, Canberra as a secret city, and a star

Tony Wright   Canberra does autumn like few other places in Australia. Trees flame, avenues turn golden, the air is brittle.

Donald Trump is the Republican nominee after last man standing John Kasich bows out

Latika Bourke   Your personally curated news with six things you need to know before you get going.

Morrison delivers passable first budget but fails to tackle the deficit

Latika Bourke   Your personally curated news with six things you need to know before you get going.

Nauru tragedies are a failure of policy and politics

Michael Gordon   The day a young Iranian husband died after setting himself alight on Nauru last week, Immigration Minister Peter Dutton released not one but two media statements accusing Labor of being weak on border protection.

Google Tax looms on budget day

Latika Bourke   Your personally curated news with six things you need to know before you get going.

It's all about fairness, nothing else matters

Mark Kenny   For all its enormous complexities and competing demands, Scott Morrison's first, and potentially only, federal budget will sink or swim on one question alone. And it's a question that has little to do with the dismal science nor even with the reams of graphs, tables, and explanations accompanying the economic blueprint.

High-flying NBN execs pass up on virtual meetings

Mark Kenny   For all the cost-saving potential of the internet, it seems there's nothing quite like being there.

Make the most of budget. It's something to treasure

Peter Martin   Most of us reporting the federal budget get little sleep the night after. We are busy "unwinding".