Lacking a Plan B, Turnbull will need Shorten
The biggest concern about the plebiscite is the huge emotional toll it could take on young people seeing the legitimacy of their identity debated on the national stage.
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Michael Gordon
Michael Gordon is the political editor of The Age.
A Turnbull leadership tragedy could be unfolding
Malcolm Turnbull's own backers fear they are witnessing the unfolding of a tragedy as epic as the one that destroyed Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard.
Inside the Labor ambush
The plot was hatched under their noses, but they didn't see it coming. Not the ministers, who left the Parliament in blissful ignorance. Not the MPs, who did the same, or the party whips whose task is to instil discipline. And not the Prime Minister or his chief tactician, Christopher Pyne.
Coalition, Hawks - nothing in common
Let's rewind the clock. It's the Tuesday before polling day and Tony Nutt, Malcolm Turnbull's campaign director, rings his Labor counterpart with an offer George Wright could not refuse: a final leaders' debate on prime time TV.
A glimpse of the inner Malcolm
There has been much discussion this past six months about whether we have been seeing "the real Malcolm" or a politician who has traded convictions and adopted a more conservative stance to secure the prime ministership.
Punishment by proxy
The danger is that immense damage will be done to communities served by the CFA by pitting professional against volunteer.
Malcolm in the dock
Turnbull's return to Q&A; might be his most daring move in this risk-averse campaign to retain government.
Who has the better economic plan? Don't ask an economist
The battle over the final the weeks of the campaign will be as much for the hearts as the minds of the undecided.
Turnbull's big worry halfway through this election campaign
What should worry the prime minister, and what will worry his MPs and candidates, is that his approval rating has dropped another three points in the last fortnight, while his opponent's standing continues to improve.
Malcolm and the boats card
Malcolm Turnbull had a decision to make this week when Peter Dutton went rogue in his bid to impose border protection and boats on the election campaign and, in the process, become the most polarising figure in Australian politics.
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